19 January

I grabbed my ever-enthusiastic model Emma, to demonstrate an error that, as photographers, we've all had - blurring of the picture due to low shutter speed and movement of the camera. I would like to say that personally I have never seen this error of photography in any of my images, but of course, I … Continue reading 19 January →

18 January

My idea for this title was always about depicting the 'present' that is 'now', rather than the 'gift' meaning of the word. I was going to do a companion picture for the PAST one, but then I realised that I don't actually have any recent photographs of the family that I can use. I mean, … Continue reading 18 January →

17 January

This is the house opposite to ours. An old family friend, lives on the right. On the left is a student house. The whole area, because of the proximity of the university is full of students houses. In the summer, they are empty and the population of our area reduces by a good number, and … Continue reading 17 January →

16 January

I sorted out some old photos of Janette and I from the 1980's and arranged them. It's funny how years later when you look at the pictures a kind of sad half-smile seems to drift on to your lips. There's a picture of me with my mum and dad, Janette's mini Mayfair, our first cat, … Continue reading 16 January →

15 January

Despite it being winter in the UK there is a lack of snow or even frost in the midlands at the moment, so it was 'head-in-the-freezer' time. There was some accumulation of ice particles in the freezer and I quite liked the fact that the shelf rails looked like snow covered ploughed fields. A quick … Continue reading 15 January →

14 January

This image originally started as a planned picture of a potato with eyes - new stalks - protruding from it. I then thought that I could actually make look this a lot more bizarre and strange by actually giving the potato real eyes. I took several pictures of Janette's eyes and then incorporated into the … Continue reading 14 January →

Decision…made!

After my last blog before Christmas, I have given a lot of thought to what I plan to do photography-wise in the coming year. I have decided to have some time off from the degree and to look at it again later in the year. I am allowed to postpone the next module until November … Continue reading Decision…made! →

Decisions…decisions

So. it’s the 23 December, and I’m sitting in front of my monitor and about to start processing another image from the summer. I’m still on July, working on the images I took in Venice. Although my University module with the Open College of the Arts finished in September (which I passed) I don’t seemed … Continue reading Decisions…decisions →

Finding my images

We have finished decorating the study in our house, and my wife is looking for a collection of landscape format prints to group in a series of four on one of the walls. The problem is, which images to choose? All of my images are held in Lightroom databases. Each year I start a new … Continue reading Finding my images →

D7100 image

I took the image below on a trip out to Blenheim Palace at the weekend. It's no wonder shops are suffering this Christmas with less trade, everybody was at Blenheim - the place was completely rammed full. Anyway, this is an image of one of the statues by the fountains. I thought it would show … Continue reading D7100 image →