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Best Gifts for Photographers in 2023 – Top Camera Accessories for Every Photographer

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Best Gifts for Photographers in 2023 – Affordable Camera Accessories for Every Photographer Are you on the hunt for the perfect gift for the photographer in your life? Whether they’re a budding smartphone snapper or a seasoned pro, this guide’s packed with the best photography gifts of 2023. From nifty lenses to must-have gadgets, we’ve […]

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The York Walls and Street Photography Experience

Architecture, Blog, Fun, Musings, People, Photography, Tips, Training, Workshop, Yorkshire /

Street Photography Experience It’s great to take people with strong landscape photography skills around the city and challenge of them and to capture people and architecture as it happens. That’s Street photography for you. Some of the most memorable photos you will have seen are street photography. Often you sit around waiting for things to

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Summer Nights Workshop – 2016 Review

Automobiles, Blog, Business, Fun, Landscapes, Leeds, Lightroom, Manchester, People, Photography, Workshop, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales /

McFade Summer Nights Workshops 2016 A look back over 12 fantastic evenings – but first some background Where did the idea of Summer Nights Workshops come from? Ever since I took Photography seriously I’ve regularly gone out for smaller outings – usually with 1 or 2 friends. We’d find places to go, new things to try

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Social Media, Marketing and Business Show – Sheffield 2016

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Learning from the experts I went down to see support and learn loads from Andy Firth, Gary King and Rachel Hatfield, who each did a talk on their specialist subjects:- Andy – making money online – http://www.ascensor.co.uk/ Gary – business planning and strategy for growth – http://www.tendo-uk.com/ Rachel – social media, specifically Twitter – http://shoosocialmedia.co.uk/ Ok – I

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Free “Street Photography” Action

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It’s true, here’s a FREE Street Photography Action… Here’s what it does Transforms a street candid from this… To this with one click…   “Street” is photography in one of the purest forms. We capture the environment as-is; people going about their business is the subject, rather than moody hills, the relentless sea, colourful birds or

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Mooooo!

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I used to work on dairy farms, so am pretty used to cows and their general demeanour – inquisitive, curious and usually pretty friendly. Just move slowly and they’ll hang around you for a while – feed them a bit of grass and you’ll get a nice tongue photo like this! Here’s a few shots

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Everyone hates having their portrait taken…… at first

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The Art of Portrait Photography: Elevate Your Corporate Image Out of Your Comfort Zone Unless you are a model, you are completely out of your comfort zone. No one has a camera pointing at them, like a sniper, in normal life. You will be uncomfortable. This discomfort is entirely natural, especially when stepping into the

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