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Panorama
by Richard M. Harrington

“ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment. – Elliott Erwitt

Make it a habit to always carry a camera with you, because you never know what you could miss. The number one reason why people miss good pictures is because they don’t carry their camera. You will never regret the habit!

The National Media Museum  is home to over 3.5 million items of historical and cultural significance, and our diverse Collection encompasses some of the finest and most compelling visual material to be found anywhere in the world.

Amongst the Collection are three pivotal firsts – the world’s earliest known surviving negative, the earliest television footage and the camera that made the earliest moving pictures in Britain.

Choose from the National Photography, National Cinematography, National Television and National New Media Collections to explore an online selection of artefacts.

National Photography Collection

The National Photography Collection is best regarded as a collection of collections, which comprises the Daily Herald Archive, the Royal Photographic Society Collection, and the Kodak Museum Collection, amongst other world-class objects and images.

The Collection incorporates both aesthetic and technical developments, from the earliest experiments to contemporary digital imaging, including the world’s first negative, an extensive collection of photographic technology, and key images by the most influential photographers of our time.

Diversity is a key strength of the National Photography Collection, in which all major genres, applications and photographic movements are represented.

“ You don’t take a photograph, you make it. – Ansel Adams

The Ansel Adams Gallery

The 2012 festival is taking place throughout June, the festival exhibitions will be focused around the King’s Cross, Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia areas, in venues including the British Library, Guardian Gallery, British Museum, Museum of London, V&A and Tate Modern among others. Exhibitions and events are free unless otherwise stated. Tickets will be available at http://www.lfph.org from 1 April.

The CX6 is a compact digital camera that easily fits in the palm of your hand…Ideal if you want a simple compact camera for your travel shots. The Ricoh CX6 features an anti-shake system called Camera Shake Correction, turn it on in the Main menu and the Ricoh CX6 automatically compensates for camera shake by the equivalent of about 3.7 shutter speed stops. It is packed with impressive features and a long-range zoom. This is a diverse camera, with a great LCD display and new features however we found that autofocus often struggled in low-light situations.

How do we find our voice as photographers, our own unique way of creating that reflects our own personalities?

It’s not just enough to be good – you’ve got to find your own unique voice… sometimes it is hard to know where to start which reminds me a beautiful quote by Author Sabrina Ward Harrison, ” We must create what we most need to find” I think this is a very good place to start.

Focus on what you want to communicate to the world. Let your photography reflect your focus. Many artists became universal because they did things their way, creating art that was probably not the norm which reminds me of the importance of reading people’s biographies whom might inspire us.  Trying to see the world from their perspective can help to broaden our own worldview.