The First Sight journal

Photography.
Perspective.

Ways of seeing. Notes on light, texture and making a photograph your own.

Grain with intention.

Texture should change the feeling of a photograph, not bury the reason you took it.

A practical way to find atmosphere before you reach for an effect.

You do not need a more interesting life to make photographs worth keeping.

An editing study in gentle colour, quieter backgrounds and portraits that still feel like someone you know.

Work with coloured light, reflections and the space between bright highlights and deep shadows.

A black-and-white editing exercise in gesture, light and the edges that hold a picture together.

A way to edit ordinary afternoons with colour and warmth while keeping the scene believable.

Look beyond the obvious subject: shade, foliage and familiar streets can carry a picture’s mood.