“Gives a lovely soft light, does flash powder, better than all this new electric stuff,” Dougie would declare emphatically. ‘But isn’t flash powder explosive and a bit dangerous?” I once asked innocently, recollecting the sight…
Flash Powder At the Advertiser, the photo-sales were printed by old Dougie. Way beyond the age of retirement, and certainly in his late seventies, Dougie was a formidable character; a former chief photographer on the…
Even in the simplest of photographs, it can sometimes be the smallest of details that make a very big difference to the overall effect. Take this straightforward picture of the Remembrance Day poppies in our…
I had taken several photographs of this Kashmiri woman before she spotted the camera. So what was the first thing I did when she looked at me? Photograph by Philip Dunn First reactions So what…
I am now offering live, online Zoom lessons to photographers wanting to improve their skills and move on to the next level. Now you can enjoy the benefits of real professional photography tuition in your…
Autumn colours and people photography were at the top of the list for our photographers last Saturday. Shrewsbury is a beautiful town at any time of the year, but when the leaves fall in autumn,…
We've enjoyed our first photography workshops after lockdown. Photography workshops are now back on the agenda. After a long, frustrating break due to the virus outbreak and months of lockdown, it was a joy to…
We are up and running - the photography workshops are starting again. I have re-scheduled the three photography workshops that were arranged for May this year. Please see the Photography Workshops page for full details…
I've always enjoyed photographing shows and exhibitions. It's not just the wonderful array of interesting things to look at that makes me want to take pictures - I get a buzz from photographing the exhibitors…
When you take a very long exposure during a session of night photography, maybe 20 seconds or more, why does the camera take so long to process the image? This question came up during my…