Char Spec

14/10/2019

Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.

09/10/2019

Cute russian blue kitten on brown basket.

09/10/2019

This decor will attract the attention of everyone gathered around the table. So they better be fabulous! Here are the most amazing table centerpieces you can make !

Setting the tone for a New Year’s celebration can be done in many ways. Some of us do it by preparing certain dishes, playing the right kind of music, or finding the perfect venue for a party. But if you’re like me, you use decorations and embellishment to create the perfect New Year’s celebra...

05/10/2019

There are a few more aspects to shooting great wildlife photos. This article is geared towards sharing with you some of those aspects so as to introduce you to wildlife photography.

If landscape is the supreme challenge, wildlife photography has to be the source of supreme frustration. There may be days on end when you make absolutely zero photos to show for your hard work and patience. Any wildlife photographer worth his salt will tell you, it is always a struggle without the....

03/10/2019

Innocent and cute.

29/08/2019

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

28/08/2019

Let’s say you’re ready to move on from taking all your pictures on your phone and step up to owning a digital camera. In the studio, and on vacation, you want to be ready to take a professional looking shot. Starting with a camera and adding on the right lenses, lights, and other accessories will turn your camera into a versatile rig capable of shooting anywhere you want

Let’s say you’re ready to move on from taking all your pictures on your phone and step up to owning a digital camera. In the studio, and on vacation, you want to be ready to take a professional looking shot. Starting with a camera and adding on the right lenses, lights, and other accessories wil...

21/08/2019

Surrounding yourself with others who are passionate about the same thing as you can help to spur you on. Joining a group – if there’s one locally, or taking a photography class can also help you to learn new techniques, or encourage you to see things differently.

No matter how much you enjoy photography, eventually, you may find your creativity waning. It’s happened to the best of us, and it can leave your photographs looking less than inspired, and often downright dismal! Often, creative ruts are caused by familiarity. Too often we spend all of our time i...

21/08/2019

Landscape photography is a subject where you can use a wide range of lenses, from the wide-angles you probably think of first all the way up to telephotos. While the location and subject will always dictate the best focal length and technique to use, every landscape photographer certainly needs an ultra-wide-angle lens in their kit bag.

The wind in your hair, a camera slung over your shoulder and a great location in mind: nothing beats getting out into the great outdoors to shoot landscapes. With the right conditions to hand, a successful outdoors shoot can be an exhilarating experience. But when time is of the essence, you need to...

20/08/2019

The average cat can sleep between 16 and 18 hours a day.

19/08/2019

A squirrel's front teeth never stop growing. .

05/08/2019

This is the all-new Audi Q3 Sportback and, yes, we know what you’re thinking: ‘shouldn’t that be called the Q4?’ Nope. That car already exists – we even saw a concept of it at the 2019 Geneva motor show - and it's expected to come to market in 2020.

03/08/2019

There are approximately 600 million domestic cats around the world.

02/08/2019

Getting an ideal shot of a sunrise or sunset is probably one of the most complicated landscape photography tasks.

It's no wonder that landscape photography is so popular... For starters, it's an accessible given that we're surrounded by landscapes big and small that we can photograph. It also doesn't really require any special gear - you can take high-quality landscape photos with nothing more than your smartph...

02/08/2019

Landscape photography is a subject where you can use a wide range of lenses, from the wide-angles you probably think of first all the way up to telephotos.

The wind in your hair, a camera slung over your shoulder and a great location in mind: nothing beats getting out into the great outdoors to shoot landscapes. With the right conditions to hand, a successful outdoors shoot can be an exhilarating experience. But when time is of the essence, you need to...

08/04/2019

Painting a circle is easy, giving it another layer of dimension to create a sphere can be a little tricky for beginners. A quick lesson in going from a two-dimensional object to a three-dimensional one is a perfect place to begin.

When you're just getting started, you can probably use a little help with technique and that is why painting tutorials are so helpful. Not only can they teach you how to paint, they can also spark ideas for your first pieces of art. From simple still life objects to your first abstract painting, let...

08/04/2019

Start by adding a few drops of fluid acrylic on your canvas or board or paper. Use a few colors, I find I get best results when I limit the colors to a maximum of four or five.

Some artists work from reference pictures, others work from their imagination, many use a healthy mix of both. No matter your usual preference, sometimes it is nice to be able to paint without a reference picture. YOU WILL NEED: A blank canvas, or panel (apply a layer of gesso before painting), or l...

08/04/2019

A woman hath nine lives like a cat.