
Multiple Exposure Videos
For those of you fascinated with the photography skills of Multiple Exposure and Intentional Camera Movement (ICM), here are six key videos from my course, previously released online.
I am making these and the accompanying Cheat Sheets and…

Creating art for exhibitions
Let's reflect upon the process of creating art for exhibitions. The first few months of each year seem to be, what I have now named, 'Call' Season. Many national and international exhibitions and competitions call for new work to be submitted.…

Your Photography Goals 2021
Over the last 10 months I have had plenty of time to practice and develop my photography skills. I can't think why! A key aspect of that development was having a purpose.
To be honest any creative outlet can help, but as I am a photographer…

12 Tips for a Photo Marathon
I am currently involved in supporting the planning, organisation and production of Barry Photo Marathon. Having competed at many of these events over the years I am very excited to be involved in this one.
PhotoBarrython, as the photo marathon…

10 ways Mindful Photography can help you
Imagine that you press your camera shutter and create a photo that is imaginative, personal and that you feel great for doing it. Imagine doing this regularly. Here are 10 ways that Mindful Photography can help you to achieve this.
Learn…

New eBook out today
My new eBook Photography for Well-Being 1 is available today from all major online bookstores. Yep, that includes Amazon (all countries) as well as Apple, Kobo, Nook, 24 Symbols and Angus & Robertson. Just click on the link above or the…

Exploring Multiple Exposure
Visit my new blog post to view all the best Multiple Exposure and ICM videos
A few years ago I started experimenting with multi-exposure (more about this technique here) - the art of combining several images in one exposure in camera. A year…

Swansea podcast
Come Together Cast is a new Swansea based community and culture podcast. This great podcast is put together by Amina, Josh, Howard and Simon and aims to share a little of what is going on in Swansea during this challenging time.
The Podcast…

ME – Multiple Exposure
Visit my new blog post to view all the best Multiple Exposure and ICM videos
ME or Multiple exposure is as old as photography. Back in film days it often happened by accident when you forgot to wind on after taking a shot, then the second image…

Look Again
I met up with Mindful Photographer Ruth Davey today. Ruth runs Look Again, a photography business that 'uses stillness, mindfulness and a connection with nature to help clients look again at themselves and the world around them.'
Look Again…

A Mindful Photography Practice for a wet day
I live in Wales. It rains a lot. Yesterday was a fine example. I woke to rain, walked the dog in a deluge and the rain continued until the next morning. Am I deterred from creating mindful photographs? Oh no. I am challenged to create some art…

Are you feeling it?
Photos have the power to convey emotion. The way we choose to compose the scene and the technical choices we make can combine with the content to represent a feeling, through visual metaphor or symbolism.
Sometimes this is deliberately created…

3 steps to intuitive photo creation
Much of my photography arises from a response to my environment. Pre planned and tightly described photo creation is something I have to work at. The reason I enjoyed the Photomarathon more this year was that I did not plan each shot beyond…

Lilies
These lilies were collected by Beci from her parent's garden (at least they get to appreciate them now from the comfort of their Spanish computer). I thought I would try and create some photos that celebrated the lilies flamboyance and delicacy.
For…

What is Mindful Photography?
Mindful Photography is mindfulness applied to the process of creating a photograph
It starts with seeing and extends through the technical and compositional choices towards an encouragement to align one’s eye, one’s mind and one’s heart…

Edges of Life: using visual metaphors
I do like visual metaphors. During a recent mindful photography practice I was walking from home to Mumbles (a three mile+ stroll) when I took the first photograph in the selection below. At the time I was drawn by the change of tone and texture…
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