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    Documentary photography, gardens, travel and the great outdoors - welcome to the world of Michael Turner, Photographer. Browse around and you'll find details of one to one photography and creative marketing training as well as my own personal portfolios and photo-blog. Enjoy.

    CONSULTING
    Are you frustrated with the results from your digital camera? Are your photos lacking creative sparkle? I help beginners to learn about digital photography and have more fun with their cameras through One to One photography training workshops and personal coaching.

    Through my Enlighten mentoring programme I help keen amateur photographers to develop their own photographic style and assist aspiring pros to start up in business.

    ART IN THE GARDEN
    If you're a lover of gardens and garden photography you might also like to take a look at our speciality fine art website, garden photography workshops and blog over at Art In The Garden.

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Hazel Grove Allotments Open Day

Monday, September 5, 2011 Posted in Fine Art, Garden Photography, Photo Stories

Yesterday I went on a fact-finding mission for a photo-project I have in mind and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon out in the process. Hazel Grove Allotments held their annual open day with the allotments on view to the public and lots of tempting goodies on sale. Janet and I went down with Karrie and Stew (they’re keenly waiting for an allotment) and chatted to some of the allotment holders. We sampled the coffee and cake stall (well it would be churlish not too) and came away with plants for the garden and fresh raspberries for tea. A timeless and very English afternoon out and all in the warm sunshine!

My forthcoming project is more about gardeners than the gardens, but yesterday (in between cake stalls!)  I took the opportunity to shoot a couple of abstract flower details. These poppy seed heads were amongst my favourites..

 

 

I’ll keep you posted on the photo-project as it unfolds.

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Anna SaverimuttuSeptember 7, 2011 - 12:30 pm

I love the poppy seed head shot Michael – stunning.

John BroadfootApril 16, 2012 - 1:11 am

Again the poppy head shots are fantastic.
I have spoken to Karrie and Stew today regarding a fantastic
future shot of the Archway that I started over five years ago.
This is the one with the small gate on the cycle path to the
church. In another tho weeks the Hawthorn blossom should be out
and the Photo Shot should be great.

John B. Plot 10A.

Lines and Curves

Thursday, August 18, 2011 Posted in Photo Technique

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 physically make 3D photographs on a two-dimensional page or screen but what you can do is use lines and curves creatively to add an extra dimension to your compositions.  By doing this you can draw your viewer’s attention to the main subject or simply hold their attention for longer by creating a feeling of depth. In other words, 3D without the need for funny glasses!

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Sarah’s Modelling Debut

Friday, August 5, 2011 Posted in Family and Friends, People Photography, Workshop Reports

This week we held our first Capture Your Kids workshop and one of our star models was Sarah, our god-daughter. You may remember that Sarah was born with complicated heart problems and she’s had numerous operations since. It’s hard to believe, but only two weeks ago she was still in hospital receovering from her latest open heart operation. If only grown-ups were so resilient!

As you can see, Sarah had a great time with her brothers Joseph and John,  as did our delegates. The course was a great success and we’ll be repeating it on Saturday 22nd October.

Sarah still has a long journey ahead, the heart complications have been repaired for now but will need to be tackled again as she grows, but I’m thrilled to be able to update you with her amazing progress and a fun set of pictures.

Capture Your Kids

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JohnAugust 5, 2011 - 10:22 am

Lovely shots Michael! I was really impressed with the photos that Al came home with especially as she’s not picked up the DSLR for a long time. She really enjoyed the day.