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This exercise was about being more deliberate with what I left out of the frame.
I chose to focus on the shadows, so anything that didn’t add to that idea was excluded.
It made me think more carefully about what the photograph was actually about, rather than simply including everything that was in front of me.
Sometimes removing something from the frame can make the intention of the photograph much clearer.
Another What the Light Left Behind exercise.
03/10/2026
And we’re live! 📷
Lens Craft: The Membership is officially open.
No more teasers. No more “coming soon”. You can now join Lens Craft and start learning.
We’re beginning with The Photographer’s Eye — learning to slow down, observe what’s around you and make more deliberate decisions about what you photograph.
Then, over the coming months, we’ll build on that foundation as we work through camera skills, composition, light, gear, colour, extended photography, tones and contrast, and output.
If you’re ready to understand photography rather than simply memorise settings, I’d love to have you join me.
Lens Craft: The Membership is open now.
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Only 2 days to go.
After months of planning, writing, photographing, designing and putting all the pieces together, Lens Craft: The Membership is almost here.
It’s a structured photography program designed to help you build your knowledge and skills step by step — and understand photography rather than simply memorise settings.
We begin with The Photographer’s Eye, learning to slow down, observe more carefully and really see what is in front of you.
Then, over the coming months, we’ll build from there.
Lens Craft: The Membership launches 3 October.
I can’t wait to finally welcome you inside.
Photography: the craft, the science, the art.
One of the things I enjoy about these exercises is that they make me slow down and look a little more carefully.
Instead of immediately taking the photograph, I have to think about what has caught my attention and how I want to photograph it.
Sometimes it only takes a small change in where you stand, what you include or when you press the shutter to completely change the photograph.
And that’s really what these exercises are about — learning to notice those choices before you take the photograph.
30/09/2026
Learning photography can feel overwhelming when you’re trying to work out what to learn next.
That’s why each month inside Lens Craft: The Membership follows the same clear structure.
You’ll learn the topic through the video lessons and workbook, use the downloads to support your learning, then put it into practice through practical activities and the monthly assignment.
The topic changes each month, but the way you learn stays familiar.
It’s about building your knowledge and skills step by step, while giving you plenty of opportunities to actually use what you’re learning.
Lens Craft: The Membership launches 3 October.
Photography: the craft, the science, the art.
I photograph plants a lot. 🌿
Not because I plan to, but because they’re something I naturally notice and come back to again and again.
For this exercise, I had to look through my photographs and recognise something that kept appearing, then photograph it deliberately.
It was interesting to go from photographing something simply because it caught my attention, to being more aware of why I was drawn to it.
Sometimes looking back through your photographs can tell you quite a lot about the way you see.
Photography: the craft, the science, the art.
29/09/2026
Photography is made up of so many different pieces — your camera, composition, light, colour, gear and the way you see what is in front of you.
But those pieces don’t work separately.
That’s why Lens Craft Fundamentals has been designed as a structured 12-month program, building your photography knowledge and skills step by step.
We’ll start with the photographer’s eye, before moving through camera basics, composition and light. From there, we’ll explore your photographer’s toolkit, colour, tone and contrast, developing your photography, and finally how you present and output your work.
Each month builds on what you’ve already learned, with plenty of opportunities to put that knowledge into practice along the way.
Because the aim isn’t simply to know more about photography.
It’s to understand what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and how all those different pieces work together.
Lens Craft: The Membership opens 3 October.
Photography: the craft, the science, the art.
Sometimes it helps to stop and think about what you’re actually trying to photograph.
For this exercise, I chose what I wanted the photograph to be about and then looked at the scene with that in mind.
What did I need in the frame? What was distracting? And was there anything taking attention away from what I wanted you to notice?
It’s such a simple thing, but having an idea of what you want to show can make it much easier to decide what stays in the photograph and what doesn’t.
27/09/2026
Is Lens Craft for you?
You don’t need to be completely new to photography to go back to the fundamentals.
You might know your way around your camera but still have areas you’ve never really explored. Or perhaps you know which settings to use, but you’d like to better understand why you’re using them.
Maybe you simply want a more structured way to bring everything together.
Lens Craft Fundamentals starts at the beginning, but it’s about more than learning camera settings. We’ll explore how you see, how your camera works, composition, light, colour, gear, tone, contrast and more — with plenty of opportunities to put what you’re learning into practice.
Wherever you’re starting from, the aim is to build on what you already know and keep developing your photography.
Lens Craft: The Membership opens 3 October.
Photography: the craft, the science, the art.
27/09/2026
This exercise was about visual emphasis and suppression.
When you make a photograph, not everything in the frame needs to have the same amount of attention.
For this photograph, I looked at what I wanted to emphasise and what I could make less noticeable. I changed my position and simplified the composition so the pattern, texture and movement of the water became more important within the frame.
Sometimes improving a composition isn’t about adding something or finding a completely different subject. It can simply be about deciding what you want the viewer to notice.
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