Lucy And The Lens

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • What Should You Photograph With A Wide-Angle Lens?

    As you may know from my previous posts or my FAQ page, I have seven lenses. Today I am going to write about the wide-angle lens and after this post throughout a long period of time, I am hoping to do a series of these for each of my lenses. There is no right or…

  • Share Your Best Ever Shot

    Calling all photographers today I am inviting you to share your best ever shot. What makes it your best ever ? Is there a story behind it? What camera and settings did you use? How did you light your shot? At the end of the week I will share these all on another post with…

  • 5 Tips to Name your Photography business

    Brainstorm some ideas by creating a mind map and asking other people for inspiration. Check no-one else is using the name you want. Do you have a unique first name or surname. If you do try and include it into the business name. Make a list of photographic terms and see if one jumps out…

  • How Can We Capture Someone’s Performance Identity Through Photography?

    This next article is one i wrote for my Final Project for My Photography MA with a few minor adjustments. The aim of this project was to examine the role of photography in illustrating and reflecting aspects of cultural life in this country. This was executed by focusing attention on two key themes performativity and…

  • My Year Back At University

    It all started in September 2017 when I’d been out of university for three years. I decided to go to a postgraduate advice event at UCLAN (the university of central Lancashire), looking into studying a master’s in photography. A few days later I applied hoping to start straightaway. However, I was a little late applying…

  • Halloween 2019

    Halloween 2019

    If you remember last year I did a Day Of The Dead Inspired shoot in the studio. This year I decided to plan a Halloween shoot with another photographer. We choose to do glamourous Halloween rather than dark and Gory. Corpse Bride And Harlequin Shoot The look I chose was a modern-day Harlequin/ Pennywise look.…

  • Halloween\Day Of The Dead

    What Is Halloween/ Day Of The Dead? A lot of people think that Day Of Dead and Halloween are interrelated. However they are two different festivals that appear to unintentionally connect in a number of ways. As stated on the National Geographic website Halloween is a dark night of terror whereas day of the dead…

  • Tips I Learned From Fashion Photography 101 by Lara Jade

    “An artists vision creates the image; the camera simply captures it.” This is the opening line of the book and also the most important. Before you even pick up the camera you must have an idea of what you want to create as the camera doesn’t do the work for you, you have to do…

  • Crystal Ball Photography

     At the beginning of the year, I set myself 30 photography related goals. Currently, I have started 11 of them, and today I am going to talk about goal number 24 which was to begin using props within my photography. My First prop of 2018 is a Crystal Ball because this is something I’ve wanted…

  • 30 Photography Goals To Kickstart 2018

    So I thought I’d kick of 2018 by setting some goals to help me focus on how to move forward with my photography. So here is a list of what I want to achieve this year: Sort Out Business Cards. Enter National and International Competitions. Start Putting my Ideas into Motion. Start a hashtag a…

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