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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 cloud conditions lent themselves to variable and interesting photographs, and I spent some time experimenting with some of the options on how to photograph a windmill like this. I was using my iphone 14.

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.

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

Taking you on a photographic walk focusing on leaves

Ok, so a very simple discussion here, landscape v portrait photographs.

Let's have a look at getting better exposure on photos with your phone camera.

Monet, is reported to have been in the habit of standing and looking, for around forty five minutes, before starting

So I'm blessed to live within quite close range of one of the most stunning buildings in the whole wide world - Salisbury Cathedral, and many Saturdays we park on the edge of town, and walk across the ancient water meadows (Link to the charity?) on what is known as The Town Path. The photo's below show the view. As is often the case, I took the images to illustrate a point and perhaps help you. Many days are sunny and stunning, others you are stuck, perhaps on a tour, or b

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

SIn the summer I was on a short trip to Paris. As it was not specifically a photo-trip I decided that rather than haul a 'proper' camera around in the late summer heat, I'd play around with my i-phone, do some i-phone photography, and give a few photography tips. Whether you'll find these helpful or not depends partly on your skill-level, and whether it's something you're already familiar. If you're quite new to the game you will possibly get more from it.

As I sit here on a glorious, just warm enough, Spring day, writing this, wonderfully able to work outside nd top up some Vitamin D.

Free simple photography tips on photographing spring flowers with your phone camera or digital camera.

It’s not about the walk, or the standing, it’s not about the looking, it’s about learning to see – to notice things in a new way

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