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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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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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Beautiful light and clouds scattering over Bohinj Lake, ,Triglav National Park, Slovenia.

5 stunning photography workshop and tour locations to visit in 2025

Full moon (January Wolf Moon) rising over Veliki Vrh mountain peak at sunset beside the island church at Lake Bled, Slovenia. Taken on 13th January during the major lunar standstill of 2025

Best App for Predicting the Moonrise

Benro Tripod Review – Why I love the Tortoise 34CLV Levelling Tripod

Benro Tripod Review – Why I love the Tortoise 34CLV Levelling Tripod

Sun rising over Lake Bled and the island church of the assumption of Mary with the Karavanke mountains in the background, Slovenia.

My Favourite Photoshoots of 2024

Full moon rising at dusk over 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.

6 Best Apps for Landscape Photography

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Lighthouse at Portland Bill and the old boat winch in the early morning sun, near Weymouth, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England.

Be patient, wait for the light..........................

It's all about the light and not about Photoshop. See here in these two photos how...

Beautiful light across the beautiful Lake Bled's hilltop castle and Mount Stol, the highest peak in the Karavank Mountains. Slovenia.

Remove haze in Photoshop

In this tutorial I show you how to remove haze in your photos using the dehaze tool...

How a camera lens focuses up close and distant.

Understanding Camera Focusing - A Photography Tutorial

Every photo has a point of focus, and you nearly always choose this yourself; rarely...

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A one year old Brown Bear Cub in the forest in Notranjska, Slovenia.

Brown Bear Photography in Slovenia

Story of how I, Ian Middleton, finally got to photograph the European brown bear...

Durdle Door in the moonlight, Dorset, England. Captured late evening as the moonlight flooded through the rock's archway. The long exposure has also produced some nice star trails to the right of the arch. Durdle door is one of the many stunning locations to visit on the Jurassic coast in southern England.

How to Photograph Durdle Door

Durdle Door is a great photography location on the stunning Jurassic Coast in Dorset,...

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.

Zaosiri Beach, Photographing Losinj

Upon my first ever visit to Lošinj Island I discovered a great little location called...

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Full moon rising at sunset over 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.

When is the best time to photograph the Moon?

The best time for photographing the moon is at sunset or sunrise. In this article...

Close up of Storzic mountain peak, part of the Kamnik Alps, Slovenia.

Best Light for Photography Outdoors

The best light for photography outdoors is after the rain. There is a clarity of...

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How to setup photo galleries in Smugmug

In this tutorial, the first of a series on how to build a Smugmug website, I show...

Photography website - Ian Middleton

2 easy ways to start making a photography website from scratch

In this article, I introduce you to two different options you have to start your...

Church of Saint Michael by Joze Plecnik at dawn, Crna Vas, Slovenia.

Best time to photograph Saint Micheal's Church on the Marsh

There are hundreds of churches scattered across Slovenia, but none as interesting...

The June 2021 supermoon rising behind Mount Krim on the Ljubljana Moors in Slovenia.

Photographing the June 2021 Supermoon

In June 2021 I captured some great images of the Strawberry supermoon as it rose...

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