Blog Archive
Welcome to the archive of blog posts at Ian’s Studio. You will find lots of different things here. For many years “blog” was very much a catch-all term for any posts that weren’t “Photos of the Day” or “Sales” posts. Now blog posts tend to either be something topical, hints and tips or my general thoughts on photography and photographs. Some of the older blog posts have missing links and image but anything in the last 3 or 4 years should be fine. Enjoy.
BLOG 14 July 2021 – YourPortfolio – New Portfolio Hosting Site
Where do you publish your photos online? On your website? Twitter? Instagram? Flickr? Well, there is another player in the game [...]
BLOG 9 APR 2021: Before & After Challenge
I'm starting a new photography challenge - it is called my "Before & After Challenge". The aim of the challenge is [...]
COVID-19 Notes & Policies (UPDATED 8 April 2021)
It’s a constantly evolving set of notes but if you want to see our COVID-19 Notes and Policies you can download [...]
BLOG 26 Feb 2021 – 10 Years of Ian’s Studio
On Friday 26 Feb, Ian's Studio celebrate its10th Anniversary. To celebrate I posted a series of images to facebook to tell [...]
BLOG 23 Feb 2021 : A roadmap to re-opening
Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out his roadmap to easing lockdown. This is a welcome development as finally, [...]
BLOG 19 DEC 2020 – Ian’s Photo Bingo Challenge
Most of us will admit to setting a goal to ‘do more photography’ as one of our New Year’s Resolutions. But [...]
eBOOK: Photography Guide: Autumn – £4.00
A 20-page guide to photographing Autumn – the notes look at a number of potential subjects and talk [...]
eBOOK: Photography Guide: Street Photography – £4.00
This 26-page guide to doing Street Photography includes a discussion of some of the ethics of doing street [...]
BLOG 2 NOV 2020 – Lockdown20 Challenge
Padlock on a country gate From Thursday 5th November through to (hopefully) Wednesday 2nd December, England will once again [...]
BLOG 3 Aug 2020: Ian’s Studio is open… well partially!
This blog post was planned for Friday/Saturday last week – to announce that I’m fully open and about to set [...]
BLOG 5 JUL 2020: Top 5 tips for Macro Photography
This blog post is also available as a video blog - https://youtu.be/aVzsyoUkrgo - you can also watch below: Macro [...]
BLOG 21 JUN 2020: Lightroom Classic – Sliders vs Curves – why I will never edit my images the same way again!
This blog post is a video blog - https://youtu.be/B2IdG5eKLAg- you can also watch below: Last week Garry Platt [...]
BLOG 14 JUN 2020: What is chimping? Is it good or bad?
This blog post is available as a normal blog post (scroll down and read) and also as a video blog - [...]
BLOG 7 JUN 2020: The A-Z of photography?
ABC sweets photographed on a lightbox I was planning a series of blog posts called “The A-Z of Photography”. [...]
BLOG 31 MAY 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography 7: Lust
Willow Rose - Enter the Red Room event at Ian's Studio And so we come to the seventh and [...]
BLOG 21 MAY 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography 6: Wrath
Wrath can be defined as “extreme anger”. Let’s look at how anger and extreme anger can affect us as photographers. It’s [...]
BLOG 14 MAY 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography 5: Pride
Peacock As we move on to our fifth deadly sin – Pride – we need to define this carefully. [...]
BLOG 7 MAY 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography 4: Sloth
Three toed sloth in Boca da Valeria, Brazil We continue our look into the Seven Deadly Sins of Photography. [...]
BLOG 30 APR 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography 3: Envy
In the last blog, we looked at greed and gear acquisition syndrome. For some of us, gear acquisition is never going [...]
BLOG 23 APR 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography 2: Greed
A succesful business woman with a handful of cash In our previous blog post on the Seven Deadly Sins [...]
BLOG 19 APR 2020: The Seven Deadly Sins of Photography – 1: Gluttony
Young woman messily eats a cream doughnut We have all heard of them – the Seven Deadly Sins. You [...]
21 MAR 2019 BLOG: Self Isolation, COVID-19 & the Photographer
Trash the Dress: An attractive young woman in a wedding dress next to a keep clear sign This is a [...]
BLOG 4 Jan 2020: New Year, New Beginnings
New Year Fireworks at Funchal Happy New Year! It’s the start of a new year (not a new decade [...]
BLOG 4 Dec 2019: What have I been doing? (AKA The one with all the videos)
I’ve just realised that it has been two months since I sent out my last newsletter and published my last blog! [...]
BLOG 29 Sep 2019: Imposter Syndrome
Do you sometimes feel that what people see of you is a fake? Like you are hiding behind a mask? Or [...]