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
Not Sounding Good – and Episode 21 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:59 I'm 6 seconds into the podcast when I realise the sound level indicator isn't reacting to my voice. I'm going out live and ...Read More
A Calm Serenity - and Understanding Photography With Kim Ayres – Episode 20 14:13I've slowly become aware there's a point in the week where a sort of serene calmness descends upon me. It's noticeable, becaus...Read More
Art as Process, not Product – and Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres – Episode 19 13:02 For most people, when we think of art, we think of the finished item: the painting, the sculpture, the film etc. It is this item t...Read More
Comments and Interaction - and Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres - Episode 18 12:27What I really enjoyed in last night's podcast was the interaction. There was a point where I was talking about how the energy and mood...Read More