Yet another very close competition this month with Beth and Arianna swapping first place many times. Beth however pulled away at the end to win with a magnificent 96 votes, our highest score by far. Arianna finished with 87 votes which would have won any of the previous competitions but unfortunately it just wasn’t enough [...]
Elodie has sent me in this lovely photo of her children and she has asked me about a very specific problem concerning the focus of the picture. I will address this problem in a moment but first I would like to talk about the posing of the children in this pic. I often use a [...]
Aimee has sent in this charming photo of her daughter saying she had almost done editing it and could I give her any tips on how to edit it further. Judging by the table and the Buzz Lightyear cup, I would guess that this pic was taken at a restaurant or diner. The fancy hat [...]
We are living in a time when almost every move we make is recorded by some kind of camera be it cctv, phones or the ones that we use to record our holidays and family. Every so often it’s nice to have our families recorded by a professional photographer who can not only produce beautiful [...]
An old friend of mine has sent in this lovely photograph that he took when on holiday. The strength of this image comes from the beautiful colours and the natural pose of the little boy. I really love the visual joke of the boy holding the lid of a paint tin and that he is [...]
Lesley and I went away for the weekend and came back to find the voting had gone crazy. When we left Oliver had managed to catch up to Naomi and they were on 33 votes each. Despite Oliver polling a fantastic fifty-six votes Naomi won with a super seventy votes, a really sterling effort. A [...]
This month’s winner is pic No 3 of Sandy. Going in to the lead right from the start, he always looked the likely favourite, polling nearly twice as many votes as the runner-up Isabella at No 6. Both were very smiley photos so it looks like happy pics are the order of the day. Emily [...]
Claire has sent me in this lovely photo of her son Bruno. I do like pictures of children that are engrossed in play, where the camera is merely recording a moment rather than spoiling it, as happens when you ask the subject to smile for the camera. Even worse is when the poor child is [...]
Alex has sent me in two of her favourite photographs of her daughter Isabella. Both are very nice pics, showing the similar subject of Isabella reading but I think that one works better as an image than the other. The first photograph shows Isabella sitting on a couch, flicking through a magazine and holding a [...]
The June competition was an extremely close thing. Aiden led from the start but Charlotte and Beth were never more than a vote or two behind until the closing hours. Aiden then pulled ahead to win by four votes, ahead of Beth who was also four votes ahead of Charlotte. The final results were: Aiden [...]
Ken Sharp is a family photographer who creates classic, natural family portraits for clients in London and Glasgow. Follow Ken's blog for regular news, competitions and portrait photography tips.
