Julian Lass

Oct 31

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Oct 25

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Camera test

THE BIG TEST: FULL-FRAME DSLRS

Photography Monthly May 2009, page 93

Article © Julian Lass 2009

Software review

MOVING TARGET

Apple’s DVD Studio Pro 4.2 is a powerful slideshow software package, but is it worth the investment? Julian Lass finds out.

British Journal of Photography 26.11.08

Article © Julian Lass 2008

The Belle Dame Sans Mercy

J.W. Waterhouse, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1893

The strong and beautiful femme fatale is a well-known figure in literature. A lover may pine to death as a result of her hardheartedness. A 14th century French poet by the name of Alan Chartier wrote the poem La Belle Dame Sans Mercy, which is the archetype of the Belle Dame genre.

The basic story is that of a sad poet who walks through the countryside. He accidentally comes across a feste where he observes a lover making pitiful advances to an unrivalled beauty. The lover eventually dies of heartache as the Belle Dame ignores his advances.

Oct 24

SEE THE LIGHT

Lighting is key to staged photo shoots, but it doesn’t always pay to buy your own. Julian Lass talks to four pro photographers about why they choose the hire route.

British Journal of Photography 25.06.08

Article © Julian Lass 2009

No place like Heimat

GDR-born photographer Frank Rothe visits the Pioneer summer camp he missed out on as a boy. His trip was a journey back to his childhood. Julian Lass reports.

Special issue celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Oct 23

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Oct 14

Privacy as it relates to photography

If you accept the path that respect for someone’s feelings is paramount, then you accept that suppression is the norm and we fight over what’s offensive. Free speech does involve hurt, but there’s nothing wrong with that. A free society does not legislate on the realm of beliefs or sensibilities. If it did, the state’s powers would extend to thought control. A sci-fi dystopia like Orwell’s 1984.

Twitter and freedom of expression

The limitation to our freedom of expression is the paradoxical outcome to the growth of our freedom. When freedom of expression grows large enough, we seek to control it more.