This is an idea that I took from Gavin Hoey on Adorama Tv. The Rules are as follows: You have 15 minutes to shoot. You have one location. You use one camera. You use one lens. I can only post a maximum of five photos. This is a rule that I have added. The location …
Top 5 Landscape Photo Planning Apps
My Top 5 Planning Apps are: The Photographers Ephemeris http://photoephemeris.com/ Lee Stopper Exposure Guide https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1105022698 Google Maps Weather forecast Yr.no Tide ChartsĀ www.tide-forecast.com TPE, the first app I mention, is fantastically helpful at working out where sunrise and sunset are, and when used with Skyfire, it should be able to help you work out what the …
Lego Camera Kit
I bought a custom lego mini camera kit from the website chrismcveigh.com. The kit arrived very quickly, I ordered it on February 7th and it arrived today (February 21st). It was a quick, fun and simple build, Chris has the building guides on his site. There are also kits on his site that cover technology, …
My Top 5 Favourite Photography Coffee Table Books
Here is a list of my present top 5 favourite photography coffee table books. 1. Expanding Universe - Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope 2. Connemara - Mark Joyce 3. Early Colour - Saul Leiter 4. Images of the 7th Day - Michael Kenna 5.Wild Garden - Peter Gordon If you have any book …
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Rainy Day
It's a wet day today. I took this through the sunroof of the car, I think it's time to curl up with my cat, a book and a steaming hot cup of tea.
Lightbox Photography Cards – A Review
Lightbox Photography Cards are a Kickstarter project started by Paul Michael Kane, that I have been backing since theĀ first pack of cards (Orange Edition). The system is simple to use, each pack of cards has 52 cards enclosed, each card has a challenge printed on it,Ā together with an example photo as well as the settings …
Sleeklens – Landscape Workflow Review
Last weekĀ I received an email from a representative of the website Sleeklens.com, asking if I would be interested in reviewing one of their Landscape Photography Workflow Options, "which they would send me for freeĀ in exchange for a small review on myĀ website". I was toldĀ that "they just wanted meĀ to make an honest review of it and …
Parabo Press Photobook – A Review
I found an offer from Parabo Press for a Free Instagram Yearbook that includes twenty of your most popular photos of 2016. All I needed to pay for was shipping, which was very reasonable. Previously to discovering this offer I had not heard of the company Parabo Press. I normally use Blurb, but, I saw …
My Top 5 Instagram Accounts to Follow
Here are a list of five Instagram accounts that I think are worth following: Koci - Richard Koci Hernandez Indisposable ConceptĀ - Indisposable Concept (IC) Lomokev - Kevin Meredith Shoottokyo - Dave Powell Danwintersphoto - Dan Winters If you have any Instagram Accounts that you think are worth following, please add them in the comments. Thank …
Sri-Lanka
I have been to Sri-Lanka four times now, the most recent trip was in November of 2016. This particular trip was so that I could attend my Goddaughter's Communion. This meant that I took moreĀ candid personal shots than the more usual travel photographs. However, I thought that I might post some travel shotsĀ that I did …