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My Best Landscape, Wildlife, Macro and Street Shots of 2021

January 2nd, 2022

In my most recent video I’m running through my favourite 10 images of 2021, covering everything from sunrise and sunset landscapes, to bird photography, wildlife, macro photography, street and more. Here are the images, along with Google map locations for each.

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Create Separation in Your Photography with Lightroom

November 28th, 2021

In my most recent video, I’m going through my process of editing a woodland shot in Lightroom.

I’m showing you how I use the powerful masking tools to edit my subject independently from the background. This really helps to make the subject stand out from the background and can help to create a stronger image.

Check our the video above, and if you like, you can also download a PDF of all my Lightoom settings here.


A Photographer’s Guide to Padley Gorge

November 14th, 2021

In my recent video I was back at Padley Gorge in the Peak District. It’s a place I visit often, because I live quite nearby and it’s a fantastically photogenic place to capture woodland and waterfall images. If you’ve never been, I thoroughly recommend a trip, and to help out with that, I’ve collected all the information a photographer might need for a superb day of photography at this amazing location.

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Creating a Shallow Depth of Field Effect with Photoshop 2022

October 31st, 2021

In my recent video I was explaining how the new ‘automatic selections on hover’ feature in Adobe Photoshop 2022 can be used in conjunction with the lens blur filter, to create a shallow depth of field effect. I think it’s a much better alternative to Photoshop’s Depth Blur neural filter.

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My Top 5 Peak District Locations

October 17th, 2021

If you have seen any of my photography videos before, you might know that I love the UK’s Peak District. Not only is it close to my home, but it’s an amazing area for landscape and wildlife photography. Here are my top five locations.

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