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Ballintoy Harbour County Antrim NI January 2019   Talk and demonstration opportunities for your club Here is a list of the talks and demonstrations I offer camera clubs - FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR CLUB PROGRAMME SECRETARY IF YOU ME TO VISIT YOUR CLUB NEXT SEASON ...

Snowdonia Monochrome Masterclass October 2018 Originality 2 - the 4 S’s of Creativity Following on from last week’s post about the 4 S’s Creative Funnel I thought I would extend the information available giving you some pointers on how to start the process. Sieve and...

“The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” George Bernard Shaw Scotland in the rain of December 2005, this picture was selected on the basis of the George Bernard Shaw quote above / below. The censored approach would say the unprocessed file is...

Learn, Grow and Express yourself "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela Is your photography moving forward and changing over time?   A great example is a comparison between two composers you might have heard...

3 Essential tips for continuing your photography Once the photography bug bites it is difficult to shake it off and you will want to continue your hobby or profession for as long as you can. In this post, I’m going to talk about some of the essential aspects of your...

Iron Foundry Workers Bedroom Blaenavon 2017 Try My New Free Online Pro Review  I have just launched a new service I am offering you a free online pro review this is an opportunity to get my professional insights into your work and how you can make changes for the...

The reason why - perfection is not all its cracked up to be I am not convinced that straight photography as promoted by Alfred Steichen and Edward Weston of the f64 Group fame in 1932 is the only true faith. Their raison detre was that the main difference between...

Blaen y Glyn Uchaf - Bannau Brycheiniog May 2018   Try these tips for planning a landscape shoot Landscape photography is a classic subject of the photographic genre with much written online and in books. In this post, I’m going to concentrate on how to plan a...

Cameras do not make photographs’ In this post, I will be briefly looking at the truth behind the statement "cameras do not make photographs’." Your highly expensive camera does not know you or love you. You can accurately think for your camera but it can only guess at...

Behind the shot – Legacy Lenses This ancient looking picture of the Bristol Tobacco Bond A Warehouse was taken last Sunday. The idea behind the picture was to marry the foreground and background together. The foreground is two of the struts on the Ashton Avenue Bridge...

Try These Tips For Selecting Pictures - Part 2 Photography is the art of communication. To extend that thought a photograph is a direct act of communication, you the photographer are the viewer's eyes.  See part one of this series “How to select pictures for your blog...

A print in the hand is worth two on the screen I greatly value the sponsorship I have received from Fotospeed over the past 11 years. Fotospeed has a philosophy of continuous product development and customer service that is unrivalled. The whole team at Fotospeed are...

Platinum Blonde - Bristol Harbour 2016 The Dark Art A Black and White Digital Printing Workshop Manual Hurrah, a big box of new “The Dark Art” books arrived from the printers today. Spruce up your digital black and white printing skills in Photoshop or Lightroom. Here...

6 Must-Have Photographer Skills  To be a good photographer requires you to be at one with your camera. There is a seamless connection between awareness and intuition that effortlessly allows you to set your camera to record the picture. This post focuses on the camera...

(c) Picture by Dave Mason   Walking around with a camera in the street and taking the odd snap is the slow way to get results. This method could be called the how not get great results guide. Here are some ways for you to get much better results in a shorter...