Alongside the Canal: High-Key and Low-Key Minimalism.

On one of our walks along the towpath of our local canal last week there were no butterflies for me to photograph as it was a very dull and damp day. That didn’t mean that there was nothing to take pictures of though. I wasn’t going to go home with Read more…

A Child’s Love of Flower Photography: Part2.

Here we have the second instalment of images taken by a very promising young photographer in our family. She is seven years old and takes photographs with her Mum’s phone. She took most of these in her garden. Please click on any image to view full-size: All images are ©ElsO

Finding the Right Perspective to Gild the Lily.

Finding the right flower was easy. Finding the right perspective was not. All last week I wanted to photograph a lily in the garden. Each day I tried, but the light was wrong, or the background was cluttered, or it was too breezy, or insects kept landing on it. I Read more…

A Child’s Love of Flower Photography.

We have a promising young photographer in the family. She is seven years old and loves flowers. I haven’t seen her due to lockdown and social distancing, but she has been sending me lots of photographs of the flowers in her garden and in her local park. I’m proud to Read more…

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