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Long exposure photography - A one shot wonder in Brighton
- I was based in Brighton over the Christmas period and managed to grab a few minutes in between festivities to photograph the old West Pier. I'd seen images of the pier but am not familiar with Brighton so didn't really know what to expect. Armed with my Canon 5DSr and 16-35mm lens, my sturdy Gitzo t[...]
Creative cropping - Fine Art Equine Photography
- Wildlife photography can be rather unpredictable. With landscape, you can set up the tripod, compose a shot and wait for the light conditions to change. With animals, anything could happen. It’s very rare that I have an image from a wildlife shoot where I don’t have to crop. Now with mega pixel sens[...]
White horses floating in the Camargue - Fine art equine photography
- Fog had descended on the Camargue on the first morning of our White Horses photo workshop in October. This provided us with opportunities to photograph the horses in a way rarely seen before. The initial challenge was to be able to see the horses clearly enough through the thick fog. There was no po[...]
How to photograph sunflowers
- First of all here’s some science: I will start by dispelling the myth that all sunflowers follow the sun. Young plants do indeed follow the sun and turn back during the night which is why the French for sunflower is “tournesol”. Mature sunflowers on the other hand, always face the risin[...]
The ultimate shoot in the Camargue
- Photographing the white horses in the Camargue gets better and better! I’ve been running photo workshops in the Camargue since 2011 and have lost count of the number of photos of horses I have. I still remember the exhilaration of my first shoot when the horses galloped across the marshland befor[...]