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WINTER / SPRING COLLECTION 2018

A photographic print and card wrapped into one!

Gift Cards are 3 euros each or 4 for 10 euros!!

Come visit me Monday to Friday, 10 -13:30

My studio and office is inside the office of Benitachell Properties, opposite the banks at main corner with traffic lights in Benitachell. Coffee or Tea and Chat is FREE :) xx

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IT IS ALL A MATTER OF PERSECTIVE

Moving from a "happy snapper" to a real photographer means learning to change your perspective and guiding your camera to capture a different viewpoint.
That view might be something that your audience would never get to see in their lifetime, or perhaps you wish to create a narrative for your audience.
Let's take a look at these photos below to demonstrate my point!

Here you see the back of my dogs head in the bottom of the frame. That is Venus, get use to seeing her as she is a model in many of my photos ;)
In the middle of the frame are some horses from our neighbourhood stables.
I could have just taken a picture of the horse looking up at us but that would have been just a "happy snap". By moving around behind Venus and lowering my camera to her perspective and fixing on the horse looking up at us, I can visually tell a story about a little dog who adores looking at horses and a horse who is curious about a dog.

In this photo, I could have taken a pictu…

PHOTOGRAPH YOUR FLOWERS * TIPS FOR BUDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS

I am always so pleased and excited when my flowers start to bloom. I want to take photos of my flowers to share with friends and family. Capturing the beauty of the bloom is not as easy as you think.
The happy snapper will just take a "record" type photo but not a budding photographer... love the pun! :) Remember, you are in control of your camera and your job is to introduce your viewer to something that they may never get a chance to witness.
So, let me run through some of my tips...

MORNING LIGHT & BACK LIGHT
These are monster Agapanthus that were proudly blooming over at the garden center. The early morning lighting was coming in from the back side making a charming and magical impression. The morning light has a cooler tint, which is better for shooting white objects. The afternoon sun gets into the warmer tones and those colours get absorbed up by the white blooms.
I needed to soak up as much of that cool white light as possible so I opted to stand back and shoo…

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