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Landscape photography made simple
Landscape photography might be an appropriate header for just a few of the images in this post but it is the very nature of the landscape at Dungeness in Kent that makes these images work. There are abandoned fishing boats … Continue reading
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Tagged Dungeness photography, Fuji X100, landscape photography
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Every picture tells the story
A recent review from the SWPP of the Impending Canon compact killer, the G1X revealed that it had totally failed to capture the actions of a hyperactive dog frolicking in the park (apart from a prolonged mud bath). It’s something I’ve long … Continue reading
Sublime images of the unfreezing north
Ragnar Axelsson is one of those photographers who make me wonder why I bother to take pictures at all. Iceland’s best known photojournalist , Axelsson generally known as Rax has recently published The Last Days Of The Arctic a photographic essay which … Continue reading
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Tagged Polar photography, Ragnar Axelsson, Rax
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Fujifilm x10 Sample images from a busy weekend
Over this past weekend I carried the X10 around with me most of the time, either in the glovebox of the car, in my jacket pocket or, while on my bike, around my neck (quite comfortable too). This post is … Continue reading
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Tagged fuji x10, fuji x10 images, fujifilm x10
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The new forest in Autumn
The New Forest is the South of England’s great wilderness with around 150 square miles of woodland and forest lawns among which you can walk for hours and see no one (90% of visitors stay within 100 metres of their … Continue reading
A Starlit Landscape
Well almost! The main light source for this shot was in fact residual sunlight from a sun that had set a couple of hours previously. Moonlight alone can provide sufficient light for photography, shadows are clearly visible and exposure times … Continue reading
A simple window-light portrait
Photo by Astrid As soon as I arrived for our training session at Maurits and Astrid’s flat in North Kensington I was struck by the lovely light coming through the living room window. Window light is a great way of lighting … Continue reading
Composition in landscape photography
Returning from a bike ride along the river Blythe at Walberswick in Suffolk a few weekends ago I grabbed a snapshot of these ageing rowing boats with the tar covered fisherman’s huts in the middle distance and a stormy sky ominously … Continue reading
What is the iso button on my camera?
Almost everyone who comes to Phototuition has heard the term or seen the button on the camera but few know what it means so in straight forward terms what is iso? The iso setting on your camera is where you … Continue reading
A business portrait
Business portraiture has always been for me one of the most enjoyable areas of my professional photography and a recent job for cameraman Anthony Wood was very much a case in point. Anthony’s brief was for a cheerful environmental portrait, … Continue reading
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