Part 1 a simple visual introduction to polarising & gradual filters, In my workflow i have a regular need to use lens filters. These perform various tasks for me from darkening or making skies pop to extending the exposure time from fractions of seconds through to many minutes in some cases. The many minutes function is particularly handy for someone who produces mainly long exposure images. For the past few

We are always being watched its just a matter of who is watching you and are you watching them? Shot at Helix in Falkirk in front of the Kelpies. I was standing on a bridge which wobbled every time i tried to get this long exposure image. Repeating the shot a few times i managed to get a clear 38 second run to it for this one. The reflections were

Photographers can become obsessed by depth of field (DOF) You have either too much of it and want less or you don’t have enough of it and want more. The longer the focal length on the lens the shallower the DOF, the wider aperture on the lens the lens the shallower it gets. As a landscape photographer i am always looking for the deepest i can get. People tell me