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The capital of Scotland is an amazing city to photograph. It has great transport links via rail and road. Interesting accommodation in...

Manchester my home town I felt was a good place to start on a series of blog posts about photographing in some of the UKs major cities to...

I am a big fan of architecture photography, its is great for both colour and monochrome genres its all around us ideal for abstract work...

Recently there has been a great deal of interest in double exposure and intentional camera movement (ICM) photography. These aspects of...

We are into the season of wedding photography that will run through the summer. You may be considering trying you hand at wedding...

Lightroom is a big and complex piece of software that is constantly changing. Its hard to keep track of the new and developing aspects of...

If you are in London then you should pay a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum to see their photographic exhibition Fragile Beauty....

The 13th September see the release of LEE staring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller an amazing photographer and an amazing life. Probably most...

After many delays due to one thing and another I finally have a new camera club talk available. The "Capital Plan" talk is now available...

Street photography is one of my favourite genres and it is also an area of photography many people find quite difficult. Here are some...

Many photographers get mentioned so I thought it was worth putting together my top 5 photographers to inspire your work. Everybody will...

On the courses I run and talks I give people are often surprised that you need to be ready to get that shot at all times. As a street...

Came across this nice video of a photographers trip around New York, an easy place to take great images. In this case however they were...

Around 6 - 12 month ago Lightroom changed its color management option giving greater control of the colour management in you images ,...

Sometimes less is more and this is reflected in minimalist photography which is a genre that appears to be a bit of a mystery to many....

I have found that setting photography goals is a good way to structure you development and progress as a photographer whilst also giving...

One item it many photographers bag is a polarising filter and its surprising how many photographers don't know how to use them! Let take...

skies in images can be tricky things due to the dynamic range or the colours in the skies. This then manifests itself in post processing...

As photographers we need to manage all types of situations and flat light photography is one of the most challenging situations. How do...

While delivering my talk "street and architecture - genre that overlap" a question that has come up recently is relating to lens choice and focal length. I came across this nice video which I felt was worth sharing along with my own views in relation to the 3 questions in the video. Street Photography Lens Selection Focal Length There are several aspects to this - How close you are or want to be to the subject - The effect of lens foreshortening and how you want to use that -