Outdoor Family Photo Session Tips
Planning an outdoor family photo session? Learn how to choose the right location, timing and outfits for natural, relaxed family photographs.
How to Make Family Photos at Home Feel Real
Family photos at home can feel relaxed, natural and full of meaning. Here’s how to create beautiful, honest images in your own space.
Best Wall Art for Photos at Home
Choosing the best wall art for photos means balancing style, space and story. Here’s how to pick pieces that feel personal and timeless.
15 Wedding Photo Album Ideas That Last
Looking for wedding photo album ideas? Here are thoughtful, timeless ways to turn your favourite moments into an album you’ll love for years.
Saying ‘I Do’ to Style; The Wedding Trends of 2023
When it comes to weddings there’s a timeless charm that spans across generations. However every year brings its evolution, in the world of wedding celebrations providing couples with new ways to express their unique love stories. In terms of wedding fashion the trends are constantly changing, giving couples the opportunity to create a ceremony that…
Wet Plate – Horse Hawick
Original Wet Plate Collodion Photograph taken on Japanesed aluminium metal plate. Wet Plate Photography – Hawick Horse Statue This image features a wet plate photograph of the iconic horse statue in Hawick, captured using a historic photographic process that dates back to the 1850s. Combining traditional technique with a well-known local landmark, the result is…
Help Needed – Lost Images
Help Needed to track the people in these images! Recently I bought an old Kodak Portrait Brownie Six-20 which had an exposed roll of film inside it. The camera was purchased from the Stockbridge, Edinburgh Cancer Research shop. Upon developing the film I was delighted to find 8 very clear images (8 photos is the…
Album review
This week I received a sample album to evaluate. On first look at the album, i was very pleased with the finish, the cover is very well finished, no rough edges showing, and the leather perfectly smooth. The cover text print quality looks good, crisp and sharp. However on closer inspection, there were a…
Licentiate MPA Qualification
Yesterday, I travelled to Darlington to the head office of the “Master Photographers Association” (MPA), and I’m delighted to say that I have now achieved my Licentiate qualification. The MPA is the UK’s leading qualification body exclusively for the professional wedding, portrait and commercial photographers. Established in 1952, the Master Photographers Association is one of…
Two sides of India
This post has nothing to do with photography but its a subject very close to my heart and important for me to tell people about. 3 years ago I travelled to India. I’d heard about the culture, the people, the history and the beauty of the country. I also knew many people in India are…