Tommy was my first taste of photographing someone who had no shyness at all. Not that he was overconfident or vain, far from it, he just had fun and so did I. I could have used most of his photographs. This one is my second favourite from our shoot.
Last weekend I went on a walk from Howwood where I live to Newton of Beltrees. Photographically it was hard to find good landscapes. When I saw this tree on a rise with some nice cloud behind I thought I’d have a go. The picture is nice enough and has classic and simple composition, but...
This may seem an odd subject to make a fuss about, but my experience has been that it causes more hassle and stress than any other aspect of learning photography. Ask yourself, “how many times have I left my DSLR at home because I didn’t want to carry it”? It is often said that the...
I’ve just bought a Tamron 18-270mm and I’m really pleased with it. The image stabilisation almost totally does away with the tripod and is much better than the IS I had on by two canon lenses.