Larry was my 7th portrait from my project and I struggled to cope with the bright low sunlight. I had the same problems with Seg two portraits previously. Looking back, I was technically inept at dealing with high contrast bright sunlight. I would now use a helper holding a diffuser, use fill flash to even...
I am becoming a public menace in the eyes of my colleagues and friends. You are looking at one of the loveliest and most generous people I know, and I happen to be lucky enough to work with her. After a recent meeting I asked if I could quickly take a picture. Typically she agreed,...
I have discovered a pathetic side to my nature. I arrived home today to find that “Ecos travel guides” have sent me a copy of their new Madeira guide. I was contacted recently by their editor, Cesar Barba Villarraza and asked if I would mind them using 2 of my images for the guide. I...
I thought I would start looking at composition by choosing the most important and basic compositional rule: Make sure that your photograph has a subject. This may seem obvious, but in terms of having a well composed photograph it’s important that the viewer can work out what the subject of the picture is. In the...
It snowed all day here in Howwood, so I only went out locally. One trip was to refresh my feeders, shortly afterwards I caught this little guy making free with our largesse. These are before and during the crime shots. The light was getting low so I popped up my flash and just used it...
