Simplify – Nick Prior Photography

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.

Winter light on the RiverTeviot at Roxburgh Castle
Pictures from a winter's afternoon walk down by theTeviot near Kelso
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.
Monochrome Berwick
Walking round Berwick with one prime lens and the camera set to take black and white pictures. What could possibly go wrong?
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?
Woodscapes
Down in the trees something is stirring ...

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. […]