Top First Children’s Books
Apr 07 2013Despite loving the technology and the new ways of reading books via tablets, we still love reading stories to our kids by turning pages. There’s no question about it. Here is London Mums’ selection of top first children’s books for 2013.
Exclusive interview with Cbeebies ‘I Can Cook’ star Katy Ashworth on her passions & her charity work
Apr 06 2013Who hasn’t cooked with the children following the recipes from ‘I Can Cook’ with Cbeebies star Katy Ashworth and her group of lively kids. Find out all about her passions & and her charity work for BLISS in this exclusive interview for London Mums. Enjoy!
Flowers | Weekly Photography Challenge
Apr 05 2013This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme.
Book review: A novel for all you adults who miss a good fairytale…
Apr 04 2013I have always loved fairytales. I remember making my Grandma act out Snow White with me when I was a little girl. At university I studied their evolution and it turns out, unsurprisingly when you think about it, that in their original forms they are in no way suitable for children. The same can be said of Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth’s beautiful new novel that breathes life into the Rapunzel story.
Aperture and Shutter Priority modes | Photography Basics
Apr 03 2013By now you should have a fairly good idea of what your aperture and shutter speed actually does, especially if you’ve tried my little experiments. We’ve also talked about moving on from automatic modes but this article is a slight step back as we’ll be firing on semi-automatic.
What are Aperture and Shutter Priority modes?
Basically what we’re telling our camera is that we want to photograph at a particular shutter speed or aperture (for whatever reason) and your camera will do the rest.
Aperture Priority is normally an A or Av on your setting dial and Shutter Priority is surprise surprise a big ‘ol S. (or TV which stands for Time Value if you are using Canon).
Forty-Something Pop Princess – Just not done yet
Apr 02 2013“The problem you have, is that the radio station you are dealing with is sexist and ageist.” He continues, “You are this hip, intelligent, Indian woman, whose music is well crafted. You look and sound great…it would be a different story if you were 19.”
I’m on the phone to an agent, whom I’ve been chasing for months. I am not remotely shocked or horrified by what he says. I just smile wryly.
