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Golden Hour Tips for Better Instagram Photos

Ever looked out of your window and instantly wanted to take a photo of the sky? If so, it’s highly likely that you took a photo of golden hour! Known as ‘golden light photography’ or ‘magic hour photography’, golden hour is a short period in the day when the sun is low in the sky and fills the landscape with that breath-taking golden glow. This … Continue reading Golden Hour Tips for Better Instagram Photos

Children and Sticks – Family photography by Schryver Photo

It’s not quite Throwback Thursday, but in a mildly forced alliteration we’re going to go for Memory Monday… It might be a sunny day (for working inside in a cafe), but back on New Year’s Eve 2015, I took one of my own little monsters and his photogenic bestie down to Dungeness for a photoshoot with the talented Helen Schryver of www.schryverphoto.com Your mobile might be … Continue reading Children and Sticks – Family photography by Schryver Photo

12-17 runner up: Stephanie Von Horn, 17. La Esperanza, Honduras

The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

Kids, are you ready to get ‘snap happy’ this summer holiday? The 2016 Young Travel Photographers Competition is now open and is perfect for getting young explorers excited about their next family holiday. Created and organised by the Family Travel Show, and in partnership with CEWE Photobook and Canon, this exciting photography competition has one simple aim – to celebrate the skill of young travel photographers as they capture … Continue reading The Young Travel Photographers Competition Is Now Open!

London Eye sur la Tamise by Grand Parc via Flickr

5 of the most beautiful cities at night

Though cities can look grand, imposing and full of life during the day, when the sun goes down and the lights come on they take on an entirely new persona and become enormous lightscapes, with their landmarks and buildings picked out of the darkness. This transformation can turn an average city into a place of striking beauty, and make for some truly fantastic photographs. Deciding … Continue reading 5 of the most beautiful cities at night