SubscribeThis was my host for my visit to Toronto. Jim Craigen is a brilliant and very international trainer in co-operative learning techniques for teachers. I couldn’t have wished for better company while there. Here of course he is caught indulging in his less-well-known hobby of “impersonating a TV detective”.
Sorry for the week long absence of posts. I was attending (in fact speaking at!) an amazing conference in Toronto. I didn’t have much time for photography at all but I grabbed a few while my host was showing me around the city and taking me up the amazing CN Tower. If you read my...
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 best...
I don’t have much experience with studio style pictures, and to be completely honest I have a complex relationship with them. When they are done well, they seem to distill the very essence of a person through the tiniest tilt of the head and varying of expression. When they are done badly, they look cheesy...
I went walking with friends today up the incredibly cold Ben Dubh above Luss. With wind chill, (and there was plenty of it), it was bitterly cold and way sub zero at the top. All layers were on! I carried my 40D and my LX3 on a waistbelt on my rucksack and despite the flat...
Margo was my 4th “100 portraits” subject, but she was the 1st person who I managed to relax with sufficiently to enjoy taking pictures without too much self-consciousness. This was mostly because Margo was an artist and a truly charming and interesting person, and realising that I was just getting to grips with a challenging...
Today and yesterday the weather has been so horrible that I have been a frustrated snapper. This is particularly annoying as I was on the Isle of Mull overnight. I thought I would find something bright from my summer holiday in Switzerland. Cardinal beer is very popular in Zermatt and this sign was just irresistable.
This is one of my very favourite pictures. It doesn’t really cut it as a portrait, but the sheer starkness of Sally’s imposition against the Matterhorn is fantastic. Taking people-pictures in bright midday light always results in shadowy eyes. People wearing hats and sunglases makes the problem even worse. I this case Sally’s hat and...
ISO 800, f5.6, 1/10th (78mm)
Note: (Zoomed out 5.6 may have been my largest available stop!)
I thought I would post an old portrait from my summer holiday this year. I considered this as a possible favourite portrait for yesterday’s blog entry, but wasn’t sure that it was my actual favourite, but it’s one of my favourites....
