What do I love photographing?

What do I love photographing?

In the last week two different people asked me the same question – what’s your favourite thing to photograph?  If it had been a work related question I wouldn’t have hesitated – finding heritage photography was discovering just what my ‘thing’ was. I have...
Playful projects for the summer!

Playful projects for the summer!

The summer can seem a long time whether there’s a heatwave, you’ve got kids off school or your normal routine has been paused for the summer months. The following ideas are all little projects you can do to keep some creativity flowing at home or during a holiday and...
Cyanotypes: Printing in the sun

Cyanotypes: Printing in the sun

  During lockdown I was inspired to play with cyanotype printing. Luckily for most of that first period there was plenty of sunshine and I already had the materials.  Earlier this year I was having a sort out and came across some of the prints I’d made back then....
The Magic of Light

The Magic of Light

This month I’ve been doing some housekeeping of my photo catalogues. It’s a boring job but it helps maximise my storage and helps my Lightroom catalogue run more efficiently. Whilst I’m better at doing this as I go these days, there are a lot of files to prune out...
Feeding My Creative Brain!

Feeding My Creative Brain!

This week I had a day out in London to see the Cecil Beaton exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery. Whilst I’m not a portrait photographer there’s still things to learn from seeing other peoples work and stories. Any art feeds the creative brain – I always...