Forse Burn - 22 seconds @ f/8

Long exposure photography with a 10 stop filter

The 10 stop ND filter is good fun to use, and I’ve had it long enough to think I’ve got the technique pretty much nailed. I’ve already spoken about the theory of long exposure photography with neutral density filters, I’ll go over it again with my current method and thoughts for anyone interested. The Method…

River Street, Wick

Photos with bokeh

“Bokeh” is a term that originates from the Japanese word “boke” (blur/haze), but really pertains to the actual quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph. If you look at the following image you’ll notice that the angel decoration is in focus, and the busy background of the room and portions of the tree have…

Altimarlach at sunset

Long Exposure Sunsets

Since getting my 10 stop B+W ND filter I have become somewhat obsessed with long exposure photography. A large majority of the photography taken with these filters seem to end up in black and white, and very often feature water in the frame – everyone (well, almost everyone) loves that wispy water effect using a…

Coghill Bridge - Wick Riverside Park

Photographing silhouettes at sunset

One of my favourite things to shoot are sunsets, and while sunset are fantastic on their own, they also provide a fantastic opportunity to capture interesting silhouettes. Silhouettes provide sunset images with something even more dramatic than a fiery red sky, and the stronger the subject used for the silhouette, the more dramatic and interesting the…

Interesting…