{"id":112,"date":"2017-08-12T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2017-12-22T14:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T14:41:41","slug":"john-sumpter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/members\/john-sumpter\/","title":{"rendered":"John Sumpter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/js1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/js1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/js1-640x424.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have been a hobby photographer since I retired eight years ago. I keep myself interested by using a wide range of different camera types &#8211; both film and digital. I am particularly attracted to LoFi cameras because of the ethereal images they produce. I feel that high definition photos lack the mystery and intrigue necessary for a satisfying artistic experience.<\/p>\n<p>The photos I have used in the Edges exhibition were taken using a Holga pinhole lens attached to a digital camera.<\/p>\n<p>The other technique I use to motivate myself is to make photobooks from my projects. A selection of these is available for public view at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.co.uk\/user\/grenvilleS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blurb Photobooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a hobby photographer since I retired eight years ago. I keep myself interested by using a wide range of different camera types &#8211; both film and digital. I am particularly attracted to LoFi cameras because of the ethereal images they produce. I feel that high definition photos lack the mystery and intrigue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/members\/john-sumpter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;John Sumpter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":100,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/198"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburghlofi.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}