Leading Lines can mislead
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…
PhotoActive Blog about the photography courses and workshops in Shropshire with Philip Dunn
Street Photography Workshop in the rain
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…
One-to-One photography lessons
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…
Photography courses are starting again
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…
Lockdown snaps
Simple Lockdown Snaps In my last post I talked about getting out with your camera during lockdown to photograph landscapes - but let's not get pompous and sniffy about cameras - what about simple lockdown…
Lockdown Landscapes
So what sort of photography can we enjoy during lockdown? Well, what about a session of lockdown landscapes for at start? Many of the things we photographers enjoy have been taken away from us this…
Flash Powder
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…
Poppies and Flash
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…
Kashmir - peasant woman portrait. She looks at the camera from behind clasped hands showing signs of work and dirt. Vale of Kashmir
When you are spotted taking a candid shot
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…
Online Zoom Photography Lessons
I am now offering live, online Zoom lessons to photographers wanting to improve their skills and move on to the next level. Now you can enjoy the benefits of real professional photography tuition in your…
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