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…
PhotoActive Blog about the photography courses and workshops in Shropshire with Philip Dunn
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,…
First Photography Workshop after Lockdown
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…
Photography Workshops are starting again
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…
cloth caps and poultry at a poultry show
Photographing Shows and Exhibitions
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…
Long exposures during night photography
Long Exposures and Hot Pixels
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…
Art Prints for sale
The Philip Dunn Collection Now you can buy beautiful art prints online. The Philip Dunn Collection has evocative and exciting images covering everything from hard news to street photography, and landscapes to abstract images. The…
Morning light in Fethiye, Turkey
Using Morning Light
The best photographers in the world understand the value of using morning light - and how to get the most from it. Landscape photography at dawn In fact, those top photographers are often in position…
Venice 2013
Black and White or Colour?
So which is best - monochrome or colour? And can you simply desaturate a colour image to produce a wonderful black and white picture? When I spotted this woman in the streets of Venice, I…
Photography Tuition
It's been a busy time for me with lots of one-to-one photography tuition, and last week I did an Evening Photography Walk in the beautiful old town of Ludlow. A gentle form of photography tuition…