Image of the Week – Rain!

Image of the Week – Rain!

I read today in the news that this summer has been the coldest in years. Brilliant. As we have endured so much rain this summer, we thought we would dedicate Image of the Week to it! As photographers, rain poses a few practical issues. How to keep our gear dry whilst...
Image Of The Week #24 Action Shots

Image Of The Week #24 Action Shots

Action shots need two important things, great lighting and a really quick shutter speed. If you have young children you know how fast they can be right? Running around the garden, bombing into the pool, on a bouncy castle, playing football, the list is endless but all...
Image of the Week #22 – Bokeh

Image of the Week #22 – Bokeh

Have you ever wondered how some images create an almost magical dreamy like background of softness? Well, us photographers call that bokeh – posh word for background blur. You’ll notice this in portraits where the subject is sharp but the background is...
Image of the Week #19 – Beach

Image of the Week #19 – Beach

Who doesn’t love going to the beach? It’s the one place millions seek out as soon as there is a hint of sunshine in the long summer holidays and often holds very special childhood memories of shell collecting, splashing and jumping the tide and making...
Image of The Week #18- Telling a Story

Image of The Week #18- Telling a Story

Sometimes a photograph has many things about it that make it precious. It could be the setting, it could be something in the frame, it could be the reaction on a face to something, or even something lurking in the background of a shot. These are the images that tell a...