In this episode of the Composition Series Len talks about different vantage points used in life and in our art. He draws metaphors from our language of looking up at someone and down on someone. He also tackles what it is to be an equal. The bottom line of this presentation is to look at the world from a different perspective and see what you can see.

This week the one word challenge is Elegant

See what elegance you can find this week.

The last in a series of three episodes on Learning to Learn. Len takes his lifelong experience as a learner and over forty plus years as a teacher and distills learning what he has learnt about learning for everyone. Whilst some of this presentation is photography related it is more often pitched at a more general level about learning.

After writing an article for Better Photography recently about Thinking versus Feeling photographers, it later dawned on me that Ansel Adams and Edward Weston would be great to illustrate my points about two very different photographic styles and what we can learn from them..

In this episode of our Photographic Composition Series Len discusses how we relate to colours from an psychological perspective. He covers inherent properties of colours and culturally defined ones. Len even delves into sacred knowledge of colours in chakra healing.

This week the one word challenge is Surprise

See what amazing photos you can take this week. Go on, you might just surprise yourself!

The second in a series of three episodes on Learning to Learn. Len takes his lifelong experience as a learner and over forty plus years as a teacher and distills learning what he has learnt about learning for everyone. Whilst some of this presentation is photography related it is more often pitched at a more general level about learning.

In this article Len describes two different approaches to photography and uses the metaphor from being a painter or sketcher to describe these two different approaches. Which one are you? Can you learn from the other? First published in Better Photography Issue 87 in Autumn 2017

This week the one word challenge is Delight

Looking forward to see what delights will be posted this week!

Len discusses colour spaces, ICC profiles, camera profiles and the profiles used in photography. This presentation does not include printing profiles which is covered in the printing series.

In this episode of Len’s Composition Course he discusses colour combinations and illustrates his talk with stills from movies that use colour in their design. He talks about analogous colours and complementary colour combinations in particular.

This week the one word challenge is Awakened

Wakey-wakey! Up and out with you to take photos for the challenge this week!

In this presentation Len discusses how our eyes see colour, how we perceive colour and how we describe colour. A technical presentation that lays the groundwork for exploring photographic composition in the next episode.

This week the one word challenge is Determined

I hope you are all determined enough to get out and take some photos for the challenge this week!

Len introduces us to the work of Cole Thompson and explores some of his writings on photography.

In the latest episode from our Photographic Composition Series, Len discusses how repetitions talk to each other. When elements talk to each other in a photograph they often make them stronger and more prominent. We as humans group similar things together.

This week the one word challenge is Challenge

A challenging picture for you to take this week!

In this presentation Len introduces us to some seascapes by Steve…

In this episode of Len’s series on photographic composition, he explores high pitch photography. He encourages you to break the rules, over expose your photographs, explore white paper, learn high key lighting and even eventually offers you some definitions of what ‘High Key Photography’ is.