List of Networking Events in Northampton & Northamptonshire
My list of networking events in Leicester & Leicestershire proved incredibly popular, and as I’m now branching out into Northampton & Northamptonshire, I thought I’d repeat the trick!
Don’t use your phone to take colour samples!
When professionally editing photos, often the first change to make is to adjust the white balance. This is a scale from blue to yellow – or cold to warm. Every camera brand defaults to a slightly different position on this scale. If there is incandescent or fluorescent lighting in your scene, your camera will often try to compensate by adjusting the colour accordingly, and it doesn’t always get it right!
Why hiring a photographer with ADHD is a good idea
Just over a year ago, at 41 years old, I discovered I have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Thanks to a two-and-a-half year NHS waiting list I’m still not formally diagnosed, but the more I looked into it, the more it made sense: The number of jobs...
Blaby Family Fun Day – 7th August 2022
In the latest installment of "it's only a five-minute walk from my house, I might as well take my camera along", here are a selection of photos from a wonderful family fun day organised by Blaby Parish Council. The first thing to notice was the sheer amount of...
Business Networking in Leicestershire
Click here if you wish to go directly to the full gallery of images from the evening. It feels like an age since I was last at a business networking event. The combination of my portfolio career taking me to different places, the ongoing presence of Covid, and the...
Free Download – The New Freelancer’s Toolkit
You may or may not know that alongside my photography business I also work as a business advisor. I’m contracted by Enterprise Exchange, a wonderful social enterprise, to assist people who are long-term unemployed, ex-offenders, or facing additional barriers to...
Half-Price Tickets to Livestreamed Cat Shows!
London Cats Worldwide (LCWW) are hosting three live shows in the first part of 2021, and using my exclusive discount code you can livestream all of them from the comfort of your home for half-price!
Three Top Tips to Prevent Email Overload and Increase Productivity
You know the scenario. You’ve just got back to work from a week on leave. You’ve soaked up the sun (most likely from your back garden if you’re reading this in 2020), you’ve given your brain a well-earned rest by feeding it nothing but trash TV, and you’re refreshed, fired up, and ready to once again get stuck in to the job you love. You sink in your chair. You stare at your screen. You curse the inventor of the CC field. You send silent daggers across the office to THAT person – you know, the one that copies you in to every email regardless of whether it’s relevant to you. “Just in case”.
The Death of the Phone Call
A five-minute phone call can provide more clarification than a chain of one hundred emails, so why are so many people so averse to picking up the phone?
Free Zoom Backgrounds!
After being called out for the sight of my shirt drying on the wall during a networking event, I decided to take advantage of the Virtual Background feature in Zoom. After a little thought, I remembered that I have a whole pile of unused pictures that other people might enjoy using as backdrops too. I’ve selected seven of my favourites and posted them here for you to download for personal use.
Covering a protest in the middle of a pandemic
I really struggled morally with this. I wanted to be there to document a piece of social history unfolding and to be able to contribute an accurate pictorial representation of the mood. But I also wanted to stay safe.
7 free productivity apps for freelancers
I’m always finding what appear to be new and exciting apps, but so often they turn out to be useless or limited without a costly subscription to a premium service. Here I list my top 7 free productivity app for freelancers. Number 5 is my favourite.