Civic Trust Awards
I've been fortunate to cover the Civic Trust Awards ceremony on two occasions in the past. A great event recognising excellence in the built environment.
When shall we embrace again?
We’ve been given the date for a return to many freedoms denied for so long. Many of us are counting down the days until we can meet up at events, conferences and parties, already delayed by nearly 18 months now. Are you beginning to think about planning your next event? If so, I’d love to know about it. Make sure that you mark your return to normal with some great photos of your event. Get in touch with me to arrange your photo coverage.
Portraits at home or in the office
Whether you’re back in the office or still working from home, it’s always a good time to update your professional portrait to something shiny and new. Get in touch to arrange your professional portrait picture and make sure you look your sharpest when people see your online presence.
Shoot it as you see it
Sometimes I’m drawn to a subject in a moment and get a great image. Combine this with great documentary portrait skills and you get great event photography. I bring both of these skill sets onto any event that I cover; so, if you have one planned, get me to cover it for you. One less thing to worry about.
Bumble Bees
Macro Photography with still subjects is tricky, with only a very shallow focus area, you have to be very precise to get what you want in focus; but with a moving subject, this becomes even harder. You need to take a lot of images in order to get the shot that you want; but when you have it, it is supremely satisfying.
The Magic of Early Summer
Since the only place I can take photographs at the moment is outdoors, that has meant a lot of photographing flowers instead of people. Just recently I have been able to spend a lot of time doing this as I continue to wait for restrictions to ease and events to be possible again. This has had unexpected benefit, which is to make me think about technical aspects of taking and processing images to get the best out of them; so when those events start up again, I will once again be raring to go, and better than ever.
MACRO LENS PHOTOGRAPHY FOR JUNE (PART 3)
Even used a little further away from the subject, a macro lens will give you great separation of the subject from the background, but getting in really close can draw your eye to extraordinary details in nature (or anything else) that we might other wise not notice.
Macro Lens Photography for June (Part 2)
A macro lens on your camera allows you to get much nearer your subject than most regular lenses; the result of being so close is that you can only focus on a very narrow plane, so you have to make your choices very carefully. There is a lot of trial and error with this kind of work, but when it works the results are hugely satisfying
Macro Lens Photography for June (Part 1)
Give me sunshine, a macro lens and plant-life and I’ll be happy for hours. DOF is so shallow that you have to pick your focus point really carefully; lots of trial and error creating these, but the results can be really beautiful, and otherworldly.
Art on the South Coast
A recent trip to Hastings and Bexhill exposed me to some thrilling and vibrant street art. Just had to share these images that were some of my favourites.
