You will have noticed from last week’s blog that I recently went to Portugal. When travelling you are, unless you have loads of time, stuck with the lighting you have. That lighting may be hard and unflattering, so how do you improve your travel photography? Well the “rules” of better photography are the same wherever […]
I’m just back from a couple of weeks touring round Portugal. We had an excellent time but it was very strange to get back to the UK last weekend (1st October) and find the weather was the same as it was in Portugal: 29C! I had decided to travel light in a photographic sense, so […]
Now that autumn is fast approaching (or is here already!) the angle of the sunlight coming into the house has changed quite a lot. It’s now much more glancing, and glancing light gives better shadows and texture. I noticed, while popping out to the studio, that the light across our oak dining room table was […]
Recently I went for a walk by the River Thames near Buscot Weir. There was no sign of David Walliams swimming past on his way to London though. It was one of those days when the weather was a bit on and off, so the sun was out part of the time and hiding behind […]
I’ve posted before about how changing the lighting type and angle can make a big difference in portrait photography. Here are some examples of the effect of different light sources; studio lights and daylight, and how they can be balanced to give an intriguing look. This first image was shot with quite diffuse studio flash. […]
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