What about a gift that’s valid for a year, provides new experiences and is empowering and enjoyable! This year purchase a Photography Course Gift Voucher and give the Gift of Learning .This is the perfect Christmas Gift idea for the photographer in your life. Photography learning experiences are empowering Christmas gifts and help your best photographer develop their photography skills … Read More
Review: Giottos Rocket Blower
I first looked at the Giottos Rocket Blower (and took it seriously) because we use Giottos tripods and think the workmanship is great. So you would hope for this to be good too even though it looks weird. And then there is the price – at around £17 it seems very pricey for a blower. You can get it cheaper … Read More
Shooting Against the Sun
We are usually advised to not shoot towards the sun so this seems to me good reason to try it out. First a few warnings – don’t look directly into the sun since it can damage your eyes and apparently it can also damge your camera sensor, so do avoid directly pointing at the sun when it is high in … Read More
Photographing Changing of the Guard at Horseguards Parade
Royal London is full of British heritage and tradition. Changing of the Guard at Horseguards Parade is a lively and colourful event. The emphasis in this location is getting into the best position and shooting fast and quick. Anticipation plays an integral part too. It’s important to keep a keen eye on the crowd to ensure that you find a … Read More
Royal Greenwich in London Fog
Our Royal Greenwich Photography Tour went out during the recent fog which covered London. Lou was leading the photo tour and was not concerned that she would be photographing in foggy conditions. Lou’s advice on photographing in foggy/misty conditions is; When Lou met Jim her first question to him was about he felt about photographing in the fog. Jim is … Read More
How To Photograph Fireworks
Learning how to photograph fireworks can be a lot of fun. There is an amazing opportunity to use long, slow exposures to create beautiful light trails bursting with colour. Practice. If you have never photographed at night practice using your camera in the dark before the fireworks display. This will give you time to get used to using your camera … Read More
Photography at Night – Some Tips
There are some particular problems when taking photos at night – you can rely on your camera to sort out exposure fairly well (this is not the main problem), but there are practical things that you need to take into account…. It may seem obvious – but it is dark! You cannot see your buttons. If you have an intermediate … Read More
Don’t Forget Your Camera !
Our most recent Creative Seeing Workshop was brilliant. The course attendees had a great time and worked really hard during the class. One of the attendees had completed Street Photography with us was returning for a second course. He lives outside of London and was spending the weekend with friends and decided to book a course too. We love it … Read More
Beginners Photography Course, Saturday 19th September
We are getting ready for our Beginners Photography Course on Saturday 19th September. We love the advance preparation to ensure our Beginners get the most out of the course. Our Beginners Photography Course will get you away from using Auto and Scene Modes right away. You work through a series of short assignments personally devised by our principal photographer, Lou … Read More
Do You Want to Improve Your Portrait Photography?
This week’s portrait photography workshop was fantastic. Light was beautifully filtered with a few direct sunny spells. Our outdoor locations were perfect. We had a lot of fun posing in front of fences, walls, sitting on steps and finding neat urban locations to create interesting urban portraits. Our small group were eager to learn how to improve their portrait … Read More