Simon's Photography Blog

Feb 25
9 min

"Thinking of starting photography...?"

"...Anyway so for a bit of reflective fun, I thought id write out the top ten things I wish I’d known x number of years ago when I started."

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Great trip to Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival

Simon Bratt

Jul 30, 2019
3 min

Great trip to Woodhall Spa 1940's Festival

To top it all there was a fly past of an Avro Lancaster second world war heavy bomber, a British four-engined very big, beautiful, and .....

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Simon Bratt

Jul 11, 2019
1 min

Wild Winter Snowdrops

They are such a small plant that, unless on mass, they can easily be missed. I am amazed...

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Simon Bratt

Aug 28, 2018
1 min

Garden Photography Tips & Ideas

..."I recently wrote a guest blog for a popular website about garden photography"...

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Simon Bratt

Sep 5, 2017
2 min

Magnificent Horses - Norfolk UK

...."What beautiful locations to spend a few of days capturing brave sports men and women riding their majestic horses..."

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Simon Bratt

May 13, 2017
1 min

Fake bluebells or 'real' bluebells

..."'More than a quarter of the worlds bluebell population can be found in the UK"...

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Simon Bratt

Feb 13, 2017
3 min

The Reluctant Poser

..."Oh God, what a horrible thought! I think I've made it ten times worse"...

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Simon Bratt

Jan 28, 2017
2 min

The Early Morning Moaner

..."Why is it so hard to get up early in the mornings?"...

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Simon Bratt

Nov 14, 2016
1 min

Super moon is it as good as it sounds?

..."Supermoon: You may (or maybe not) have heard of the super-moon happening"...

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Simon Bratt

Nov 1, 2016
1 min

Natures Fireworks

..."Autumn is the time for natures fireworks"...

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Simon Bratt

Oct 30, 2016
1 min

Exciting Times Ahead...

After a break from updating my site and images to concentrate on other things in life, Im back to photography full time. Very excited to ...

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Simon Bratt

Sep 4, 2015
1 min

Photographing the Moon...

..."For something that looks fairly static you need a reasonable shutter speed"...

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Simon Bratt

Sep 3, 2015
1 min

Spotted close to home...

Its fun to discover where your images are been used and I keep a image list on my website (see 'commercial') of some interesting finds.

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Simon Bratt

Aug 28, 2015
1 min

All about the timing...

..."So up at 2am, left home at 3am, arrived at 5am"...

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