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blurry trees 2
Digital Photography Tutorials

Experimenting with blur

If you find yourself in a pine wood on an overcast afternoon in winter with an SLR camera at your disposal then you might want to have a go at something like this… I think they look quite painterly,…

mince pie
Digital Photography

Pie

Now I know it must be winter, as I’ve had my first mince pie of the year! And a coffee too, although that wasn’t even my first one of the day, let alone year. I’d earned a treat after…

berries 5
Digital Photography

Berry nice

I could quite easily spend the whole winter taking photos of berries. They are so very well behaved and cheery to look at, and certainly brighten up a cold, old winters day, don’t you think? PS – There’s lot’s…

sunset 1
Digital Photography

4pm

Number one on my photography wishlist is a tilt and shift lens – specifically this one, which, when you see the price you’ll realise why it’s not on my ‘lenses I own’ list! For now then I will make…

maple seed pods
Digital Photography

After the light

Autumn can be quite show-offy and brazenly colourful at times, don’t you think? Often though it is quite muted and serene. These are from a late afternoon stroll in the old cemetery over the weekend – it was dark…

family portrait
Digital Photography

All the ones

I had the great pleasure on Friday lunchtime (11-11-11) of visiting a local country park and photographing a friend and her sweet (almost exactly, just one day to go) 1-year-old boy. I was after just such a willing volunteer…

softly
Digital Photography

Itchy

I have an itchy shutter finger – it feels like ages since I took a photo! Greenwich Meantime sucks,  it’s always so dark – I am currently reading all about taking photos at night time in a bid to blow away…

New Forest symbol
Digital Photography

Let the show begin

Meteorologists have been saying that when autumn finally gets started then the mild weather we’ve been having should mean it will be a very colourful one, leaf-wise. Well, I think it’s finally got started and it is indeed looking…

coffee for two
Digital Photography

Weekend wanderings

Have you had a lovely weekend? I have – it’s been one of those ones where you don’t do much apart from read papers, drink coffee, wander your local streets and chat. Obviously (for editorial puposes) I am choosing…

dead queen anne's lace
Digital Photography

A breath of fresh air

I had the afternoon off work today, it was lovely – a long, lazy lunch, sunshine, fresh air and photography! The trees are mostly still green but you can tell they are about to change – I don’t wanna…