The Approaching Anniversary - and Episode 52 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 13:42 When I set the Self Portrait Challenge last week, I genuinely felt there was a good chance I would only get 2 or 3 submissions. Fo...Read More
Self Portrait Challenge - and Episode 51 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 13:02 Last night felt like one of the most packed podcasts I've done to date. At 2 hours long it is a biggie, but if felt like it had a...Read More
Anniversaries, Vaccines, and Episode 50 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 10:56Episode 50 felt like a bit of a milestone – half a hundred episodes! Considering when I began I thought I would try it for 3 months – so...Read More
Obsession - and Episode 49 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 11:45 There was a moment in last night's podcast about the Minimalism Photo Challenge I'd set, when it struck me just how obsessive I...Read More
Minimalism Photo Challenge - and Episode 48 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:29 Minimalism , and the use of Negative Space are terms that crop up periodically in photography, and I was recently asked what the diffe...Read More
Inspiration from failed photos - and Episode 47 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:29Podcast at the end of the post - this image is so the right one shows up when linked from other pages or sites It's not uncommon to ...Read More
As I Age... 17:54 In the 11 months or so of Lockdown, my beard has become greyer, I have lost something in the region of 20lbs, and I feel I've aged ...Read More
Repeating Diagonals - and Episode 46 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:27 Am I just repeating myself, or am I necessarily reinforcing good compositional practice? Way back in the distance of time, somewher...Read More
Meg is 23 19:10 There are a few followers of this blog who I suspect only really come and visit for news of my daughter, Meg. As it's her 23rd ...Read More
Accumulation - and Episode 45 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:31 Even talk radio presenters get a break when the news or ads come on, so I think it should be OK to admit that I don't have to talk...Read More
Still Life Challenge - and Episode 44 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 13:05 Coming out of requests for something people can do at home with their camera, I've been investigating Still Life over the past few...Read More
The Lockdown Beard - and Episode 43 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:30I never liked shaving. Apart from the hassle factor, my neck would always come up in a rash, which would still be there the next time...Read More
Still Life - and Episode 42 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:02 Considering most of the UK, indeed large parts of the world, are in Lockdown due to the Corona Virus Pandemic, it should be no surprise...Read More
Pressing the Wrong Button - and Episode 41 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 12:05 I'd already been talking into the webcam for over 4 minutes when Maggie came into the room to say nothing was happening – the ...Read More
2020 in Photographs and Videos 12:57Every January, I put up a post of my favourite photos from the past 12 months, along with any behind-the-scenes videos that might have bee...Read More
New Beginnings Challenge - and Episode 40 of Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres 13:40 New Beginnings seemed like an obvious idea for the January photo challenge for the podcast. New Year Resolutions are always popular at...Read More