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Creating Photographic Art
Some tips and inspiration for turning everyday photos into striking photographic art. Learn about composition, color, and creative techniques that bring emotion and depth to your images. Perfect for photographers looking to express their artistic vision.
I seek to inspire you to see beyond the ordinary and capture the emotion, atmosphere, and artistry that turn simple moments into fun artistic photography.


Simple Photography Tips - Using Light & composition to improve your plant photographs and make them more artistic
some simple photography tips to encourage you to get the best image you can by thinking about the light and the angles involved.

Michael Blyth
3 min read


Simple Photography Tips - when not to take photographs
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.

Michael Blyth
3 min read


Simple Photography Tips for the weekend - make the most of spring - Ferns
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.

Michael Blyth
4 min read


Simple Photography Tips - Look until you see
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.

Michael Blyth
3 min read


Simple Photography Tips - How to photograph the worlds markets
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

Michael Blyth
5 min read


Simple Photography Tips for You - how to take photo-art - sand, water & light
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..

Michael Blyth
4 min read


Simple Photography Tips for You - Photographing seashells
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.

Michael Blyth
4 min read


Simple Photography Tips for You - how to take photo-art to decorate your kitchen
I was preparing red cabbage the other day, and noticed the beauty and complexity of the slices.

Michael Blyth
3 min read


Simple Photography Tips - take pictures whenever
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.

Michael Blyth
3 min read


Simple Photography Tips - wild flowers photography - Wild garlic
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.

Michael Blyth
3 min read


Simple Photography Tips - Abstract Arty Pictures On Your Phone Camera
Paris late Summer. On the banks of the River Seine. These simple photography tips are about taking something slightly strange

Michael Blyth
2 min read


Simple Photography Tips for You - inspiration while out for a walk
A walk with the dog. Learning to observe the natural world. Simple tips on how to photograph what you see.

Michael Blyth
4 min read
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