The Big Lie of Social Media... and Episode 64 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:19 Inherent in the narratives we are fed from childhood, and are reinforced at every turn, is the idea that if we have a modicum of talent...Read More
Drinking Game... and Episode 63 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 11:29 Russ submitted a photo of his son to the Silhouette Challenge set for last night's live video podcast. Shortly afterwards he r...Read More
The Silhouette Challenge - and Episode 62 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:27 There's something engaging about a silhouette – we can't help but feel a compulsion to work out what the outline is of, and to ...Read More
First steps back into the outside world... 20:28While Meg was clearly delighted to be out of the house and in a café for the first time in nearly 15 months, Maggie and I were on edge, tr...Read More
Misjudged - and Episode 61 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 14:34 It seems I misjudged my viewing audience and what they might be interested in. Last night's "Spring Fling Special – Ask The ...Read More
Ask the Photographer... and Episode 60 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:23 This coming weekend is Spring Fling – traditionally an open studio event where anything from 60 to 100 artists fling open their doors f...Read More
Aaaaand Welcome... - and Episode 59 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:22 One of the trickiest things about doing a live podcast is being ready at exactly the time you go live. When we see someone appear l...Read More
As the cage door opens... 13:24 At some point, the cage became more of a security blanket than a prison. What had been seen primarily as a restriction has become a pro...Read More
Tripped up again - and Episode 58 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:20 One of the problems of doing the podcast in the evening, is there are too many opportunities during the day for draining what precious ...Read More
Saturation point? - and Episode 57 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 14:03 Last night's Red Photo Challenge received 29 submissions – the most of any of the challenges to date. It took about 2 hours to...Read More
The Red Photo Challenge - and Episode 56 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:06 Mostly when we talk about colour in photography, it's in contrast to the tradition of black and white. However, something not d...Read More
Attempting a Live Demonstration- and Episode 55 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:32 In last night's podcast I set about doing a live demonstration to put across a possible solution to one of the entries submitted fo...Read More
Chasing the right thing - and Episode 54 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:31 There's no doubt the podcasts where viewers submit to a challenge have more engagement, and more energy, than the ones where I disc...Read More
Shed Café Anniversary 12:21 It would be difficult to overstate just how important the Shed Café has been for us this past year. The ability to remove ourselves...Read More
Interviewed by a Butler 17:51I've just been interviewed by a Butler for his YouTube Channel! A few years back I met Simeon Rosset of Rosset Bespoke Butlers . ...Read More
Accepting the Praise - and The 1st Anniversary Edition of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:55 A few weeks back when I realised it would be coming up to a full year since I began the weekly live video podcasts, I started thinking ...Read More