Michael Wayne Plant is a social documentary and street photographer, currently located in London.
AuthorbyI recently decided that the lens in the middle, a Nikon 24-70 f2.8 while really useful with its fantastic quality and versatility is a little big for carrying around on the Nikon D850. For this reason I have for some time used the wonderful little Voigtlander 40mm f2 lens sitting next to it. As it is …
AuthorbySitting in my home office listening to podcasts (by A Small Voice) on photographers discussing their work with Ben Smith. I have decided to post an update. It has been a strange 6 months and I have played way to many video games while working out what I need to or can do while the Covid …
AuthorbyI am guessing by now you have been affected by the global Pandemic that Covid-19 has brought to the world, this is the first time I have lived though something like this happening on a such a global scale. With governments and people responding to this crisis with such widely differing responses, it is hard to …
AuthorbyTill September, we will have to wait and see what happens to the show later in the year. This email just arrived in my email inbox. It looks like the Coronavirus is going to affect this photography show as well. Hi Michael Wayne Plant, To date, The Photography Show & The Video Show …
AuthorbyPhotographers all have different approaches to their photographic equipment, While I am not necessarily a fan of the guys formerly from Top Gear now on Amazon with their Grand Tour show this is funny. However, the one with the donkeys is even more surreal. And it reminds me that if you are using long lens, …
AuthorbyDorothea Lange What I learnt from Dorothea Lange For social documentary photographers on the the icons is Dorothea Lange, we have studied her images and her work on documenting communities that where not highly visible is impressive. For example, her work documenting the lives of Japanese internees during the second world war is really good. she tackled …
AuthorbyPhotographic artists are notorious for not wanting to or being able to write about their art, they often refer to the fact that they are visual artists, to avoid writing about their work. I personally think that this is lazy thinking on their part and I to have been guilty of this myself. In the past …
AuthorbyI have taken me a while to write my posts this year, I have not been able to think of much to say related to my photography or that which I want to share publicly, so I have been a bit quiet this year. I just realised that it has been 11 months since I last …
AuthorbyIt is Christmas Day and I am sitting around having Breakfast prior to helping the family get the roast dinner ready for a hearty lunch. I hope all of my readers have a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year. I am looking forward to very productive 2019, my 2018 was not so productive …
AuthorbyThis morning, I was telling a photographer friend of a thought, that lead to a revelation in my thinking. On Wednesday this week, I was back in the City making images, walking and thinking as I walked though the streets of the City, which lead me to the thought of why I felt I was struggling to …
