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Chernobyl Town

I was surprised with the town of Chernobyl, a lot of people forget that Chernobyl isn’t the plant itself but the town slightly to the south. Continue reading

Understanding your camera

For the first of many tutorials on Urbanpixels i’d like to start from the beginning  for first time users the Mode dial on your camera may be a source of great confusion. Continue reading

Aperture and Depth of Field

Aperture is a word which is used a lot within photography and for myself was the single most confusing aspect when starting with my camera, this post will hopefully help you understand how aperture works and how you can change settings to give yourself the image you were looking for. Continue reading

Moscow Eye (Duga-3)

The Moscow Eye was known by many names such as Duga 3 or the Russian Woodpecker, it was a notorious Soviet radio signal that could be sporadically heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between July 1976 and December 1989. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 Hz, giving rise to the “Woodpecker” name. Continue reading

Central Pripyat

Some of my images from my first day in Pripyat of which i stuck to the center of the town, my experience of Pripyat was like no other in my life so far, the amount of land and space which has been laid to waste and the amount of buildings which are unusable as well as the silence and desolate make for 2 days exploration of Pripyat a complete joy for me. Continue reading

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