Technology Explained, Practice
Daniela Bowker
Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! ...

When you hear the term 'high-res' thrown about with such abandon when it comes to images for web use, have you ever stopped to think just how big or how high quality and image meant for the web needs to be?

Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! Saving images for the web
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring

There's an assumption that high-contrast images are more dynamic, more compelling, more inviting. Have a go at some low-contrast photography. You might surprise yourself with the results.

Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring
Feature Articles, Theory
Daniela Bowker
Seeking balance in your photos

Balance doesn't mean symmetry; it means an internal consistency and tension within your photos. And it's a vital element of composition. 

Seeking balance in your photos
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Training your photographic luck

Great photos might be down to a little bit of luck, but most of that 'luck' you make yourself. Don't believe us? Read on...

Training your photographic luck
Feature Articles, Practice
Daniela Bowker
The ups and downs and ins and outs of ...

Photographing buildings doesn't have to mean wide-angle lenses and fretting about correcting for the keystone effect. Any lens, and angle. Don't believe us? Let us show you!

The ups and downs and ins and outs of photographing buildings

photographic safari

Trading Tottenham for Tanzania - photographic safaris for families

FAM_THEME_SAFARI_PARA1-Chobe cruise (cropped)

A photographic safari for kids. That’s a real safari – you know, with elephants and buffalo and antelope – in Tanzania, designed for families, that comes with a photography tutor. I’m sold. (We’ll ignore the minor point that I don’t have any children and haven’t been on anything that resembles an organised holiday since my Art and Visual Culture lecturer took me and 21 other classicists to Pompeii in 2002.)

The trips, organised by The Adventure Company, last 11 days, have maximum numbers of 16, and take in the Mikumi and Saadani National Parks as well as a bit of Zanzibar. They reckon that they’re suitable for children six and upwards, but the photography tuition follows the GCSE curriculum. I’m sure that it’ll be a lot more exciting than anything taught in a classroom, though. Tanzania definitely beats Tottenham.

I asked Small Aperture’s resident travel advisor (that being Mummy Bowker) if she thought that at £2,649 for an adult and £2,489 for a child was good value. Her opinion: ‘It’s never going to be a cheap trip, but I don’t think that it’s terrible either. It covers all your travel and accommodation and most of your meals.’ And taking kids on safari? ‘Well, I would’ve happily taken you from the age of six, but it depends on the child.’

Of course it isn’t going to be for everyone, but travel and getting kids involved in photography? I think it’s a great idea.

Lots more information on Safari and Spice trips are available on The Adventure Company’s website.