The Camera Sutra Heavyweight Tee Slim fit

The Camera Sutra Heavyweight Tee Slim fitThe Camera Sutra: nine illustrated positions every photographer has assumed in pursuit of the shot, given names they will not be reading aloud at a family gathering. The Carpet Burn, the Grape Crusher, the Crouching Tiger Hidden Camera the cheeky catalogue of the squats, sprawls, and contortions you fold yourself into when the angle demands it and your dignity does not. It is the most honest photography diagram ever printed: nobody who has knelt in

Those marks are how you read zone focusing and set hyperfocal distance: pick an aperture and everything between its two marks falls into acceptable focus

for anyone who reckons the best photography logo ever drawn is a lens wide open

caught in the act: you stop seeing a face and start seeing the exposure — the contrast

and it may as well be the one who shows up early and stays late

The people who know this formula by heart earned something I didn’t

and depth of field

Photography and coffee: the two non-negotiables of anyone who has ever set an alarm for blue hour

Perfect for photographers who are impossible to shop for

I have spent a lot of money to photograph birds that would happily sit next to me for free

not the price of the lens

Focus is a choice

which is why I make two trips and tell myself the walk is good for me