The Emotional Connection - and Episode 39 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:39 When I asked everyone last week to send me their favourite photo of 2020, I had no real idea what to expect. I guess I was thinking...Read More
It's Good to Talk - and Episode 38 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:33 There was a point of lucid awareness during the live video podcast last night – one of those moments when I was suddenly and immedi...Read More
Memories of Chocolate - and Episode 37 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:20 The 7 Deadly Sins of Chocolate photo shoot I did for In House Chocolates last year has been the most requested set of images for me t...Read More
Changes - and Episode 36 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:43 Last week I discovered on YouTube that Anne & Robert from Texas had left a comment on the very first episode of Understanding Pho...Read More
Celebration Photo Challenge - and Episode 35 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:51 A few weeks ago I set a " Rain Photo Challenge " for the viewers of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres . Despite m...Read More
Storytelling, Shortcuts and Stereotypes - and Episode 34 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:27 About 10 minutes into this episode of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres , I go off on a slight, but relevant, tangent about ho...Read More
If you build it... - and Episode 33 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 15:44I've been wondering about this blog. Since I began the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres podcast at the beginning of the f...Read More
Optimism - and Episode 32 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:22You know, I don't think that went too badly after all. Despite the fears that introducing a new element to the podcasts might have ...Read More
Rain Photo Challenge - and Episode 31 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:11 The podcast has now been going for 7 months, with a pretty steady format. I start with the story behind a particular photo shoot I was ...Read More
Cross Fertilisation - and Episode 30 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:15 "Mwahahahahaaaa..." (evil laugh, possible wolf howling off in the distance) It was supposed to be deep and resonate. I fo...Read More
54 Today 19:43 Most years I've blogged on my birthday. But with the exception of the large party I had for my 50th, for the most part it's a q...Read More
Temporal Debt - and Episode 29 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:38 Financial debt is a part of many people's lives. Indeed, most of the Global Economy is built on it. Money is borrowed from the ...Read More
Recovering from the Workshops - and Episode 28 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:33 When I began my podcast last night, it felt like it had been weeks since my last one – not just a mere 7 days. In between I had don...Read More
Spring Fling, Photography Workshop - and Episode 27 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:36 With Spring Fling being an open studios event, where it's very purpose is for visitors to go into studios and workshops, and meet a...Read More
Finding Gems - and Episode 26 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 14:15 Wigtown Book Festival – one of Scotland's largest literary events – is taking place online this year. Dozens of interviews wi...Read More
Where Did The Comments Go? - and Episode 25 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:22Things going wrong is just a part of life. We learn what we can so that hopefully we can avoid them happening again, and then move on....Read More
Pip and Ell Jewellery 17:10 There have been few (translate that as zero) clients asking for the kind of staged narrative photos I love to do, since the onset of Co...Read More
Who's judging? - and Episode 24 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:41 If last week's blog post was about how can we judge whether a photograph we've taken is any good or not, this week I want to l...Read More
The Proof is in The Pudding - and Episode 23 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:32What makes it a good photo? Or a good piece of art? Or a good meal? As someone who now has a weekly podcast where the lion's share is...Read More
Resistant to Change - and Episode 22 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:04 For a species that owes it's survival, evolution, and ability to conquer and occupy every corner of the world to our ability to ada...Read More