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The Outer Hebrides: Greetings Card Collection
Now added to our Etsy Shop: a selection of greetings cards created with images captured on the Isles of Harris and Lewis. These images were created from original photographs captured by photographer Martin Hurton, during visits to the Isles of Lewis, Harris and Scalpay in 2023 and 2024.…
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Etsy Shop now Live and New Products Added
Our Etsy Shop is now up and running with new products being added regularly. Still Art Gallery Shop Our Etsy Shop is dedicated to photographic and digital artworks, and is called the Still Art Gallery Shop. This best describes the shop products and function. A place to display,…
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Capturing the Blue Hour: An pre-dawn visit to Seaham Lighthouse
In the quiet moments before dawn, when the world is still wrapped in slumber and the sky begins to don its blue cloak, lies a time photographers affectionately call the “blue hour.” It’s a magical time, a fleeting window where the world seems to hold its breath, and…
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How To: Intentional Camera Movement
Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) is a technique where the photographer intentionally moves the camera during an exposure. Instead of maintaining stillness and freezing a moment in time ICM employs controlled motion to create dynamic, often abstract images. Think of it like panning, except there’s no subject to follow…
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Reflection: Finding a Niche as a Photographer
As a photographer I’m often asked “what do you photograph?” My answer is usually “well, anything, I guess”. You see, I don’t really consider myself as having a niche. I have looked to find one but I enjoy photographing such a wide variety of subjects, styles, locations and…
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Split Toning: A Portrait of the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
The Butt of Lewis Lighthouse was built in 1862 by David Stevenson. Situated at the north of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, it also holds the Guinness Book of Records acolade as the windiest spot in the UK. The tower itself is 37m high and…