Do you believe in fate? That everything happens for a reason, at the right time, in the right place? Exactly as it’s meant to be? I don’t. As a general rule of thumb. I look…
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November Challenge Feedback & The Cutest December Challenge Ever (Hint: Puppies!)
Last month I announced the November Challenge, which challenged you to take a variety of photos in a small area, edit them and upload them to instagram. I was really impressed by all the different…
Speed Edit: Journey Backlit in Ferns
This is one of my favourite types of photos. A close-up portrait with gorgeous backlight, and of course my favourite perfect model. Journey is a really difficult one to get the white balance correct with,…
When (and why) Should You Underexpose Your Dog Portraits?
I often get people on Instagram curious or confused as to why I take some of my images quite dark in camera, but the reason is quite simple: I expose for the highlights! Now, that…
Dog Portrait Speed Edit: An Autumn Fantasy, featuring Journey
This image was a bit more work than usual, because I had posed Journey by this kind of black and mossy log. As per normal he was looking all around at birds and leaves, and…
How to Choose a Location for Pet Photography: November Challenge!
So many people say to me that I must live in the most magical place, to be able to take so many amazing photos. But it’s just not true! I live in the north-east of…
Editing Challenge: Week 4
Once a week on my instagram, I plan to hold an editing challenge. Here, you can download a RAW or JPEG file (for 24 hours) of one of my photos and edit it however you…
Speed Edit: Backlit Journey
Another speed editing version, this time of a backlit portrait of my puppy, Journey! I took this photo quite under-exposed to save a lot of the detail in the bokeh behind Journey, then did some…
Working Hard
Welcome! Please excuse the mess, but I’m working under the premise of: “Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.”
