Below is a list of potential activities to keep photographers active whilst we are deprived of our usual ability to roam freely. I will update the list as I find new ideas, so keep coming back. Topic Description Self portrait Usual natural, available or flash light to grab a few shots of yourself. Photograph family…
As I give my Photographic presentations at camera clubs or share things with other photographers I often get asked the same questions about how I achieve an effect or perform a certain task. With this in mind I have created a series of simple, one page, tutorials that point the reader in the right direction.…
I’ve quite enjoyed 2019 photographically, having had many a good day out with the camera. Selecting a top five this year was much more difficult than last year, so here goes… 1 – Over the Last My first choice is ‘Over the Last’, an image of John Lane competing in the 110m hurdles at Bedford.…
There has been a lot online over the last week or so regarding photographic workshops, set-up images and of course this attracts the keyboard warriors with their overbearing sense of righteousness – the modern day puritans maybe!As a photographer, I have attended workshops, visited hides and created my own ‘set-up’ shots under controlled conditions. I…
In an age where images, photos, music all seem to abound on the World Wide Web and people are just downloading, uploading and sharing stuff I though I would write a short piece about copyright. Unfortunately, a lot (most!) people do not understand copyright or intellectual property rights and think that everything can be had…
Below are my personal five favourite images from 2018. I had a fairly quiet year photographically but still managed a bit of variation in what I produced so better get planning for a more active 2019.
In my last blog I talked briefly about developing your Digital Workflow and finished it with a mention of backing up your precious files. This time I will urge you to think about how safe your images are, probably stored on a hard drive inside your PC / Mac. These devices can fail mechanically or…
