How to Make Pictures

I thought I’d launch my Stories and Prints Patreon to be able to bring to light many photographs which I’ve made over the years and turn them into collectable prints (approx A5) , each with an interesting story and theme which I will present each month. In terms of content and themes, I’m thinking that I have a couple of focuses – with […]

Have been reflecting quite a bit about my own work and how I’ve managed to make my way seeing as I’ve had an invitation at a local college to speak at a careers open day about my experiences as a creative and photographer. I also got to see last week the latest young creative talents Nottingham have to offer in the city’s Young […]

Sadly , physics of digital sensors say this isn’t workable. Your camera’s sensor has a fixed sensitivity to light – which can’t be changed – higher ISO settings are created by amplifying , through analog (or at very high and very low settings digitally) the signal coming from that sensor. The sensor itself has a “native” ISO  and inherent sensitivity depending on the design […]

A look at Architects of Air’s latest luminarium , Daedalude which visited the Lakeside Arts Centre at the University of Nottingham in June 2018. As always , a special light show is produced within these inflatable structures which are toured – as the sunlight is carefully and deliberately filtered through a polymer skin – with sections being translucent some spectacular lighting effects can be seen. […]

An extended take on a question I saw at the Sheffield Photographers social media page. Firstly I would begin at using shutter speeds above 1/250s. Firstly it will stop blur because of the motion in the singers. Also , it will also stop blur arising from you holding the camera.  The gain (ISO) of the camera will have to be raised up a fair […]

I’ve been playing quite a bit over the last two weeks with the 200-500mm Nikkor courtesy of Lenses For Hire – photographing deer and wildlife at Wollaton Park , and I thought I’d share some quick thoughts I had… 1/ – very versatile set of focal lengths –  it freed me up to respond as the sun came up above the horizon at Wollaton […]

The role aperture plays within photography will introduce the first of a new series of articles in which I explore various technical and artistic aspects of photography in depth and discuss the ideas behind some of my work. In this particular edition I’ll be discussing the role of the lens aperture within photography – how it affects light passing through it physically, and how […]

An imposing statue of the Emperor Constantine, in front of an imposing facade of the York Cathedral were tools with which I was able to play around quite a bit here in this mini-essay and series. Forced perspective can be a very fun storytelling tool , especially with extremely wide lenses which frame up a large area , allowing me to really work very […]