I cannot believe that I have not yet blogged about the thing that first got me into photography… the detail you can see in the eyes of animals. Way back when, armed with our first digital 30D camera, I became obsessed with the quality of the camera and the amount of detail it would render.…
I’ve been out and about again, experimenting with infrared photography. This was before the snow arrived in England, and I was keen to see what kind of shots I could get without the incredibly reflective shiny surface of the freshly fallen snow I’d become…
At 2012’s Wild Photos conference there was a lot of discussion about ‘returning to form’. At least three of the speakers (professional photographers like Charlie Hamilton James, Britta Jaschinski and Klaus Nigge) exhibited photography portfolios where they had foregone the sharpness of digital in the urge to…
At the 2012 Wild Photos conference many of the speakers and photographers inspired me by blurring the lines between art and photography. There was strong evidence of a desire to use photography in an artistic way, to provide a different perspective on the beauty of the…
Ever since my husband bought me my first macro lens I have had a strange and curious fascination with photographing flies. I think they are a subject often overlooked, but one that can be so fascinating. They are so commonplace that they…
The trouble with wildlife photography / photography in general is that it’s very hard to find a new angle on things. A lot has already been done and explored – so you are constantly challenged to look at things differently, to find a different angle,…
Over the last year I have really become quite taken with capturing the emergence of new life in photography – primarily through macro photography and a growing fascination with flower buds. Here’s some of my favorites… All these images have been taken in the UK, as…
I am really not sure if I like these photos or not…which begs the question as to why I have spent the afternoon sharing them across the worldwide web. But sometimes, you just need feedback 🙂 This first image is VERY different from my usual…
I spend so much time trying to capture the perfect wildlife portrait that I sometimes forget the most interesting shots are often those that represent reality i.e what you see, when you see it. I have started to wonder if photography could or should be less about…
I am going to kick start a new theme / thread here on the Taraji Blue facebook page, it’s called ‘CLOSE ENCOUNTERS’ and it’s going to go behind the scenes of our travels to show the people we have met,…