Diamonds and Sand
I’ll be honest, as a sceptic with a scientific background, even when we lived in the Tibetan Regions for 7 years, surrounded by monks, lamas and temples, I could never quite bring myself to meditate. more
Filter Systems for NDs, Grads and Polarisers – Part One
Filter Systems for Neutral Density, Graduated and Polarising Filters including Kase, Benro, 84.5, Haida, Breakthrough, XC Source, Zomei, Wine Country, SRB, Cokin, Nisi, Lee, Progrey & Firecrest. more
Meet Your DMN
When your attention is focused on the task of making photographs, mindfulness—consciously paying attention to things happening in the present moment—gives you the ingredients from which to make photographs. more
Paul Hart
Paul concentrates on a precise geographical area, photographing intensively over a number of years. He is well known for his finely crafted silver gelatin prints and for the books he has produced. more
Limitations and constraints in photography
Many are the individuals who have praised the beneficial effects of limitations and constraints in the creative process. more
Tales of a Wandering Photographer
As with any journey, each is unique, the options unlimited and we each choose our own route. They all differ and there is no right or wrong. It’s a very personal thing. more
Featured Photographer
Our lives are circumscribed in so many ways. Photography offers us complete freedom so why impose boundaries on ourselves when all they do is to provide an excuse to keep on doing the same old thing? more
Giants of the Mystic forest
It’s a place that calms the mind, heals the soul and instils humility in those who walk into it. Walking among the giants makes you realise how tiny you and your problems are. more
Damian Ward
Damian lives north-west of London in an area that is not one of the UK’s more obvious photographic honeypots but does have some rather nice woodland. more
Thoughts on Beauty
Still, to the chagrin of some in the art business, most people consider beauty and art as almost synonymous. more
Ethics in photography
The thorny issue of ethics and moral responsibilities in documentary photography, particularly in the case of photojournalism has been discussed many times. more
Brian Kosoff
In contrast to the many landscape photographers who go to great lengths to exclude obvious signs of man from their images, Brian embraces these and imbues them with an elegance that defies their often humble origin more
Ebb and Flow
In October 2017, my relationship with landscape photography suddenly changed as if someone flipped a light switch. By not giving up on, but rather giving into the process, I found flow in my life (and photography) again. more
The Collodion Artist
In a world of high iso, high megapixel, high dynamic range photography, why do so many artists use a medium that was out of date in the 19th Century? more
A Look at the Resurgence of Wet Plate
We asked Alex Boyd, a well-practised collodionist himself, about what it was about the medium that attracted so many people more

