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Digital Splash 2012

Last weekend I went to Digital Splash, a photo expo hosted by Wilkinson Cameras, in Preston.  Having never been to an event like Digital Splash before, I didn’t know what to expect size wise.  I’ve...

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How I Got the Shot: Hiking Higger Tor

This shot of Higger Tor is one of my favourite ever photos (I’ve got a thing for places with peak in the name!).  It was taken on a mid-summer walk through the Peak Districta few years ago.  I...

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Where to share: Getting your photos seen online

Sharing photos is one of the greatest things about photography, and thanks to our digital age its super-easy to get your shots out there via the big wide world of the internet.  However, choosing where...

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Making a portfolio

  I recently took the plunge and made myself a professional portfolio for my photos.  I’ve been trying to make photos for the past 5 years now, which in itself is quite momentous, I’ve learnt a lot in...

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Festive Photography – Tips & Tricks

Christmas is a great time of year to capture with a camera. There’s so much festive photography potential, its difficult to know where to start. We visited the Leeds German Market a couple of weekends...

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Best of the Weekend Photographer 2012

I’ve picked out some highlights covered on my little corner of the internet, which I present to you in my Best of the Weekend Photographer 2012 post! I hope you’ve enjoyed the past 6 months of the...

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Amazing satellite images – via Chase Jarvis

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2013/02/high-above-an-eagles-eye-best-satellite-images-of-2012/The post Amazing satellite images – via Chase Jarvis appeared first on the Weekend Photographer.

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Irving Penn

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person.The post Irving Penn appeared first on the Weekend Photographer.

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5 Awesome Photographers on Instagram

Instagram has a distinctly polar reputation; its either a great place to showcase what mobile phone photography is capable of, or a repository of over-edited photos of food and cats. I believe the...

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Pro Tip: Keep your lenses clean!

A couple of weeks ago I spent some time in Paris on the tourist trail admiring the fabulous architecture and eating as many pastries as possible. It snowed for the entire second day of our trip, which...

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Some photos from Paris

A few weeks ago we went to Paris and battled with somewhat snowy weather. Paris is a beautiful city, full of fascinating architecture and fantastic food. I’ve visited before, one summer during school...

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Telling stories

Toffee Dog Everyone loves a good story. On the GoodReads Best Books of 2013 list there are no less than 25,140 items listed, when I checked earlier today. The new Superman film opened a week ago. In...

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The Best Camera…

…Is the one that’s with you After a slight hiatus, I am returning to post on my much neglected blog! 25 minutes from Leeds City Centre The reason for my terrible treatment of the Weekend Photographer...

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I have been very busy…

…so have not made enough time to write proper blog posts. Mostly I have been doing this… hello, world! But I’ve also been trying out the excellent Maptia project. I’ve been writing short diaries about...

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