by Katie | Jul 25, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Weddings
There are so many different forms of photography, even within portrait photography you have everything from newborns, maternity, weddings, family and so on and so forth. Different photographers specialise in different areas, some are jack of all trades some are...
by Katie | Jul 18, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Latest Updates
You have undoubtedly seen those lovely dreamy photos where the background is beautifully blurred often to the point of seeing sparkles in the background and wandered how that was created. This is bokeh, and it’s what most portrait photographers aim for with...
by Katie | Jul 11, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
When I was going through my photos of the action at Barbury on Sunday I had the sudden strong urge to go almost all black & white for editing. I don’t normally put so many black and white images in an event but the backdrop and the competition itself just...
by Katie | Jul 4, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Latest Updates
Have you got a collection of photos on your camera, computer or phone that you keep meaning to print but never get round to it? Is that because previously you have been disappointed with the prints you have received or it’s just a bit too much of a faff? If I...
by Katie | Jun 27, 2017 | Behind The Magic
There are a few simple guidelines that will help no end with photographing your pet, so here are my 5 top tips for improving your pet photography 1. Get down to their eye level – this may mean sitting or even lying on the ground or putting them up on a table or...
by Katie | Jun 20, 2017 | Behind The Magic
Have you ever tried to photograph a sunset and been disappointed with how bright and lacking in colours it is? This is because when a camera meters the light levels of a sunset it will most likely be using an evaluative metering and will want to over expose the scene....
by Katie | Jun 13, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
You may have noticed that when uploading photos to Facebook and other social media platforms that the quality is somewhat horrendous even if you uploaded a high resolution image. There is a simple reason for this, and that is whenever you upload an image unless it...
by Katie | Jun 6, 2017 | Behind The Magic, Equestrian, Latest Updates
When I started my photographic journey I was keen to share my photos wherever I could in large numbers, it didn’t matter if they weren’t as good as they could be I just wanted to reach the largest audience possible, thinking this was the best way to get my...
by Katie | May 30, 2017 | Behind The Magic
There is so much confusion over DPI and sizing it’s untrue. I’m often asked for images for printing purposes in 300 DPI with no other information, this normally means that the person asking doesn’t actually know what they want other than the photo to...