Miscellaneous writings, ideas and thoughts from Philip Dunn
The way in which I offer photography tuition has evolved over the years. To reflect the latest changes, I have updated the information on the PhotoActive website. The one-to-one photography tuition will continue, although…
Never be afraid to return to a photo location and photograph it again. There might be any number of reasons why you - the photographer - would want to return to a particular photo location.…
Don't get misled by leading lines. After a lifetime working as a professional photographer, I still learn something from every photography student who comes to me for tuition. Yes, every single one. Where's this leading…
It was a Street Photography Workshop in the rain yesterday when members of the Newport Camera Club came to Shrewsbury. The club's next photo competition? Yes, it was Street Photography Workshop in the…
I do enjoy doing the one-to-one photography lessons. It gives me a tremendous buzz when a photographer comes along in the morning gasping to learn and, just a few hours later, goes away with a…
Sharper photographs - easy! If you're fed up of blurry street photography images, here's Philip's simple TIP for sharper photographs. It's easy to do and it costs nothing. Now, while this may not be the…
My photography courses are starting again. Hooray! As we come carefully out of lockdown restrictions, I feel able to start up my photography courses again. I did my first one-to-one photography course the other day…
Flash Powder At the Advertiser, the photo-sales were printed by old Dougie. Way beyond the age of retirement, and certainly in his late seventies, Dougie was a formidable character; a former chief photographer on the…
Even in the simplest of photographs, it can sometimes be the smallest of details that make a very big difference to the overall effect. Take this straightforward picture of the Remembrance Day poppies in our…
I had taken several photographs of this Kashmiri woman before she spotted the camera. So what was the first thing I did when she looked at me? Photograph by Philip Dunn First reactions So what…