In art triangles are a wonderful and beautiful thing. We look for them to help describe an image, we create them with shadows and subjects and we use them to lead the eye around a picture.
Take a walk into any art gallery and take a look at some of the old great masters. Whilst you might not see an actually triangle shape you’ll notice points of interest, like a highlight, that if you drew a…
Oh sh***********t, Emma’s been on maternity leave for two weeks now which means only one thing, this baby is coming soon!
The NCT classes are done, the nursery has been decorated and the hospital bag was packed weeks ago.
Now all I have to worry about is being supportive through the whole birthing thing and try to rise a well adjusted child for the next couple of decades.
That of course is…
As an old seadog I’ve photographed my fair share of seascapes. There’s something about a seascape that I love but I can’t quite describe. Perhaps it’s the sense of vastness and simplicity. Perhaps it’s the subtle uniqueness that every seascape has both in the sky and in the ocean.
Whilst most seascapes you see are taken from the shore I urge you, if you have the…
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As I mentioned weeks ago I’ll be going on maternity leave from 13th June 2014 so please send all your enquires to the main accounts email address.
This email account will not be monitored as everyone will be far too busy working out how on earth they are going to cope without me for a whole year.
Yes that’s right, I’m going to take a…
With the great British summer in full swing there’s surely no better time to capture shadows. Actually any time of year, in any part of the world is a good time or place to photograph shadows. The act of photography is all about capturing light and where there’s a light source there’s a shadow.
This photography challenge be be about any type of shadow. You can try your hand…
I got a nice email from The Baby Centre last week which read
At the end of this week, you’re going to reach an important pregnancy milestone: your baby will be considered full-term. That means you could give birth any day now. Walking may become increasingly uncomfortable. Some mums-to-be say it feels as if their baby is going to fall out!
Holly crap. Any. Day. Now.
Well i like to think…
It’s nearly Wimbledon time and you know what that means…..rain. Just when we are starting to feel that summer is upon us the heavens open and along come the downpours.
Photographing rain can be done in many different ways. You can freeze or blur the movement simply by adjusting your shutter speed. It’s also interesting to photograph rains storms from afar or when you’re…
Last week I popped round my mum’s house for a cup of tea. The plan was to say hello, give her a bump update and lay down the ground rules for birth and baby visitation.
In our NCT class last Tuesday we had two visiting dads who both suggested that it might be a good idea to keep visitors (like new grandparents) at bay for a day or two when you get back from the hospital.
My mum is not really…
There are plenty of different speciality lenses available which help you create all sorts of weird and wonderful effects in-camera but Lensbaby has to be my favourite. A few years ago I brought myself a Lensbaby Composer and from time to time I still take it out for a bit of fun.
What the Lensbaby composer does it create a sweet spot of focus in the centre of your image and blurs the rest of the…
Before I share this important lesson in marketing to expectant mothers I have to share one of my biggest marketing pet hates.
Self congratulatory promotion based on celebrating random acts of kindness.
For example, take the recent Lloyds advert which had (I’m assuming) an actor talk about how all of a sudden Lloyds thought she was so awesome that they gifted her the price of what I guess was…