The title of this post is in homage to the famous Ella Fitzgerald (or Bananarama) song “It ain’t what you do…”. Yesterday I was talking to someone about the “Introduction to the Creative Eye” photography course that I run at the Royal Photographic Society in Bath. We talked about how it’s not the camera that…
When taking photographs your choice of viewpoint and lens makes a huge difference. Many of you will have digital compact cameras with large zoom ranges, and it’s worth taking a single subject and looking at how it changes as you change the lens focal length (zoom), and also how it changes as you change your…
I recently had to produce an image to go with others in a set I am submitting for a photographic distinction. The set of images is mostly very abstract, so I wanted something that had some reality but also had significant abstract elements. This glass paperweight with a blue and white glass base and a…
Avid readers of the blog will know that I was due to run a “Creative Eye” photographic workshop at the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) HQ in Bath. Well, it’s happened and was very enjoyable! We had a full group of 10, and they had a good range of photographic skill and experience. All came with…
Every now and then I have a “creative photography” day, where I try and push my limits and keep myself fresh. This week, on a really hot, sunny day with very strongly directional light, I took time to shoot some “Bokeh” images in the garden. “Bokeh” is derived from a Japanese word meaning fuzzy, and…
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