Category Archives: Photography

27
Aug
2010

PK Friday: cycling slowly round the coast of Britain

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Posted in Pecha Kucha, Photography
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:
24
Aug
2010

Iceland: the expedition begins

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Posted in Expeditions, Iceland, Packraft, Photography
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 glory, or slobbed for [...]

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21
Aug
2010

Report from Iceland expedition

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Posted in Expeditions, Iceland, Packraft, Photography
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.
08
Jul
2010

It’s summer. There’s no excuse not to go wild swimming.

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Posted in Photography, Ramblings
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? Let’s have some photographic [...]

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29
Jun
2010

Mum’s gone to Iceland.

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Posted in Humour, Iceland, Packraft, Photography
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 TV with England [...]

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21
Jun
2010

Photo shoot at Smithfield Nocturne

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Posted in Cycling, Photography
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.
31
May
2010

Audio slideshow with our Inuit guide in the Arctic

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Posted in Expeditions, Our World, Photography
Russell Atagootak was our Inuit guide on the Arctic expedition I have just returned from. I was really interested to spend time with him to try to work out how a small ethnic group fits into modern Canada. The trite yet apt conundrum faced by people of the far north is that they are torn between [...]

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25
May
2010

8 Expedition Photography Composition Tips

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Posted in Lists, Photography, Travel
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 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 Click here to see more of my photography.
23
May
2010

Photographers for Charity

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Posted in Charity, Photography, Travel
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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09
Apr
2010

Arctic Experiences – Martin Hartley

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Posted in Pecha Kucha, Photography
I recently arranged a fundraising event for Hope and Homes for Children. The idea was simple: each speaker would have 20 slides, which scroll after just 20 seconds. This gives the speaker a mere 6 minutes and 40 seconds to speak. It is a fast, furious, fiendishly difficult speaking format that results in a fun, unusual, [...]

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