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COVID-19 Notes & Policies (UPDATED 14 Oct 2020)
It’s a constantly evolving set of notes but if you want to see our COVID-19 Notes and Policies you can download a copy of the document here: https://iansstudio.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/docs/COVIDPolicies.pdf Updated 14 October 2020 New section detailing [...]
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 a little bit of the story. This blog post brings those images and that [...]
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, it means that businesses such as photographers and photographic studios can start plan It [...]
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 often it falls by the wayside because we don’t have anything to help us [...]
POTD 12 Nov 2020: Lockdown20/8 – Doctor Who Magazine, Issue #1
Doctor Who Weekly - Issue #1 Doctor Who Weekly - Issue #1 (Image Reference: 20201112A-G0602) Issue #558 of Doctor Who Magazine should have arrived in my letterbox today. It didn't. So that spoilt [...]
POTD 11 Nov 2020: Lockdown 20/7 – The new toy
DJI Pocket 2 DJI Pocket 2 (Image Reference: 20201111A-G0595) This arrived in the post today - a new video camera! This should open up a lot of possibilities for training videos and travel [...]
eBOOK: Photography Guide: Autumn – £4.00
A 20-page guide to photographing Autumn – the notes look at a number of potential subjects and talk through the techniques for how to photograph them. I have also included a number [...]
Photography Guide: Autumn
A 20-page guide to photographing Autumn – the notes look at a number of potential subjects and talk through the techniques for how to photograph them. I have also included a [...]
POTD 10 Nov 2020: Lockdown 20/6 – Tea and bourbons
Tea and bourbons (Image Reference: 20201110A-G0587) Almost forgot to do my Lockdown20 photo today. At 9:45pm there are not many options left, so I am going to have a cuppa while I think [...]
POTD 9 Nov 2020: Lockdown20/5 – Still Open
The Station Newsagents, Heaton Moor, Stockport, (Image Reference: 20201109A-G0572) I had an appointment for a blood pressure check and decided to photograph an unusual row of shops near the surgery that had recently [...]
POTD 8 Nov 2020: Lockdown20/4 – We will remember them
We will remember them (Image Reference: 20201108A-G0545) Remembrance Sunday - No comment necessary. Settings: 1/4s, f/8, ISO 400. Lens: 105mm @105 mm. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a source of free photographs. This [...]
POTD 7 Nov 2020: Lockdown20/3 – Slitheen
Slitheen (Image Reference: 20201107A-G0543) Photographed in the garden - I was a bit short on inspiration for today's lockdown image! Photographed under natural light, the wall behind is a couple of meters back [...]
POTD 6 Nov 2020: Lockdown20/2 – Morrisons
Morrisons, Bredbury, Stockport (Image Reference: 20201106A-G0527) This morning started with an early morning visit to Morrisons to do the weekly shop for my elderly mum - this image is NOT straight out of [...]
POTD 5 Nov 2020: Lockdown20/1
(Image Reference: 20201105A-G0497) Made a few minutes ago. A symbolic image to start off the Lockdown20 challenge. If you don't know what the challenge is - take a look at this blog post: https://www.ians-studio.co.uk/2020/11/blog-2-nov-2020-lockdown20-challenge/ We [...]
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 photography, and ways to obtain consent (both explicitly and implicitly). Additional we look at [...]
Photography Guide: Street Photography
A 26-page guide to doing Street Photography - the notes include a discussion of some of the ethics of doing street photography, way to obtain consent (both explicitly and implicitly) as [...]
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 to be subject to a national lockdown. To help take your mind off lockdown [...]
POTD 7 Oct 2016: Film Noir Night [FOUR YEARS AGO]
(Image Reference: FJ1007A-G08751) This is one of several Film Noir nights I have run at the studio. The models are G.Brodie and Leona Lissoni The background lighting is created by firing a speedlight through a [...]
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 up my first group shoot at the studio post lock down. Then on Thursday [...]
Training Notes: Lightroom – The Develop Module
These notes cover how to use the Develop Module in Adobe Lightroom Classic Download the training notes HERE
Training Notes: Lightroom – The Library Module
These notes cover how to use the Library Module in Adobe Lightroom Classic Download the training notes HERE