Charles I Statue

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Just one of the moments during a London Photography Tour. King Charles I statue is situated at the southern end of Trafalgar Square. This is a poignant statue as Charles I is positioned facing towards Parliament, where he was executed in 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. The statue is the official centre of London, from where all measurements … Read More

Trafalgar Square Pigeons

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During our London Photography Tours we are always on the look out for unusual events which lead to creating a unique and distinctive image.  This week’s photography tour was no exception to this and we found a Trafalgar Square pigeon taking a cooling break in the fountains.  He is definitely enjoying a cooling spray in our lovely London sunshine.  We … Read More

Travel Photography

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This week’s London Photography Tour was awesome. We had plenty of London sunshine to fill our travel photography scenes with saturated blue skies and fluffy white clouds. This in itself is enough to add the wow factor to your travel photography. It’s always good to get the whole view of a location to help you remember what the place is … Read More

Ducks in Trafalgar Square

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We know that Summer has finally arrived as ducks are now swimming in the fountains at Trafalgar Square.  Here they are enjoying a quiet tour of one of the fountains.  The water is cool and the ducks are gently asking to be fed.  Rich pickings to be had from all the tourists who are only too delighted to oblige.  I … Read More

Discover Quirky London

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We love London and discovering quirky sides streets to add interest and diversity to our popular London Photography Tours. We love a bit of fun during our tours and exploring the quirky side of London gives us just that! While having fun we are also learning and exploring our cameras so that a tricky shot like the one above is … Read More

13 Wonderful Christmas Gift Ideas for Photographers

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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

Royal Greenwich in London Fog

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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

Come Rain or Come Shine

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Students often ask us if we go out if it rains.  Yes we go out rain or shine – but we don’t go out to soak ourselves!  We have been doing this a long time and we are adept at knowing where the shelter is when we need it. It is very rare for it to rain persistantly in London … Read More