by Peter Llewellyn | Oct Thu 2012 | Blog, Wildlife
The Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year, run through the auspices of the Natural History Museum in London, is probably the most prestigious competition in the field of wildlife and nature, attracting in excess of 30,000 entries each year. Past winners read like a...
by Peter Llewellyn | Oct Wed 2012 | Blog, News, Software
Now I am getting back into ‘photo mode’ from ‘management mode’ I am looking at the various software upgrades that have happened along the way. Anyone who has been on one of my workshops or follows the blog will know that in the main my digital...
by Peter Llewellyn | Sep Wed 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics, Blog, Workshops and field trips
For those of you who visit my web site with any degree of regularity will see, this is the first blog posting for a very long time. It was just impossible to try and keep up with regular postings as the Games drew nearer so I apologise for the break. Well, after 15...
by Peter Llewellyn | May Wed 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics, Blog, Photography tips, Sports
As many of you will know for many years I specalised to a certain extent in equestrian photography, and covered both sport and general equestrian subjects in conjunction with my wife Jean, a well known equestrian journalist. I have covered many of the top polo...
by Peter Llewellyn | May Tue 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics, Blog, Photography tips, Sports
Many regard synchronised swimming as more of an entertainment than a sport, and to be fair that’s hard to argue with, although it might surprise some to find out that this has been an Olympic sport since 1988. However there is also no doubt that the girls...
by Peter Llewellyn | Apr Wed 2012 | Blog, Latest images, Photography tips
The third and final cluster of Olympic test events is now well under way with the shooting events currently under way and the synchronised swimming over the weekend. Shooting is not the easiest sport to make great photos at, mainly due to the fact that there are a...
by Peter Llewellyn | Apr Sun 2012 | Blog, Photography tips, Wildlife
This week I am going to return temporarily to a bit of wildlife photography with a visit to The Isle of Sheppey  RSPB reserve at Elmley Marshes, with my friend David. There is a 2 mile drive into the reserve proper that is managed by the Elmley Conservation Trust so...
by Peter Llewellyn | Feb Tue 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics, Blog, Latest images
You might be thrown by the title of this weeks blog. That is until you imagine being a diver coming down from 10metres up and getting it all wrong. Suddenly that nice soft landing into 15 metres of water must be like landing in wet concrete. Unfortunately Mexican...
