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Sasha and Elena

Two sisters

How lovely to follow my last post, Two brothers, with another familial portrait session. Sasha and Elena were visiting Kirkbymoorside with family over the weekend to take part in the town’s 10K annual fun run. I know them through their grand dad John, who is a fellow allotment holder, and last year I photographed them

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Alan Wood, black and white portrait

Two brothers

Rachel and I are currently on a short holiday in a rural part of Nottinghamshire and near the artist’s studio, mentioned in the last post, is a house in slight disrepair and an overgrown garden. I struck up conversation with the elderly owner who was outside with his gorgeous golden retriever dogs. After 20 mins

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Sam Abell

Learning from a Master

It was through the Frames photography circle that I came across this highly instructive video where Sam Abell talks about composition. In a fascinating frame-by-frame presentation, Abell deconstructs both his well-known and recent images—all with the idea of examining the idea that there is a clear ‘way’ of making finer photographs. In addition, he shows

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