Peter Renn
The Joy of Old Photography Handbooks
I adore a big, beautiful photography book. Settling into my favourite chair with a glass of something agreeable and a lavishly printed...
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Peter Renn
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Hell Freezes Over... I'm on Instagram (apparently)
I'm not exactly big on social media. Call me a miserable old dinosaur but it's not something I'm interested in. Twenty five years of...
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Peter Renn
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
The Not Liss Monster
Sometimes 'just for fun' is the best reason to do something. I'd been reading "A Monstrous Commotion: The Mysteries of Loch Ness" by...
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Peter Renn
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
Eleven Million Seconds
Long exposure times are interesting. While fast films and sensors allow short exposures to freeze movement, a long exposure can show life...
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Peter Renn
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Realism isn't always the goal
One of the beauties of ‘alternative’ processes is their lack of realism. This is ironic given the way photography has been driven by...
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Peter Renn
- Jul 19, 2021
- 8 min
Daguerreotype - the Everest of processes.
"In 1840 virtually everything that I love about photography was already there".. - Chuck Close. I have joined the ranks of an exclusive...
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Peter Renn
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Meet the new blog - NOT the same as the old blog..
As I migrate the website to this new platform I have all sorts of new and exiting tools at my disposal, including a built-in blog...
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Peter Renn
- Jun 28, 2021
- 4 min
Free -photographing
Making photography more difficult on purpose... I never really 'got' the whole Leica mythology. I understood the beautifully-engineered...
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Peter Renn
- Jun 28, 2021
- 4 min
Tintype Rescue
A 120-year old seaside picture nearly drowns. I love antiques fairs. Old photographs, cameras and other equipment can be found in all...
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