Today marks 122 days into the 365 project so I’m officially one third of the way there. In general I’m really happy with the standard of shots I’m taking, even with the Xperia phone, and it’s definitely forcing me to look around every day to find new and interesting things to photograph. Occasionally I have…
After six weeks enforced leave, I am now back in an office environment for my 9-5. My new employer has a massive office space which is currently only about 30% utilised so there are prospects for some interesting office environments plus the chance to look around the area at lunchtime (and of course on my…
Back at the end of May, I went to a Photographic Angle Exhibition called Monochrome. A really interesting mix of portraits, landscapes, street and abstract works. I really liked this shot of London by James Fell. And the self-portrait here by John Timbrell As always, I took my camera and got a couple of shots of my…
Really interesting theme for the Flickr 52-week group this week – Pareidolia – finding and photographing images of faces or objects in places where they don’t really exist. This was my best effort – but there are some really good ones if you click the link in the paragraph above. Other than that, this past week seems…
Today I want to give a shout-out to another of my favourite photography podcasts “Teabreak Tog”. It is run by Scottish photographer Julie Christie and is aimed mainly at beginners and intermediates. As a former teacher, Julie is great at imparting knowledge in a clear and simple way and she has a really easy-going style….
This is the last in the series I’ve been running about analysing photographs. Over the past few weeks we’ve covered Exposure, Focus, Depth of Field, Colour, Contrast, Composition Rules and Composition aesthetics. Today I’m going to explain the steps I go through when viewing a picture. Back at the end of 2014 I was asked by…