We love being in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature and photographic opportunities. Having visited the Outer Hebrides a couple of times, we opted to visit The Isle of Mull this time. We poured over cottages and have had this visit planned for over a year. I bought new filters, was looking forward to giving my birthday lens a workout. ( I actually never … Continue reading When your plans have ideas of their own…
I posted a link to this article on twitter earlier this week. http://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/travelling-cars-photographer-goes-on-exciting-mini-adventures-with-tiny-toy-cars/ The photographer Kim Leuenberger has created some amazing images on her travels using toy cars. Several of my friends liked this and Dave (@projectlgor) suggested we use this as the basis for our Christmas holiday photography challenge this year. It’s simply for fun and anyone is welcome to join in. My son is … Continue reading Christmas Photography Challenge 2016
One of the things I remembered to pack last week was my sunglasses – they were not necessary! The light quality in Shanghai during the day was poor from a photography point of view, very grey, dull and overcast. If you google images of Shanghai most of them are at night when the lit buildings are really impressive. We had several days of heavy rain … Continue reading Playing with light – Photography
The start of a new term is always one of mixed emotions. The excitement of new classes, the blank page – the new stationery mixed with the wistfulness of missing family and the slower days of Summer. For many children school is the one place that they have security. Following our visit to Kakuma refugee camp the first classroom from our fundraising is now built … Continue reading Looking for the positives
Jane Hewitt 