Within the Frame

The book by David DuChemin called “Within the Frame” is about finding and expressing your photographic vision, specifically where people, places, and cultures are concerned. The book on its own is great and I can highly recommend it. However I recently discovered that after producing the book David recorded a series of podcasts for peachpit [...]

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Photocamp – over for another year

So Photocamp is over for another year. Around 160 delegates attending over 20 different sessions across two days at the National Media Museum and Impressions Gallery in Bradford. Personally I once again got loads out of the sessions I attended which were excellent. Subjects covered everything from personal experiences of getting into model photography and [...]

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Still Life: Stacked Plates

This shot was taken inside Temple Works in Leeds. The building has been vacant for a long time and the last occupants (Kays Catalogue) all just left one day and never came back. The building (built between 1836-1840) is it also very strange. The outside decoration makes it look like an Egyptian temple and the [...]

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New Lightroom Keywords – Weather

I’ve added a new keyword list to my collection of keywords for Lightroom. This time it focuses on terms used to describe weather and associated atmospheric conditions – rain, cloud types, fog/haze, storms, etc. I’m not 100% happy with the list at the moment but thought I’d post it anyway. So if you’ve any suggestions [...]

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