Monthly Archives: March 2009 I know what you’re all thinking; has Matthew started doing menswear catalogue shoots? This is my excellent colleague David, and after work on Friday we stopped by this beautifully sunlit river in Glen Fruin on our way home. When I started photography I would have put the sun on David’s face or perhaps as sidelight….  I know it’s a little pathetic, but I’m very fond of our little cat, Pepsi. Like all cats, she’s a little selfish and wicked, but she’s also very affectionate (when it suits her). The problem is twofold, she won’t look at a camera, no seriously she won’t, and she’s so black that you need just…  Probably the simplest rule used in composition is the rule of thirds. The word rule is not strictly helpful of course since it isn’t a rule, but more of a “guideline”. “Guideline of thirds” isn’t as snappy a name though so we’ll stick with the “rule” of thirds. Essentially it has been observed that when…  I missed 2 days postings since I was in Aberdeen visiting my brother and sis-in-law. The first thing to say about that was that I should be drummed out of the photobloggers league; our excellent hosts arranged for us to go to see Heidi Talbot in a local venue and it was a superb gig…  I couldn’t resist posting my second choice of Dick’s pictures from our 5 grabbed minutes a week ago. This one taken at the monument opposite the Royal Hotel in Oban. |
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