,

Foundation Skills Course – Week 7 Learning from the greats

This week we continued our exploration of Abstract Photography by looking at two great photographers who share a connection: Alfred Stieglitz and Minor White. Both men were inspirational leaders, turning photography into an art form. Stieglitz…

Foundation Skills Course – Week 6 Abstract Photography

What has abstract photography got to do with Mindful Photography you may ask? Abstract photography has the potential to be a visual method of representing the invisible: things like a thought or feeling, a concept or idea like time or attraction.…
,

Mindful Photography and Positive Psychology

Last Friday I was invited by Professor Andrew Kemp to talk about Mindful Photography to his Positive Psychology students. I will be explaining what positive psychology in a moment and exploring the links between it and what I do. There are plenty.…
,

Foundation Skills Course Week 4 Mindful Composition

Week 4 brings us to Photography Composition, with a mindful twist. Now photography composition is an area of knowledge that generates books and courses on its own, and I cover it in two 2.5 hour lessons. Obviously, I have a particularly mindful…
,

Foundation Skills Course – Week 3 Seeing the Photo

The beginning of the Foundation Skills Course in Mindful Photography is all about encouraging your ability to see a photo. An easy ambition you may think. Seeing a photo implies an ability to see a photographic opportunity. Perhaps the major…

Foundation Skills Course – Week 2

Using Seeing as your anchor for Mindful Photography The Foundation Skills Course centres upon using Seeing as your anchor for Mindful Photography. If you are to create fabulous photos that say something of your world and are not just like anyone…

Foundation Skills Course – Week 1

This week was the first of my rebranded Mindful Photography Course. I've changed the name of the first 8 week course to 'Foundation Skills'. The content is still the same and covers an introduction to Mindfulness, Mindful Photography and three…

Developing Mindfulness through Photography – Part 2

Mindfulness + Photography = Mindful Photography In 2017 I published a post called 'Developing Mindfulness through Photography' that explained how mindfulness could be developed and applied to photography. I detailed my understanding of…
, ,

10 tips to slow down your photography

Mindful Photography in action Digital Photography is fantastic. Its ability to capture what we see and allow instant review has revolutionised photography. It has changed how we create photographs and how we edit them. But perhaps the most…
,

Evolution

The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression. Andrea Bocelli Living a mindful life encourages an attention to the moment, a paying…
,

Cefn Coed Hospital Heritage Project

Over the last couple of months I have been supporting 'A Mental Picture' an ABMU Health Board Heritage Project in Partnership with Swansea University & Swansea Museum. My role has been to provide photography guidance and support to the people…
, ,

I’m a Square Peg

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them,…

Creating Space

In my efforts to live a more mindful life I have noticed (and the noticing is a fundamental part of this practice) that sometimes I reach a place when I am uncertain what is next. As a guy who is quite focussed and keen to develop my work in…
,

Who Am I Now? – Week 8

Last Friday was a momentous day for our group. The last session of "Who Am I Now?", the last one of 16 weeks together. For this course was the follow up the "Developing Mindfulness through Photography" Course. Two 8 week courses where much has…
,

Hafal Workshop in North Wales

On Monday I was invited to Snowdonia to deliver a mindful photography workshop for people who receive support from Hafal. The session was part of a whole afternoon that also included creative writing and was organised and funded by Literature…
,

Who Am I Now – Week 7

Week 7, the penultimate week was all about love. Ahh! And all you need is love, don't you? This week was the cure for the two previous weeks, which focused on Fear. Love is the antidote to fear, both holistically and chemically. Love produces…

Shape of Light

I recently went to London for a consultation with the eminent throat surgeon Guri Sandhu. I am fortunate to get to see this leader in Larynx reconstruction and even more fortunate to be supported on the visit by my girlfriend. Whilst we were…
,

Who Am I Now Course – Week 6

This week we built upon our discussions about loss and change. Specifically we focused on fear and how this emotion causes  physiological changes in our bodies. If you would like to read all about this here's a link to my post on the topic. One…
, ,

Who Am I Now Course – Week 5

This week began the final half of the course with an exploration of how we are living now. Often we live attached to an image of ourselves from a few years earlier. Most of us like to imagine that we are younger than we are and not admit…
,

Who Am I Now Course – Week 4

This week was all about the application of knowledge and skills learnt in the first 3 weeks and was an opportunity to get personal. We were all invited to consider a barrier in our life, particularly one that was current. These barriers would…
,

Who Am I Now Course – Week 2

Week 2 starts the process of considering how we can represent our thoughts and feelings through photography. The beginning of this appreciation begins with a bit of creative fun; the creation of abstract photographs. This week we considered…