Julian Calder
Author of The 35mm Photographers Handbook
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British offices of the obscure, arcane, strange, and unique. Those ropes and pickets on the chest of the Master of the Horse are the same as those on the Commander in Chief Naval Home Command. Why? To keep both horse and boat tethered to ground.
Do not be misled by the title into thinking that this book has no relevance in the digital age. Most digital cameras are designed to copy the handling and image qualities of the 35mm camera, the most widespread camera format of the 20th century; and many people forget that digital photography is, at heart, photography first and digital second. This book was written with the intelligent beginner in mind but has much that more experienced hands can learn from.
I'm glad somebody took these photos before any more of these offices were abolished.
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3 for the text. Wow. It is not helpful to use constructs that the reader is unfamiliar with to explain another foreign concept. Granted, I'm not British so my ignorance here is somewhat explained. However, I'm not hopelessly simple. With a vivid determination I fought my way through the writing and found it bleak. There were notable exceptions where a narrative appeared and an "aha!" moment burst out from the gloom. For the majority, it read more like stereo instructions. Remember stereos?
My suggestion would be to keep this on hand as a lovely coffee table book or, the method I'm choosing, as a reference to be used after additional reading. When another author, documentarian or finger-painter manages to describe these unique offices in a way that doesn't leave me frustratingly confused or dangerously bored. Of course chances are that I will have blocked my failed reading experience by then.… (more)