Author Archives: rayfids

Knowledge is Power – or is it?

Posted on March 13, 2014 by rayfids

Earlier this week a nameless hobbyist photographer posted a couple of unnecessary comments on Facebook.One of which criticised another photographer for sharing his knowledge with others. The writer claimed he was giving away his uniqueness. Inevitably this caused waves around … Continue reading →

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At A Crossroad

Posted on March 7, 2014 by rayfids

So far this week has proved a significant stretch of my journey. Last Saturday I had the opportunity to watch the filming of a talk which Glyn Dewis gives to audiences entitled “Successful Shoots Guaranteed”. Here is a link to … Continue reading →

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Rejoining the Journey

Posted on March 4, 2014 by rayfids

I haven’t written a post re my photography for over a year, well nearly 18 months to be more accurate. Why? I think inhibition crept in along with no real direction to my photography. There has been an involvement in … Continue reading →

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Projects – How I see them

Posted on October 4, 2012 by rayfids

One of the comments on my Trials of a Photographer on Holiday blogs contained the following: “I think a project would be a great idea for me – my snapping is very random (and limited). I can never make my … Continue reading →

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Trials of a Photographer on Holiday- A retrospective

Posted on September 28, 2012 by rayfids

The rain welcomed me back home and a week has passed enabling me to get the trip into perspective photographically speaking. These days I tend to let a period of time pass before beginning my editing workflow. I find that … Continue reading →

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Trials of a Photographer on Holiday Part 4

Posted on September 26, 2012 by rayfids

This blog was origianlly written for Kingsclere Photo Club and posted on their website direct from Tucepi. Well the two weeks have flown by and tomorrow we fly home. It has reached its conclusion with a bang, literally. A dramatic … Continue reading →

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Trials of a Photographer on Holiday Part 3

Posted on September 25, 2012 by rayfids

This post was originaly posted on Kingsclere Photo Club website. The days continue to slip by here in Tucepi. The weather has been a little variable with very hot days interspersed with a couple of days with torrential rain. This … Continue reading →

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Trials of a Photographer on Holiday Part 2

Posted on September 23, 2012 by rayfids

Trials of a Photographer on Holiday Tucepi, Croatia 13th Sept 2012 This blog was originally posted on my camera club’s ,Kingsclere Photo Club, website. The Tip of the Day is don’t post process by the swimming pool using a back … Continue reading →

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Trials of a Photographer on Holiday

Posted on September 22, 2012 by rayfids

This was originally posted on my photography club, Kingsclere Photo Club, website direct from Tucepi in Croatia on 8th September 2012. The trials of being told the hotel has been over booked late afternoon the day before we travelled have … Continue reading →

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To workshop or not to workshop

Posted on September 22, 2011 by rayfids

Last week I participated in a two day 1to1 with Doug Chinnery followed by a Creative Photography workshop at Dungeness on Saturday, also with Doug. These three days have stored my faith in workshops and feel now I have a … Continue reading →

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