Phyl's Blog

I almost always do portrait photography, for which 3:2 is the best format given the dimensions of a baby's face. Last week I was wanderi...

I think one of my favourite ages to photograph is around three or four months when you can stick a baby on a tabletop and snap all their won...

I love to take photos with natural light indoors rather than the harshness of a flash, especially when babies are the subject. Instead of th...

Thomas and I often look at Photoshop Disasters . I am often amazed at the quality of the things some news media publish and momentarily cons...

I quite like autumn really. From a colour point of view it is the prettiest season... when you are somewhere further south than Glasgow anyw...

This photo marks a changing point in my life. I know that is hard to believe... it looks somewhat off-centre and insignificant. My parents...

Now here's a job I'd get satisfaction from! Aren't these just stunning?

Being a big flickrer, I have been noticing and admiring HDR photography all over the place for about a year now. The only thing I didn...

  A Scottish grasshopper Originally uploaded by PhylB Sitting in my garden yesterday in Glasgow I was surprised to hear a sound I more ofte...

I'm one of the reasons kodachrome finally died this week - I guess I haven't used it in 9 years so it was inevitable but it seems o...

Am I simply intolerant? I have several programs on my computer that come free of charge and remove red eye at the click of a button. It'...

I don't usually throw flowers at myself as the French would say, but isn't this a brilliant photo? Using a very fast shutter speed,...

The Last Star Before Dawn... Originally uploaded by Scott (SA-Photo) This morning I was up just before dawn. Anna wanted milk, and an unchar...

Lots had to grow broad beans as a science project at the end of Primary 3. We planted them in our vegetable patch and they are now ready to ...

I love the smell of roses - roses with a smell that is! I planted a beautiful white rose in my garden and found out, disappointingly, that i...

I got a Bounty Voucher from the maternity hospital when I had Anna. Well I got 4 actually - 4 vouchers for free portraits of the baby (with ...

I've been meaning to play with colorizing for a while - I did some last year but then I forgot how to do it. I got up early this morning...

oops! Originally uploaded by PhylB We bought a new camera the other day - mainly because our Sony 100 was a bit sick, but also because we f...

Oh my God! Our first born DSLR is sick! Yesterday when I turned it on it made an odd shuddering noise, but as the battery was showing red I...

Check out this photographer ! Not only are his little girls cute as hell - his photos are so full of imagination. I guarantee a smile! I par...