What does a quote from the famous William Blake poem have to do with portrait photography? Well, another part of the verse goes, “…could frame thy fearful symmetry?”, and this post is about facial symmetry. Most of the time we see people’s faces as being symmetrical, but that’s not the case. In fact, pretty well […]
There are so many ways to take pictures these days. You can take them on compact cameras, DSLR cameras, mobile phones, tablets, etc. There’s an awful lot of photography going on these days that doesn’t use a dedicated camera. In fact, images taken on mobile phones now account for the majority of images being uploaded […]
A few days ago, whilst walking across Greenham Common, I came across a very strange object. It’s a steel “replica” of a B-52 bomber (if you look at it sideways, with one eye closed, on a very dark day), that was used for fire fighting practice when the airfield was operational. It’s abandoned now, and […]
During these short winter days, the lighting can sometimes be wonderful, but it can sometimes hinder photography. It’s the overcast days where it can hinder. The reason is the much higher level of brightness that an overcast sky has compared to the brightness of the foreground. Your camera tries hard to average out the scene’s […]
I recently stayed (for a very special birthday) at the wonderful Woodsford Castle in Dorset, UK. Parts of it go back to the middle of the 14th Century, and it is very atmospheric. It’s owned by the Landmark Trust, and you can rent it. It sleeps up to 8 people, and is, in effect, a […]
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