The Fine Art of Photography (1 p.d.)

Hi All. I have been writing fro DESKTOP Magazine for almost a year now (where did that go?) and I realise I said I would add the articles here but…doh… / Anyway, here’s April’…

Through my cyber travels i have come across many photographers work that has been stolen and used without their knowledge / And just recently i have found a site that tracks back photos and shows whe…

Have you ever walked into the room to see your pet doing something outrageous? Was your child about to dump a plate of spaghettis on his sister’s head? You had your camera in hand but by the time you…

We can focus our lens in several different ways, using autofocus or manually focusing the lens. That focal point can be on a static subject or we may desire to follow focus on a moving subject. Or we…

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 wo…

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 as …

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 artistical…

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…

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 L…

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 competition. The challenge of this competition has …

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 fe…

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

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 a photographer and n…

#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 detail car…