Peter Jordan 153 Posted February 26, 2014 Excellent programme yesterday on BBC 4 series "What Artists do All Day" about photographer Tom Wood See it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03wxk2w/What_Do_Artists_Do_All_Day_Tom_Wood/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan 10,681 Posted February 26, 2014 My son sent me the link. Just watched it and had signed on to tell the forum, brilliant! Presumably only available in the UK unfortunately? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Number Six 53 Posted February 26, 2014 Many thanks Peter - always interesting to watch programmes about photography and, most importantly, photographers. BTW, Sky Atlantic's programme about David Bailey's 'Stardust' NPG exhibition is worth a look if you have the means to watch it in retrospect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacecadet 2,598 Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) It's on youtube. Edited February 26, 2014 by spacecadet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PatrioticAlien 41 Posted February 26, 2014 It's on youtube. All hail YouTube, All hail YouTube Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Number Six 53 Posted February 26, 2014 There seems to be an unwritten rule that you never ask a famous photographer what camera he uses. So, having got that out of the way, what was the digital camera that Tom Wood was using? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlanW 1,173 Posted February 26, 2014 There seems to be an unwritten rule that you never ask a famous photographer what camera he uses. So, having got that out of the way, what was the digital camera that Tom Wood was using? I may be wrong, but it looked like a Fujifilm X100s to me. Alan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Jordan 153 Posted February 26, 2014 I thought his camera was an X100, but the lens was rather large, maybe the W/A convertor was on. Surprised he used the flash so much... Glad my wife was watching it with me, until now she thought I was the only person embarrassing enough to take pictures of people on buses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bhandol 131 Posted February 26, 2014 Yes your right, think that's the wide conversion lens on the X100, as the fixed 23mm X100 lens is as flat as a pancake. I too am surprised he used the flash as the conversion lens would have blocked the path of the flash resulting in a big dark shadow across much of the frame. I guess the BBC just added the flash effect to make it look more obvious that he was taking picture as the X100's shutter is so darn quiet. Parm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Number Six 53 Posted February 27, 2014 Many thanks for the replies. Having had another look, I agree it looks like the Fuji X100 with a 'thumb up grip' attached via the hot shoe. Confess I didn't know such grips existed - seems like a good idea for one-handed operation. Cheers John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dyn Llun 222 Posted March 6, 2014 Have known Tom for many years and he was our external examiner for a while at Newport. Lovely, gentle guy. He and I also shared a love of real ale. Whenever we went out he would say, "I'm having whatever Pete's having". He had a 10" x 8" camera he wasn't using so I bought it and that's my main camera now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Jordan 153 Posted March 12, 2014 Pete, He certainly came across as a very nice guy that would be very good in a college environment. I just looked on Amazon to see if he has any books on offer. He has, but the prices are a bit daunting for me - he certainly does not undervalue his work. Like your blog BTW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Allison J 14 Posted March 12, 2014 Very enjoyable and quietly informative program. I wondered if the thumb grip was a "Thumbs UP" originally for a Leica ? http://www.dpreview.com/news/2011/8/1/thumbsupgrip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dyn Llun 222 Posted March 14, 2014 Pete, He certainly came across as a very nice guy that would be very good in a college environment. I just looked on Amazon to see if he has any books on offer. He has, but the prices are a bit daunting for me - he certainly does not undervalue his work. Like your blog BTW. Many thanks Peter. The blog will be added to as I have time. I'm lucky in that I have most of his books and signed. Not that I intend to sell them. I'm lucky to have met and worked with photographers who's books I had and treasured for years and asked them to sign. Not that I'm a groupie! I know one VERY famous Magnum member who buys multiple copies of books, gets the photographers to sign them all and then flogs all but one of them on Ebay! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites