Sounds complex, but its not! It is, however a really important concept in most forms of writing or drawing with light. Hyperfocal distance is the distance from the lens to the focal point, that is in focus, and the distance beyond the focal point, that is in focus. If I am making a portrait and I use a very wide aperture, and focus on the clients eye, at f1.8, their pupil will be in focus, but their eye lashes won’t. There will be times when this effect is desirable, and time

Editing a modern digital photograph, is a similar process to developing an analogue photograph. Initially I make a photo as a RAW image. This allows the digital file to contain as much information from the original exposure as possible. The first level edit is done with the RAW file. I colour balance, crop out any unwanted peripheral mess, adjust exposure and adjust “levels& Curves”. Occasionally I adjust a bit of contrast and brightness. This is my standard edit, which I do

I bought my first camera in 1974. It was a cheap Russian camera that took standard 35mm (what we now call full frame) film. It had the absolute minimum of controls. To adjust the aperture, you used a ring on the front of the lens, there was a little thing to turn for the shutter speed. To focus it, there was another slightly larger ring on the lens. On the top of the camera was an eye piece, with a prism inside, so the you could see the mirror. What you could see, was what ap

Exposure! Exposure is probably the single most important concept in photography! The use of the word comes from the origins of photography where a light sensitive material was exposed to light to make the image. The process has gone through many iterations of glass plates, light sensitive chemicals and materials, to the present day sensors. The exposure of a photo is the combination of three basic components, all to do with light. That’s why its called “photography” writing o

The Warm Embrace of the Aegean She lay in the warm Aegean water, basking under the hot Grecian sun. The gentle swell rocked her back and forth. She felt a sense of happiness. Occasionally, the old man would come to row her out to sea. He would sit on the little bench seat, reading while the boat gently swayed. Sometimes, he would bring his fishing tackle and catch a fish. Upon returning to shore, he would excitedly scurry up the stony beach, taking his catch home to his famil

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I had not properly conceptualised this, it works for photography and every other field of business. “A customer is someone who purchases...

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Photographing the Emerald Ball for Kemp Hospice . I have done a number of events for Kemp, mainly providing first aid cover for their...

Somewhen in December 2021, I was doom scrolling through my Facebook when I saw a post, "Help" it said. A local theatre group had been let down by their photographer at very short notice. So I replied "Me", within a few minutes Jack contacted me. So I went to Tenbury High School to meet up. I think its called happenstance! Jack and I immediately got on well together. I think that this first shoot, was for Matilda. Since then I have photographed 38 session for Ludwig Theatre A

Choosing a wedding venue is a very difficult thing to do, some people get married at home, some in a church, a hotel, a tent, etc, etc...

The idea for this has slowly been germinating for nearly four years. I have known Susie for about 20 years. In 2019 she rang me to say...

For most of us, our parents are pretty wonderful people. They brought us into the world, and I feel that our children are the most...

My intention is to make a fabulous photo of you! There are three interdependent factors involved in this. The first and perhaps the most important is emotion, without the emotional part, the image, is nothing like so good. The second is the "listening", I'll explain later, then the technicalities. The most important part of making a photo is the emotion it portrays, this is what make's it a good photograph. It's the emotion that enables the photo to stir our memories, weeks,

From the Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford film, "The Way We Were" and composed by Marvin Hamlisch. I can just about remember going to...

The body is a highly complex multi-cellular organism which has evolved to its present form over a very long period of time. This paper...

On a rather dull Wednesday morning a few weeks ago, at the beginning of November 2021, I got an "messenger" message from an unknown...

Wedding photography is an essential part of the wedding day. It is really important, therefore, to get a photographer, that will do a...

I have known Jo for at least 25 years. She was a training manager for PGL when I was doing their first aid training. All that changed...