How To

How To: Compose in Thirds

19 Apr , 2017  

Title photograph How To compose in thirds

Before you press the shutter, you need to compose the image, sounds easy. Just make sure the subject is in the frame and you haven’t cut Aunties head off. And to be fair, it is just that easy But if you want to take your images to the next level, you need to think about […]

How To

How To: Be Different

12 Apr , 2017  

Title picture How To Be Different

If you want your images, to make a visual impact, stand out from the crowd, move your feet, try something different. You don’t have to stand in the same place as everyone else. In fact moving to a different place or position may give you a better image. Try crouching down and taking the image […]

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How To: Avoid camera shake

5 Apr , 2017  

How To Avoid Camera Shake

Are your pictures out of focus? We can help. It may not be lack of focus, that’s the problem. Today’s phones and cameras are very good at focusing, it rarely goes wrong. Your problem; is more likely to be camera shake. Everyone suffers from camera shake pro or Instagrammer alike. The good news is a […]

How To, Update, Wildlife

Night-time garden visitors

8 Sep , 2016  

IR picture of a Badger in a garden

Our garden is now full of birds, since we started to put out food. But you may remember from our last post , we started feeding and getting night-time visitors, who were digging up the grass. So in order to find out what was visiting at night we purchased and set up a Trail Camera. And […]

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Keywords and metadata

3 Jun , 2016  

If you are a social, portrait or wedding photographer, have never submitted your pictures to a picture library, I suggest, read no further. If you are or aspire to be a travel, nature or wildlife photographer, submit your pictures to picture libraries then read on. OK; now you’ve been warned, so let’s delve into the […]

Gear, How To

Have you done your backup today?

24 Apr , 2016  

Seagate HDD

Remember the days when photographs were paper, coated with a thin layer of silver and coloured pigment? I can still open an album; look at pictures of my grandparents taken 100 years ago. All without the need to switch on a computer fire up a bit of software. All you need to protect these is […]

How To, Wildlife

Photography Tips for making better Flower Pictures

15 Apr , 2016  

Photographer in Bluebell Wood

You may say why use the word “making”, it’s all about having fun and using the ingredients to make a picture. No two pictures are every the same, its capturing that moment in time never to be repeated. Ingredients 1 x person – you 1 x camera – doesn’t matter the make and model, could […]

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