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Category Archives: Photography
Things I Love about Travelling in India
Is India the most colourful, mad, exciting country in the world? Probably.
Here are ten things I love about it.
Rule Number 1: Do What You Love
Do what you love Do it very, very well Do it with energy, passion, imagination… …and if you do all that you might end up getting paid to do what you love. Don’t focus on the pay when you start. Focus on doing what you love, doing it very, very well, and being the best [...]
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Where I’d rather be this Monday morning
What would you rather be doing? This post originally appeared on Big Dan’s blog. DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
My Ten Most Interesting Photos
I really enjoy photography and am starting to build up a nice range of different images.
How to Take Good Photographs
Although I am not a professional photographer and still consider myself very much a learner, I thought that I may be in a good position to help.
Two Years of my Life. In 4 minutes.
Turn your photo collection into a music video.
5 Things I Love About in Vietnam
Vietnam is a beautiful, safe, colourful country that made me realise I need to plan a decent adventure around South East Asia. Here are just five quick reasons why I really recommend you should go and see Vietnam for yourself. Bikes, Motorbikes and Mayhem. I loved walking the streets of Ho Chi Minh late at [...]
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Final Friday Favourite Photo – Beer, Tattoos and Bicycles
Another random, but hopefully enjoyable, cluster of pics.
Favourite Friday Photo – Speedos, Sea Kayaks, Silhouettes, Shadows, Scary Punks and Splashes
This is the penultimate week of interesting pictures from my Flickr photostream. Image by Danfung Dennis. To receive a monthly newsletter of the best bits from this blog and any major news simply add your email address here: DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available [...]
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Favourite Photo Friday – punks, henna and billboards
Photo Friday has been one of the most popular additions to my site over the last year. It has been on pause recently as I showcased a fabulous selection of 400 second adventure talks. Now over the next few Fridays I’ll share a selection of my best, favourite and most interesting photographs. And then we’ll [...]
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PK Friday: cycling slowly round the coast of Britain
Howies designer and cycling enthusiast Nick Hand set off to cycle slowly round Britain. Along the way he met artisans and interviewed them, making lovely presentations on his website. Here he explains his journey: DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and [...]
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Iceland: the expedition begins
Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill. Payin’ anything to roll the dice, just one more time… - Journey *** “For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in [...]
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Report from Iceland expedition
Starting next week: blog reports, photography and video from my recent crossing of Iceland. I hope you’ll come back to enjoy them. Here’s a landscape photo of Iceland to start your weekend off. DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
It’s summer. There’s no excuse not to go wild swimming.
I love wild swimming. You never ever regret a wild swim once you are out and warm. It’s July now. It’s lovely and warm. Time to stop being a wimp and go jump in your local river / lake / ocean. I promise you won’t regret it… Have you been for a wild swim recently? [...]
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Mum’s gone to Iceland.
No, she hasn’t really. But I am off to Iceland tomorrow. Not the nasty frozen food shop, but the land of the now-famous volcano. And I can’t wait! I’m really excited about this expedition. Jumping around with excitement. I had worried about the prospect of being on top of a remote glacier far from a [...]
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Photo shoot at Smithfield Nocturne
Cyclists racing round a tight, narrow urban route makes for exciting photographic opportunities. I took these pictures on Saturday night at the nocturne event at London’s Smithfield meat market. DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
8 Expedition Photography Composition Tips
Much more important than having a good camera is thinking a little bit harder about the composition of your photographs. So here are my top photography composition tips. Click on the links for examples or watch the video below for explanations. Rule of thirds Lines Angles Fill the frame Focal point Active space Framing Flash [...]
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Photographers for Charity
I recently chatted with Rebecca Marsham of Photographers for Charity which enables photographers to offer a little of their time to attend ‘events’ and for charities to find and book them. Here she tells us more about the project. It’s a great idea and I would encourage all photographers to have a look at their [...]
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