It’s almost Christmas, your Christmas tree is in place, and you want to take a picture of it, to show how pretty it looks. So how do you do that? Well, the first thing is to make sure your flash doesn’t fire. The tree has its own lights so you don’t need to add any […]
This time of year, it’s now winter here in the UK, the light at any given time of day is quite different the light at the same time in the middle of the year. The sun is at a much lower angle in the sky, and your subjects can get lit in very interesting ways. […]
At a recent keynote presentation I gave on creative photography, one aspect that I touched on was the use of distorting objects, or materials, in front of the lens. This blog is about that, in a way… These images were all taken with a mobile phone camera. I put a tiny water droplet on the lens […]
Here in the UK we have just celebrated Bonfire Night. It’s when we have fun with fire and with fireworks. The fireworks we ordinary folks can buy these days are quite tame, so it’s best to go to an organised display. Their fireworks are much bigger and much nosier! Bigger fireworks are better for photography […]
Last night I gave a talk about improving your photography, and one question that came out of the session was, “What’s the process you go through when deciding to convert an image to black and white?” My answer was, “It depends on the subject, and the mood and story I’m trying to communicate”. Take this […]
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