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Golden Hour
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Is it really the best time to take photos? Here I show you how heading out at other times of the day can also produce great photos.

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In today's competitive world it may seem hard to make money with photography. However, new technology has made it easier.

Photograph Durdle Door

Durdle Door is a natural limestone rock arch on the stunning Jurassic Coast in Dorset. In this article I show you how to photograph it.

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Sunset at the church of Saint James in the little village of Hrase, near Medvode in Gorenjska, Slovenia, with Mount Storzic of the Kamnik Alps peaking through the clouds behind.
On the run up to sunset this evening, it hadn't seemed...
Lake Bled castle and church of Saint Martin with the Karavanke Alps behind during some soft morning autumn light, Slovenia.
Bad weather should never stop a workshop. It's an opportunity...
Gondolas at dawn with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.
Getting up for dawn and sunrise in summer is always...
Photographing Swanage during a rainstorm.
On a recent scouting trip around Dorset, I got to test...
The fairytale cottage in Srednji Vrh village with the Julian Alps behind, near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Located in northern Slovenia, near to Kranjska Gora,...

Tutorials

Smugmug website example
Tutorials

How to setup photo galleries in Smugmug

In this tutorial, the first of a series on how to build a Smugmug website, I show you the features and benefits of using Smugmug to build your own website to share or sell your photos, and how to setup photo galleries and upload your photos.

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Great Photography Locations

Sunrise over a boathouse on Zaosiri Beach on the coastal area of Cunski, which lies just 8kms north of Mali Losinj on Losinj Island, Croatia. The strip of land to the left is Punta Kriza.
Great photography locations

Zaosiri Beach, Photographing Losinj

Upon my first ever visit to Lošinj Island I discovered a great little location called Zaosiri Beach, which is near to the little village of Cunski, just north of Mali Lošinj town.

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View of the ruins of Smlednik Castle with Storzic mountain, part of the Kamnik Alps, behind, Slovenia.
Great photography locations

Smlednik Castle & the Kamnik Alps

There are many lovely castles in Slovenia, but the old ruined castle at Smlednik is possibly the most interesting. In particular, the views from the top are some of the best in the country.

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Lightning at dawn over the two small islands of Veli Osir and Mali Osir on Losinj Island, Adriatic Sea, Croatia. Photographed from Zaosiri beach near the village of Cunski, the main storm belt was primarily over the Istra peninsula but Losinj got the edge of it during the night. This was photographed as the storm moved southeast away from the Island.
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Planina, a floodplain in the Notranjska region in western Slovenia.
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Ljubljana view from Neboticnik
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Full moon rising during the Blue Hourover Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the kamnik alps and Storzic mountain in the background, Slovenia.
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Ghost looking at shrine to Jesus Christ on a misty hill in Prezganje, near Ljubljana, Slovenia. The shrine was built to commemorate the first visit of Pope John Paul the second to Slovenia in 1996. This is a single exposure, 30 secs with the me in the shot for part of it. This is how the ghostly effect was made. No photoshop or composites.
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Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician at dawn, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau, Slovenia.
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