There are a lot of people who will look at a few of my pictures and say “Why on earth did you take a picture of a ____?”, referring to my subject matter sometimes being slightly less obvious than flowers and trees. I was fascinated by an old sewing machine at Charleville castle and that […]

Printing. Ugh, the thought of it sends shivers down my spine. I had this really horrible, sneaking, creeping suspicion that I was somehow cheating. That my pictures, although looking fairly decent on the web at 600 pixels wide, I didn’t think could stand up to being printed. All I could see was posterisation, lack of […]

I should probably open this post with a disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based purely on my limited experience and knowledge, and I’m particularly interested in the possibility of widening this experience, with a view to changing – developing – my opinion. So… I can’t get a grip on how modern photography relates to […]

I‚Äôm sure everyone‚Äôs been there: you arrive home from a shoot, and do the memory card emptying routine, take a first look at your shots on the monitor. You‚Äôre flicking through, click click click cli‚Ķ and you stop, because you arrive at a picture that steals your heart straight away. Okay, I‚Äôm being romantic about […]

I recently had Brooks Jensen’s podcasts brought to my attention, and I’ve been working my way through the archives. It’s handy to be able to free up your eyes from reading, and your hand from scrolling, to listen, and think about what he’s saying. You can put them on while you”’re doing something mindless – […]