If you're hoping to take some great photos during your visit to Amsterdam, these are the best locations for taking photos in central Amsterdam from canal shots to stunning city views, so take note and get your camera or phone ready! Read more

I'd long wanted to improve my photography before I did something about it. It seemed like a difficult mountain to climb full of technicalities and techniques and terminology that was foreign to me. Then I read this book  by Beers & Beans and I spent hours and hours and hours read more

"The earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson For Christmas I treated myself to a new camera and for my birthday NewMan spoiled me with this new lens perfect for taking photos of the exotic plants and flowers that filled the garden of our Koh Samui holiday villa with beautiful read more

The snow, it kept coming. And we kept boarding. The memory of an adventure.The leaving of Norway.The opportunities to reconsider and refocus and the opportunity to hug my Mum and Dad.The arrival in Morocco. The most beautiful shades of blue.The return of the sun read more

So long London. Again. Unexpected joy in snow and ice and grit in Helsinki, accompanied with delicious cakes and coffee in the finest of places. A stunning sun and monochrome trees in Levi. The perfect introduction to Lapland and its magic. Exciting experiences in  Ylläs read more

In September last year I told the story of how my brother kindly entrusted me with the loan of his camera for our first five months of travel. I then subsequently bought the camera, a Panasonic Lumix FZ100, from him once it was clear that the camera liked me more. Read more

They say that flattery will get you everywhere, but you will now learn that it also gets you more blog posts of the same thing. Following some encouraging comments on my last post featuring black & white photos (of Milford Sound in New Zealand) I made a conscious effort to take read more

As I sifted through photos for this blog post about visiting Milford Sound, I wondered why I'd taken so many in black and white. In fact, I hadn't. It was just that the light, the dark greens and greys and the swirls of white mist and cloud all looked very read more

Oh, May.You were a great month, but I fear my 365 project doesn't reflect this.After making solemn promises to "must try harder" in April, I failed at the first hurdle and didn't upload a single photo until fairly recently and then there were four days in London when read more

The fourth month of this year and of my 365 project saw me move countries (again), work on a number of big projects (blog, work and otherwise) and I also became a little slow to take my camera wherever I went. For that reason, I don't think it's been my strongest read more

Whilst still in Thailand putting off our inevitable return to UK, I read about easyJet's Southend to Barcelona blogger competition. I entered, was shortlisted and eventually was successful based on the following pitch.  "Aside from travel, I’m passionate about learning more about photography and I’m currently experimenting with depth read more

When I decided to take part in the 365 for 365 project as part of my 12 Travel Goals for 2012 I overlooked two important things. .1. There are actually 366 days in 2012. Oops. Better make that 29th February a worthy one..2. I had no idea how read more

As I ticked off the must-see sights in Sydney ( which really should start with the Manly Ferry)  I found myself faced with a dilemma that I think most amateur travel photographers will encounter at some stage or another on their travels. How do you photograph one of the most read more