some simple photography tips to encourage you to get the best image you can by thinking about the light and the angles involved.

I want to share with you one of the most important things I've learnt in all the time I've been taking photographs - that there is a time to lay your camera aside and just see.

Ferns and their fossil remains have been found on every continent, so wherever you are in the world, possibly barring Antarctica, this blog on photographing ferns may be of relevance. Over the last forty years and more I've been mesmerised by these amazing plants, especially in the spring when they go through the most intricate, and taken many images of the unfurling of the leaves.

So there we were, sitting sipping splendid coffee, my mind was on these blogs, and my strapline - "look until you see". So that I did, and here is one of the results.

Perhaps you're on holiday, perhaps you live in a city, or near a market town. There are so many similar places in the world where you can go - the local market. What they all have in common is that they are one of the best places to visit, with your camera or phone-camera. You can photograph people, often with real character showing, if the light is kind there are opportunities to take really atmospheric photographs, and you can get in close and photograph food in it's rawest

The light changes, grains of sand and seashells, debris, carried forwards and backwards. Each shell affects the flow and form of the water, each sand ripples does the same, and that changes the way the light can reflect..

So you're walking along the beach, perhaps on holiday, the others are off doing their own thing. You however have your camera of phone-camera. Here are some ideas.

I was preparing red cabbage the other day, and noticed the beauty and complexity of the slices.

So let's take your imagination a bit further. You are out for a walk, you may have a few minutes semi-time to yourself away from the busyness of your life. That phone thing currently stuck to your ear, physically or via Bluetooth, has a much more for fulfilling use as a camera. Look around, anything catch your eye? How about doing something creative? Breathe, relax have some time to yourself, take some pictures of what caught your eye.

Taking a walk in our local nature reserve at this time of year is an amazing visual and aural experience. The ground beneath the mixed woodland trees, is carpeted with swathes of wild flowers. This is my favourite time of year, the early spring flowers like Snowdrops have faded and are disappearing back into the ground whence they came. They've been replaced, dominantly by Primroses and Celandines, which are at their peak now.

Paris late Summer. On the banks of the River Seine. These simple photography tips are about taking something slightly strange

A walk with the dog. Learning to observe the natural world. Simple tips on how to photograph what you see.