The Secret To Taking Unforgettable Pet Portraits

I received an email from 500px this morning and simply had to share with you a link to it. Click the photo or the link below to see the article. Pet lovers and photographers alike will find this fascinating.

So how does Elke Vogelsang do it? 500px asked this Germany-based photographer to share her personal story, her own tips to getting a good portrait shot, and her choice of gear. Ready to step into Elke's world and gather some handy tips? Prepare to be amazed!  Copyright © 2014 500px, Inc., 

Photo Books. What's the deal?

Around £50 Million will be spent on photo books in the UK this year.  Do you have one yet?  I have two magnificent photo books which have really impressed my friends. It's not just the quality of the hard back photo books themselves with their annual like finish, its seeing the familiar faces and places in print, and in an actual book!  At home we usually just put the snaps on the TV once and that's it. Hard drive darkness.  A book however, can be given as an impressive personalised gift of left on a coffee table for casual browsing, or put on the shelf to be pulled out and dipped into whenever the moment takes you.  Simple. Effective. Go on.  Give it a try.  It's easier and more fun than you think.

Creative or crisp and classic - you have control

With fotosaurus. 

Hundreds of drag-and-drop frames, masks, background colours, patterns and textures, and clip art, help you create a truly personal book.

No software to download.

Intuitive.

Tremendous value.

Launch products - A4 portrait, A4 Landscape, A3 Landscape. Hard Backed.

Coming April 2014.

Photo calendars too.

10 Tips to improve your photography and camera skills

Click me to see the tips

There is no truth.

As printers since 1977, colour matters to us and our customers. This fab tweet by the awesome Purpleman reminds me of one of my favourite (print/colour related) dinner party questions that I use to stimulate discussion.

"What colour is grass at night?"

Always gets a great heated debate going.  Try it.

The Rule Of Thirds

A great post here that will appeal to newcomers to photography

More midwives says the WI !

Click the pic to learn more and support this campaign

Put yourself in the picture with fotosaurus, coming April 2014

Best Photo Bomb EVER!

click pic for original item

Truly wonderful Pet photography

My mission with this blog is to is to discover and share.  I typed in "awesome pet photography" and this site came up top.  Take a look at the gallery to see some impressive professional pet pics.  Aren't they glorious?

http://www.robertashtonphotography.co.uk/pet-portraits/gallery/

5 things to do to make you landscape photographs dynamic

Click here to read a superb article

A shot by Nick Wheeler, our client services manager and key behind-the-scenes figure at fotosaurus

10 Incredible Bird Photography Tips for Beginners

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Truly Stunning Macro Photographs

I stumbled across these remarkable photographs, the like of which I've never seen before. Here's one example.  Please click the picture to go to the original article and to see more wonderful macro images.

Exceptionally Rare Photo Opportunity, Derbyshire

Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne, Derbyshire 2:00 pm-10:00 pm

The 2014 game

Remember Pancake Day and you'll remember it for next year.  An unusual event well worth experiencing.  The town shops are boarded up, the game plays in the street with goal posts 2 miles apart. Not for the feint hearted or unfit. 

3 types of people involved:  Hardened Huggers, fit Runners and the vast majority - the spectators.

Over the years it's featured on countless TV programmes and has seen visitors from Blue Peter, (local boy Simon Green and Peter Duncan), Tiswas, (Chris Tarrant) and Dave Allen. Oh and Prince Charles turned the ball up one year. 

What's it all about, fotosaurus?

It's all about photographic inspiration to help your capture special memories.  Maybe its a holiday with friends or family,  a wedding,  a new baby, a landscape, wildlife, a hobby.  And if you are in the UK and would like to bring your memories back to life, why not make your own photo book or photo calendar on-line with fotosaurus? I will be launching Spring 2014. 

Photo books - perfect for showcasing weddings, holidays, new baby, your best prized photo's ... anything you like.  PC's, tablets, smart phones and smart TVs are terrific for viewing pics, and social media is a great way to share, but there's something extra special about seeing photos in glorious print, in a professionally produced hard backed book or hung on the wall.  

Put your most precious pictures into print. Keep them. See them.  Share them.  

Maybe you're a professional photographer looking to add photo books to your portfolio of services?  Mmm.. fortosaurus could be the perfect solution. No software to download. All done in the cloud. Just a thought.

fotosaurus. x  Coming Spring 2014

Make the best pancake batter in the world

or click here to learn how to take great food photographs