50mm lens Archives | https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/tag/50mm-lens/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:00:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-jane-logo-love-your-lens-32x32.png 50mm lens Archives | https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/tag/50mm-lens/ 32 32 5 tips for a successful and fun family photo shoot https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/5-family-photo-shoot-tips/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/5-family-photo-shoot-tips/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:45:04 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=2270 5 family photo shoot tips We all want lovely photographs of our family don’t we? And as our children grow older, we can foresee the day when they will have left home to pursue lives of their own. This was the case with this lovely family, where the oldest daughter will be heading off to […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/5-family-photo-shoot-tips/feed/ 2 Great street photography tips for newbies. https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/street-photography-tips/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/street-photography-tips/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:22:32 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=2156 Practical street photography tips for "newbies"I was in London last week, having won a four day trip! We had an amazing time sightseeing, eating, drinking and of course, photographing. I decided to try my hand at street photography, well aware that it was out of my comfort zone. I learned a lot and thought you might find my […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/street-photography-tips/feed/ 0 How to photograph babies – 7 top tips from a professional https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-babies/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-babies/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:48:59 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=1967 When my kids were born I barely knew which way up to hold a camera, never mind have any idea of how to photograph babies in the best way. As a result my photographs of them are very average (still very special to us though!).   The odd good picture happened by lucky accident and we resorted to […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-babies/feed/ 0 What's in the bag… for an Italian wedding https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/whats-in-the-bag-for-an-italian-wedding/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/whats-in-the-bag-for-an-italian-wedding/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:29:25 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=1611 In just over 24 hours I'll be heading to a beautiful mountain village in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy to photograph a wedding for a lovely couple who live in the UK but are marrying near where the groom was born. I've photographed lots of weddings in the UK and one a long time […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/whats-in-the-bag-for-an-italian-wedding/feed/ 4 This is how to photograph a baby! https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/this-is-how-to-photograph-a-baby/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/this-is-how-to-photograph-a-baby/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:24:22 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=1508 I absolutely love it when one of my clients sends me pictures they’ve taken that show what they’ve learned and how confident they now are with their camera. I had a great email from new mum Louise today. She attended a Let’s Shoot The Kids course in January and has recently given birth to baby […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/this-is-how-to-photograph-a-baby/feed/ 0 First thoughts on my new Sony A7 camera https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/sony-a7-camera/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/sony-a7-camera/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:26:39 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=1301 “You’re buying another camera?!” I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard this recently, but this time I had a good excuse: old age. Well OK I’m not ready to retire just yet, but certain bits of me are starting to protest every time I heave my camera bag onto my shoulder or lift my […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/sony-a7-camera/feed/ 0 10 things to photograph this Autumn – [4] – fungi https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-fungi/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-fungi/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:36:01 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=819 The wet and mild conditions of Autumn provide the perfect growing conditions for fungi and this exceptionally mild Autumn means that there’s lots around at the moment, without having to look too hard. They have their own kingdom completely separate to plants and animals and there are tens of thousands of different kinds. They are fascinating to […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-fungi/feed/ 0 10 things to photograph this Autumn – [3] HALLOWE’EN https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/10-things-photograph-autumn-3-halloween/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/10-things-photograph-autumn-3-halloween/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:39:32 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=779 Like it or not Hallowe’en is growing in popularity every year and if your children are anything like mine, the opportunity to dress up and be allowed to accept sweets from complete strangers is the ultimate in fun. Their costumes get more elaborate each year, as do the decorations in our house, even spreading out […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/10-things-photograph-autumn-3-halloween/feed/ 2 10 things to photograph this Autumn – [2] LEAVES https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-autumn-leaves/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-autumn-leaves/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:23:56 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=762 In the first of this series we looked at How to Photograph Trees (click on the link if you missed it). This time we’re going to concentrate on how to photograph Autumn leaves and capture their many glorious colours, shapes and textures. It’s all about the Light. Well of course it is as without light we wouldn’t have […]

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]]> https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/how-to-photograph-autumn-leaves/feed/ 7 How to get blurred backgrounds in photos – with the aid of some meerkats – “simples!” (Part 2 – Focal Length) https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/get-blurred-backgrounds-photos-aid-meerkats-simples-part-2-focal-length/ https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/get-blurred-backgrounds-photos-aid-meerkats-simples-part-2-focal-length/#comments Fri, 16 May 2014 17:05:16 +0000 https://www.loveyourlens.co.uk/?p=416 In Part 1 we looked at how Aperture plays a big role in how to get blurred backgrounds in photos. Low f/numbers (large apertures) give us a narrow depth of field and high f/numbers result in a wider depth of field. This sounds pretty straight forward, but like lots of techie things it’s not quite […]

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