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
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