I’m fortunate to visit Ireland most years now, guiding photography holidays. Here’s a selection of images captured on the 2024 trip exploring the emerald isle.

Nailing the correct exposure in camera is thankfully getting easier and easier these days with the incredible technology at our fingertips with digital photography. However, I do still find I have to dedicate plenty of time whilst teaching to make sure people have a thorough understanding of some of the basics…

Q: I keep blowing out the sky when photographing birds, how can I solve this? This is a question I’ve had a few times, both in person during workshops and part of online presentations. It’s a pretty common issue if you spend a lot of time photographing birds, particularly birds in flight as they fly overhead.

Find out what it takes to capture a completely unique photograph that hasn’t been taken before.

The Canon RF 800mm f/11 lens is a relatively new (released at the end of 2020) telephoto lens that has been designed specifically for Canon's full-frame mirrorless camera systems. This lens offers an impressive 800mm focal length, which makes it an excellent choice for wildlife and sports photographers who need to capture distant subjects with detail and clarity. In this brief review, we will take a closer look at the features and performance of this lens to help you decide if it's the right option for your photography needs.

It is widely assumed that to get a good quality print of a photograph you need to be using a top of the range professional camera, edit the image on a computer and then get it printed professionally in a big lab. To a certain extent, this is always going to ring true - if you want the best possible quality and very large print sizes then you are going to have to use the best equipment available.

However! Don’t underestimate what a mobile phone can produce.

The first time I’ve been back to the Dolomites since BC; before covid!