Simplify Archives - Nick Prior Photography

August 15, 2019August 19, 2019

Struggling for inspiration? Just keep trying!

Its the middle the day in the middle of summer. The sun’s shining and you’re out with a bunch of friends intent on taking some photographs. And the light’s dreadful. What to do?

September 30, 2018December 7, 2018

Monochrome: one less distraction

Consider the use of monochrome to concentrate your viewers’ eyes on the real subjects of your photos.

September 30, 2018December 18, 2018

I know WHAT it is but WHY did you take that photo?

I feel like something of a scratched record about this, banging on about photographic intentions yet again. But it’s important.

August 28, 2017October 1, 2018

Simplify, simplify! Pictures with impact

One of the hardest lessons to learn when starting with photography is not how to fit everything relevant into your pictures, but how to leave everything else out. Here are three steps I follow when I’m trying to create images with impact.

The Tweed Crossings – the development of a project
Three years ago I started a personal project. I set out to photograph all the river crossings, ancient and modern, across the Tweed between Kelso and Berwick upon Tweled. This is the story so far - and what happens next.
Struggling for inspiration? Just keep trying!
Its the middle the day in the middle of summer. The sun's shining and you're out with a bunch of friends intent on taking some photographs. And the light's dreadful. What to do?
Why Photographs Work: George Barr
George Barr's approach is to take 52 images from photograhers both well- and less well-known. We come away with an armoury of potential approaches to reviewing our own or other peoples' photography.
Taking sharp photographs
Aiming to take sharp pictures? Here's a comprehensive list of things to watch out for to get that tack sharp image to wow your viewers.
Ian Roper and North Crag Eliminate
How a photograph both frightened and excited me when I first saw it. Can photographs really have that sort of an impact?

Winter light on the RiverTeviot at Roxburgh Castle
Pictures from a winter's afternoon walk down by theTeviot near Kelso […]
Monochrome Berwick
Walking round Berwick with one prime lens and the camera set to take black and white pictures. What could possibly go wrong? […]
Woodscapes
Down in the trees something is stirring ... […]
Mertoun Autumn
Pictures from an autumn afternoon walk down by the Tweed between Mertoun and Maxton. […]
Materials
A selection of the materials used and discovered during the building of our house. […]