PhotoActive Blog about the photography courses and workshops in Shropshire with Philip Dunn
The way in which I offer photography tuition has evolved over the years. To reflect the latest changes, I have updated the information on the PhotoActive website. The one-to-one photography tuition will continue, although…
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…
Don't get misled by leading lines. After a lifetime working as a professional photographer, I still learn something from every photography student who comes to me for tuition. Yes, every single one. Where's this leading…
It was a Street Photography Workshop in the rain yesterday when members of the Newport Camera Club came to Shrewsbury. The club's next photo competition? Yes, it was Street Photography Workshop in the…
I do enjoy doing the one-to-one photography lessons. It gives me a tremendous buzz when a photographer comes along in the morning gasping to learn and, just a few hours later, goes away with a…
My photography courses are starting again. Hooray! As we come carefully out of lockdown restrictions, I feel able to start up my photography courses again. I did my first one-to-one photography course the other day…
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…
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 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…