I ran a new workshop for the first time on Saturday – a Focus On Composition – and it was obviously a topic people wanted help with. Both dates booked up within days of me releasing them. Composition scares people a bit with all its rules and terminology. How do you improve your composition […]
It’s funny how life works out isn’t it? Call it fate or luck or pre-ordained destiny, but 15 years ago, Mark, Helen and I were all working for the same international healthcare company. Our paths crossed every now and again in meetings and at conferences and we shared similar aspirations for our lives: advance up […]
My Facebook photography group Love Your Lens have done themselves proud again with their images for the January photography challenge #WEATHERED. 75 different people posted hundreds of images and I’ve selected some of them (in the collage above) to critique and to pick out my overall favourite. Watch and listen to the critique on the […]
January, I have to admit, is not my favourite month. It’s long, I’m usually skint, I have to do my tax return (which I should have done last May I know!), it’s cold and damp and dark. And yet, it’s supposed to be a time for new beginnings, goal setting, resolving to get fit, budget […]
It’s National Make Your Dreams Come True day today so I thought it might be useful to get you thinking about your photography goals or dreams. We’re already almost halfway through January and, if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably already ditched a few of your New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t tend to make any […]
A product photography workshop could do this for you too! I want to praise a little welsh ceramics business and shop to the skies today. I’m talking about Glosters of Porthmadog in North Wales. I’ve been admirers of theirs for a few years now, as I have a troubling addiction to artisan jugs, bowls, plates, […]
A few years ago I wouldn’t even have tried to take photographs like this with my phone. It was simply too hard to get a sharp, non-grainy, well-exposed image. A D-SLR produced much better results and also created such lovely soft focus backgrounds. Fast forward to today and I now consider my smartphone to be […]
All the ingredients for a fabulous food photography workshop. Autumn is my favourite season for lots of reasons: it’s my birthday and that means we get to go out for a few nice meals; the light becomes super gorgeous; nature produces the most glorious colours; cuddly jumpers come out of drawers; fires and candles are […]
Photo collages are a great way to tell a story or showcase several images together. And adding text reinforces the message, whether it’s for business or personal use. I create this type of collage on my tablet or phone using some great apps: Snapseed to edit, Layout to create the collage and Word Swag to […]
Well I’ve finally got round to launching a YouTube Channel for Love Your Lens and the first video is an introduction to my ‘go to’ photo editing app, Snapseed. I absolutely love this app and can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s intuitive to use but is more sophisticated than it first appears. And did I […]
