The Fine Art of Photography

Over the years I’ve come across the term fine art photography a lot and am very interested in what all you wonderful photographers out there in bubble land define it to be. I’ve always wondered i…

Yep this is a long article but I thought I’d take a few minutes to put on my IT professional hat and write about something you may think about purchasing in the future. Feel free to ask questions a…

I’ve always wondered why people need to study art theory. I see no use in that, as I believe that art is a form of expression (if not the ultimate). / If you want to express yourself artistically, y…

I have recently had occasion to comment on a person’s photography, and give some advise, as I see it. As I sometimes do, I have collated it into this journal so that it may serve others as well. Th…

Now here’s somewhere you could get lost for hours! As if I didn’t waste enough time on the internet already, LIFE magazine have partnered up with Google to create an “online archive of LIFE phot…

In the last few weeks I’ve spent a lot of my spare time thinking about, planning, shooting, editing and uploading photos for the Canon Photo5...

There will be a preview of my Retrospective exhibition at the People’s Theatre at Heaton in Newcastle upon Tyne – 3 November at 6.30pm to 9pm. I would like to invite all my friends and fellow-membe…

Its good to refelect on. Two Wolfs One evening a Cherokee elder told his grandson about the battle that goes on inside people’s heads. He said, “My son the battle is between two wolves, ...

Why do my own photos look pathetic when I look at them at work? Do You See What I See?

I love his work… & a great exhibition at Centre Beaubourg, Paris. / Miroslav Tichý

I am about to go away on holiday to Cornwall and once back I intend to seriously look at doing some serious portrait work. I am not looking to run a studio (already have a part-time job running a c…

Phillip Toledano’s Photography Series – Days With My Father I believe these images and words are some of the most compelling and moving I’ve ever seen. I am…

Parallax Error!- / / When composing my shots through the viewfinder of my recently acquired Mamiya c33 (a twin le…

Art Criticism: How to Criticize a Work of Art / A four step process This is what I give my students as a guide to art appreciation: 1. Description- What do I see? Study the work in detai…