Camera Club Workshops
Night photography Camera Club Workshops I get a tremendous buzz from arranging camera club workshops. Last night it was again the turn of the Long Mynd Camera Club of Church Stretton, Shropshire. What a great…
TIP for sharper photographs
Sharper photographs - easy! If you're fed up of blurry street photography images, here's Philip's simple TIP for sharper photographs. It's easy to do and it costs nothing. Now, while this may not be the…
Night Photography Workshop
I did my first Night Photography Workshop last night after a lockdown break of many months. What a pleasure to be out again in the evening meeting keen photographers and introducing them to the joys…
Lockdown snaps
Simple Lockdown Snaps In my last post I talked about getting out with your camera during lockdown to photograph landscapes - but let's not get pompous and sniffy about cameras - what about simple lockdown…
Lockdown Landscapes
So what sort of photography can we enjoy during lockdown? Well, what about a session of lockdown landscapes for at start? Many of the things we photographers enjoy have been taken away from us this…
Flash powder and trilby hats
“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
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…
Kashmir - peasant woman portrait. She looks at the camera from behind clasped hands showing signs of work and dirt. Vale of Kashmir
When you are spotted taking a candid shot
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…
Online Zoom Photography Lessons
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…
Rainy Autumn Photography Workshop
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,…