In this older article, Len talks about looking at your photographs and analyzing to identify what common approaches you use. This is an incredibly important thing to be doing.

Colour was first published in Better Photography Issue 81 in the Spring of 2015. In this article Len talks briefly about colour wheels and some fantastic colour combinations worth exploring.

In this presentation Len discusses the importance of edges in your photographic composition. He reminds us over and over that ‘The edges are always important’ and tells us to actively check the edges of the frame each time we create an artwork. Len talks about how to use the edge of the frame to enhance your photographic composition.

This is the first in a three part series where Len takes us on a journey looking at style.

This week the one word challenge is Revealed

What will be revealed through all our photos this week?

Len discusses how tone is the most important element in photographic composition. He explains how we are attracted to the area of greatest contrast. He goes on to explain how we need to match our centre of intellectual interest with the visual centre of the photograph.

This week the one word challenge is Release.

This might be apt this week as we start to see the easing of restrictions and some form of release from staying at home!

Len introduces us to the work of Paul Kenny following his latest presentation about composition where the focus is on the centre of the image.

In this presentation Len explores with us the use of the centre of the photograph as a compositional element. He explores the idea that it is a powerful and strong place to use. He also introduces us to Paul Kenny’s work that uses the circle and square motifs throughout his long career as a photographic artist, that celebrates cameraless photography.

Len’s Lightroom Presets are available for all Len’s Club members.

This week the one word challenge is Luck.

These words are never as easy to illustrate as you might think. All seem to have so many different meanings and nuances that conveying it in an image is really quite a challenge. It turns out that ‘luck’ is no exception. Good luck to you all on your quest for a lucky photo this week!

Len talks about his love for quiet, soft and diffused light. He illustrates this talk with his early colour large format photography, Len explains how using transparency film taught him to love soft light.

Len uses Morag's series of photographs to discuss how he would lay them out in the print module and process them so that they work together as one image.

Part two in our series on Composition for Artists and Photographers. In this presentation Len discusses how horizontal lines ground the viewer, vertical lines are full of energy and strength, and how oblique lines create movement.

Len returns to Creativity in this Better Photography Magazine article that was published in Issue 80 winter 2015

This week the one word challenge is Ambiguity.

We are really looking forward to seeing the images everyone produces for the challenge this week.

Len continues his series of Lightroom tutorials with Jan who asked about collections and collection sets.

Len introduces us to the 30 hour course on visual composition for artists and photographers. Here he talks about the elements of visual arts and the elements of composition. Hence giving us words to use when we talk about composition.

Lens Balance is an article that describes a model for photographers to consider their own strengths against and identify their weaknesses. It was originally published in Better Photography Magazine in issue 79 in Autumn 2015

Len contemplates the effect of time in his work in this article from Better Photography, Issue 78 from 2015