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Photography is a bit like golf. Both are simple to understand and frustratingly difficult to master. It is easy to argue that, as they are both hobbies, we should take pleasure from simply doing them. But there is only so much fun to be had if you continually slice your tee shot into the rough.…

There is a point in every photographer’s journey when we stop thinking in terms of single images and succumb to the pull of the photography project. Projects allow us to combine multiple images to tell larger stories. Or they help us hammer home our point of view by repeating an idea across multiple frames. They…

Few people have been able to express what makes a great photograph more eloquently than Australian photographer Peter Adams: “Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” We are told that telling a story is a powerful way to evoke feelings. Narrative is one of the essential elements of good photography, and…

Recreating photographs we admire is a great way to learn. We get to grips with composition, understand how light shapes a scene and develop the skills to turn an idea into an image. There’s real satisfaction in standing somewhere familiar and finally making the photograph we’ve seen others take. But once we know how to…

As landscape photographers, we often find ourselves wanting to go out with the camera but unable to decide where to go. We have the time. The conditions outside look promising. Our batteries are charged and our bag is ready. Yet instead of leaving the house, we scroll through weather forecasts, study maps and run through…

You’ve found the perfect spot. The light is beautiful, and the landscape is everything you hoped it would be. You make a photograph. Check the back of the camera. Adjust the composition. Make another. Perhaps the light will improve. Maybe you should try another lens. And then, almost as quickly as it arrived, the light…

Physically, we’re here. But mentally, we are often somewhere else entirely. We walk through beautiful places while thinking about work. We sit with the people we love while wondering what needs doing tomorrow. We watch the sunset as we reach for our phones.  Even in the moments we’ve deliberately set aside for ourselves, our minds…

What kind of photographer are you? It’s a question photographers are asked surprisingly often. For many of us, the answer comes easily: I’m a landscape photographer. It’s a useful label. People instantly understand the kind of photographs we make and the places we’re drawn to. But for many landscape photographers, not everything we want to…

Modern life has brought remarkable convenience, but it has also come at a cost.  We are more connected than ever before, yet many people feel increasingly stressed, anxious and overwhelmed.  We spend more time indoors, move less, stare at screens for longer and leave little room for creativity or quiet reflection. Ironically, the things most…

Have you ever looked back through your photographs and felt strangely disconnected from them?  You remember taking them, but they don’t quite feel like yours. They’re technically sound, beautifully composed, perhaps even worthy of praise, yet they leave you cold. If someone told you they’d been taken by another photographer, you might believe them.  It’s…