Getting back into the swing of early starts after my 6-week work hiatus. It’s good to be back in the land of the employed again but I’ve found it hard to make time for photography as a result. While I was off, I did take advantage of my freedom and spent some time visiting local…
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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…
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…
This is the second part of my thoughts on Composition in photography. Last time we talked about guidelines that might help you, today we’re looking at more nebulous aspects of a photo; A good photograph will almost always tell a story and part of that narrative involves setting the mood and atmosphere of the picture;…