Category: themes
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At Port Seton, near the caravan site where the Red Burn flows into the sea, a small beach lies hidden from view. Here the fresh water from the burn meets the salt water of the Firth of Forth, connecting the land and the sea. The iron ore which gave the burn its red colour has…
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Sometimes a theme emerges quite naturally from your photography. Many years ago I photographed an abandoned cane chair in Kelso, in the Scottish Borders. It was a simple photo, but that simplicity captivated me. Since then, I’ve continued taking photos of abandoned or empty chairs wherever I’ve found them And that’s the advantage of a…
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My camera group has been going out and about, every second Friday morning, for – oh, I don’t know, probably around 12 years now. You can imagine, even in a city as varied as Edinburgh, we’ve been pretty much everywhere. Usually multiple times. So a couple of years ago, around March 2024, we decided to…
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Once a fortnight, I meet up with a group of friends and we head out with our cameras to enjoy some photography. And of course coffee. We’ve been doing this for many years, so even in a city as beautiful as Edinburgh, we’ve photographed pretty much everything there is to see. Usually several times. We’ve…
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- My workflow for autopainting with Dynamic Auto Painter
- The Curlew
- Theme: empty chairs
- Street: photographing people is hard
- Balancing technique and personal style in photography
- Why I loved Agfa Ultra 100 – until the sun came out
- ACDSee Keywords and Categories
- Processing a 590nm infrared photo for a dreamlike effect
- What are those big yellow things dominating the Leith skyline?
- The photo I shouldn’t have taken
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