Books, Blogs and Photographs

It can be problematic finding photographs online that you are allowed to use for your blog or in your books. The terms of licences are not always clear and you are reliant upon the honesty of those who upload their work to these sites. I personally prefer to use my own images wherever possible.

I am not a photographer, but I do take a lot of photographs… especially when we are allowed to ‘play out’ in the landscape. I don’t use fancy equipment and I have never really bothered with many settings. In the garden, I mostly take pictures on my phone, when we go out, I use an elderly bridge camera, bought second-hand. Its best feature is a great optical zoom.

When we first started documenting our travels, it was a simple case of point and shoot, framing a decent shot being the only consideration. I soon learned that…