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Category Archives: Photo Technique

Tutorial : Firework Photography

Firework photography is all about using long exposure times, usually several seconds, to record the trail of the fireworks as they burst into the night sky. With that in mind, here are the Turner Photo Training top tips for photographing fireworks…..   1.  Steady your camera. With long exposure times you’ll need to keep your…

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Lines and Curves

Angular buildings, twisting roads, meandering streams, repeating lines, leading lines…..there are lines and curves all around us and they can be used in all kinds of ways to make our photographs more interesting. In Photo Friday last week I highlighted strong diagonal lines that can be used to lead your viewer into the image. You can’t…

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Winter Photography in Macclesfield Forest

Last week I took advantage of the snow and sunshine by taking a walk up and around Shutlingsloe, the mini-Matterhorn overlooking Macclesfield. It was quite late in the day before I got started (there’s always one more job to do at the studio…) but once up there it was breathtaking. The late afternoon sunshine on the…

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