I inherited this exposure calculator from my dad (a keen amateur photographer himself) - he first got his in the 1950s. The calculators helped you work out the aperture and shutter speed according to the subject and conditions you were shooting in. I am pleased I didn't have to learn the technical aspects on this but I am pleased that I learnt to take photographs on a SLR as it made it think about aperture and shutter speed and have a better understanding of photography. T

I've recently set up a social media group called the 'Photographers of the World' to feature the face behind the camera. I grew up in Namibia and South Africa - my father always had a camera in his hand, either documenting our childhood or the amazing sites of the African continent. My uncle was also an accomplished amateur photographer and traveller and I got into photography through him, my dad and through reading magazines like Drum, Life and National Geographic. The incre

Happy New Year to you all! We met up with some friends recently who are embarking on 'an alphabet tour' of the world - i.e. they made a list of countries they'd visited according to the alphabet and are now visiting the ones they haven't been to. I thought this was a great idea and decided to compile a list myself. I have been very fortunate to travel as much as I have (and there are still are a number of countries that I still haven't seen) but my alphabet tour would inclu