“The 16:10 from Carnarfon”
An illness in the family meant a long planned personal trip for Liz, Stan and I to France, exploring the Normandy and Brittany coast had to be shelved at the last minute. Instead we headed to North...
View ArticleShould I Back Up to the Cloud?
Can I start by just apologising for this being such a long post, but I wanted it to cover the subject in depth and, hopefully, answer everyones questions. (and I have added some cloud type pictures,...
View ArticleMy first experiences with Fotospeed papers & lessons learned about soft proofing
I have long used Ilford Gallerie Gold Fibre Silk as my paper of choice for my monochrome prints and Hahnemuhle 308 Photorag for most of my colour prints. I was happy with the Ilford, but the Hahnemuhle...
View ArticleShould I sell my DSLR and buy a Fuji?
I am being asked this question by clients so often now (twice in the last 24 hours, for example), I think it is time to put the answer in a blog, to save me writing endless emails if nothing else So...
View ArticleArtisans – A new photo book supporting an excellent cause
I was delighted to receive my copy of a very limited edition photo book this week, ‘Artisans’ by photographer Tim Allen. This is his second book produced in support of the National Ankylosing...
View ArticleSeaworks 1998-2013 by Paul Kenny
I first became aware of a man, Paul Kenny, several years ago through an article in, I think, Outdoor Photography magazine. I read about a photographer who was visiting, annually, a small stone sheep...
View ArticleWhat is DACS? and Why you should claim
There is a way for published photographers (and artists, poets and writers) to receive additional income from their work and I thought it might be useful to put a blog post together about it. In the...
View ArticleVisualisation, Pre-visualisation, Preparation and Pedantics
This post is the result of an interesting and stimulating Twitter debate this week and I felt it needed exploring in more than 140 characters. The question was raised “do you (or should you)...
View ArticleAutumn in Snowdonia – Trip Report
I have just returned from a three day trip to North Wales where I was running a workshop in the Snowdonia National Park. Our base was the fabulous Tan-Y-Foel guest house where we were cared for...
View ArticleIntegrity & Generosity in Photography – Become a ‘Photographic Philanthropist’
It’s late. I want to go to bed, but I feel I have to write this blog post. It is based on something that has been niggling at me a lot of late, and then a comment was posted on my Facebook page which...
View ArticleTriplekite Books New Discovery Series
Its always a good day when a photography book is delivered at home. Today, three were delivered, making it a very good day. Triplekite Publishing have been hard at work producing the first three in...
View ArticleHow to Travel Light With Your Fuji Camera Gear
Airlines seem to be making it increasingly difficult for us to travel with our camera gear these days, especially on budget flights. Most of us want to keep our precious cameras and lenses with us in...
View ArticleEdgelands – The Floods by Joseph Wright
Every now and then a photo book comes along which is a bit different, a bit special. Today was one of those days. I received my copy of Joseph Wrights ‘Edgelands – The Floods’. The book is different in...
View ArticleNew Dropbox Style Cloud Service I Am Trying – Sync
I have been looking for a more flexible and better priced service than Dropbox for a while. I think I have found it. It is called Sync. They give you 5GB of free cloud storage, which I am currently...
View Article‘Fragile’ by Valda Bailey
Before I start writing my review of ‘Fragile’ by Valda Bailey, I need to declare an interest. Valda is a good friend of mine. We teach workshops on alternative photography techniques for Light &...
View Article‘april, may, june and then july’ by Roj Whitelock
I was felt very privileged some months ago when approached by photographer Roj Whitlock to write a foreword for his photo-essay entitled ‘april, may, june and then july’. I had seen the images and...
View ArticleAn Apology
I am writing this blog to apologise. I am apologising about not replying. You see, almost eleven years ago, when I started teaching workshops I used to say to my students, “if you have got any...
View ArticleTrying a different approach to rucksacks
Ask any photographer and they will tell you, you can never have enough camera bags. Or it might be that we can never find the perfect camera bag. I’m inclined to think that there is no single one bag...
View ArticleSleeklens Landscape Plugin Review
I was contacted recently by sleeklens.com who asked me to put one of their plugin packs for Adobe Photoshop through its paces. They make plugins for all types of photography, particularly portraiture...
View ArticleWorking with Fotospeeds New Square Fine Art Papers
Many of us love making images in the square format. We either ‘see’ our photographs that way and compose for them in the field, often aided by the clever way many digital cameras these days allow us to...
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