February is always a quiet month and this one has been quiet. Late last year I came across a term “working on your business” from other freelance writers. After much soul searching I realised I hadn’t done enough of this. This quiet February month has allowed me to really look at how I promote myself […]
Category Archives: Photography
My 2019 Maltese Adventure – Part 2
I wanted to break these posts down because the last two days of my holiday were arguably the busiest. Realising we were running out of time to see the things we wanted to see on the islands, we decided to make a plan. But the plan never went, um, according to plan. Day 5 – […]
My 2019 Maltese Adventure – Part 1
I promised I’d blog about my holiday to Malta and here I am, finally here with some images and a run through of our holiday. After a difficult year in many ways, Cat and I were looking forward to this much needed holiday to Malta, (Ancient Roman Melite, the honey island although by rights it […]
Photography Round Up: You Can Now Buy My Images, and a New Lens
It’s been a while since I posted about my photography. A couple of months in fact. Which, by this current schedule, is about 5 posts. I remember a time when I was posting 3-4 times a week, sometimes every day. As I said in my last post, web content has diversified. Blogs are no longer […]
The Images and Copyright Minefield and Where to Get Free Stock Photos
How do you get people to come to your blog without promising free cake and then disappointing them a la Portal? You need a good headline for starters or people are not going to be enticed to read it. It’s not all about the headline though. Often, viewers will usually be drawn here by attractive […]
Why I Love Taking Photos During Golden Hour
When I got my first DSLR a year ago, it opened up a whole new world of creativity. It gave me an excuse to go outside. My day job as a freelance writer largely keeps me at home so it was useful to help me disconnect. Now, when work is quiet, or I just fancy […]
My Love of Dartmoor – a Photographic Journey
It’s Easter 2019 and we’re presently having the hottest weekend of the year so far. It’s been fabulous. Yesterday (Good Friday) we went up to Dartmoor – always a favourite place of mine – and I took my DSLR. This was not only the first time I’d taken my “new” camera, I also went up […]
Announcing: Profile at Createxplore
Photography skillz are developing quite nicely; slowly, but surely. Finally, I have the exposure triangle figured out and I’m regularly producing images about which I’m really happy rather than a load of “meh” images and some really nice shots. I have a tripod now courtesy of birthday money and later this month I’m starting a […]
Don’t Ignore Fonts in Your Promotional Material
Learning how to use my DSLR properly and aiming to make some small income from it means I’m going to have to learn some skills I never previously thought I would need. Granted, I could have spent more time on marketing in the past, something I am now trying to remedy. But photography is a […]
Subscribing to Photoshop
I finally bit that little bullet that had been nagging away at the back of my brain for weeks. It was inevitable, really. I felt there was no point trying to develop photography skills with a camera and kit that cost me the best part of £500 if i wasn’t going to bother learning photo […]
