Backup those photos
Back in the dark days of film the biggest fear of professional photographers was that perhaps a client would lose those precious original images or worse some accident would befall them in our home or office. Photographers went to great lengths to protect those original slides or negatives – for example Galen Rowells image collection [...]
Extension tubes
Don’t have a macro lens with you when you need one? Don’t despair, you should make a habit of carrying a set of extension tubes with you wherever you go. These inexpensive tubes come in a range of sizes and are used to shift the lens further from the camera body by mounting the tube [...]
Field Trip News
Manu Biosphere Reserve and Machu Pichu Full details of this trip have now been posted. However we are trying to sort out two small problem areas. There is a severe weight limit on the internal flights of only 22lbs – my camera equipment alone weighs in at 50lbs+. We are hoping to run a separate [...]
Photo tips
I will be adding regular photo tips to the pages section of the blog to help you improve your photography. Photo tip #1 can be found here or click on Photo tip #1 in the pages section of the blog at the top right of the blog page
Photo tip # 1
Give the subject room to look Often people are so obsessed with ‘filling the frame with their subject’ that they end up with an image with their subject’s nose (or beak) right up against the edge of the photography. This generally gives a weak image with a cramped lookand leaves the viewwer wondering what could [...]
About
Peter initially worked as a sports photographer for many of the British national newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph and the Times. From the late 80s until 2000 he specialized in equestrian subjects, travelling around the world to major national and international sporting events and photographing breeds, equestrian personalities, as well as feature assignments for specialist [...]
Shell Wildlife Photographer of the year
For many years I have participated in the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition – probably the most prestigious photo competition for nature photographers in the world. he competitionis organized by London’s Natural History Museum and it has seen a number of sponsors since it’s inception including the BBC and British Gas but, commencing [...]