JT’s 12 Days Of Christmas with Tundra

Tundra. A Great Pyrenees is sleeping in the shade of summers heat, resting her chin on the decking behind a clay flower pot. With graphics over the top saying 12 Days Of Christmas-Day 12

12 Days of Christmas, Day 12 Here we are at the end of my look back at 2018. Thank you for coming along for my reminiscing ramblings. My final post in this series has to be about the most magical creature I have ever known. Tundra, our beautiful Pyrenees Mountain Dog. The Big White Boo If you follow me on … Read More

JT’s 12 Days with Personal Projects

A fine art photograph from personal projects of onions and garlic in their rustic state with lots of textures and soft light, with graphic overlay

12 Days of Christmas, Day 8 It’s New Year’s Eve and nearly time for your goals for the coming year to kick in. One of mine is to take on more personal projects, like this one I shot. We took a trip down to Ludlow in Shropshire and one of the reasons was to buy some incredible produce. Ludlow has … Read More

JT’s 12 Days with Icelandic Horses

A group of Icelandic Ponies standing in open grassland, a mountain range is in the distance and sunlight is streaming down from a gap in the clouds with graphics over the top saying Day 5 of 12 Days Of Christmas

12 Days Of Christmas, Day 5 How are you all doing over this holiday season? Christmas is behind us and the New Year beckons. This time last year I got chatting to my good friend Brian Worley about going on a photo adventure. Everyone seemed to be going to Iceland and it looked bloomin spectacular. We decided to arrange ourselves a … Read More

Lighting behind the scenes: One light on location

One Light Nicolette Whitley Spiritual Dance BTS lighting

Personal project behind the scenes with a one light setup, on location Hi gang, something a little different today. I’m sharing a simple one light setup which I recently used to great effect on a personal project with dancer Nicolette Whitley. As a commercial photographer I shoot more than just food. During restaurant and editorial shoots environmental portraits are often … Read More

12 tales from behind the lens #11 “Nicolette Whitley”

Nicolette Whitley: Day 10 or 12 tales from behind the lens

Day 11 of 12 tales from behind the lens with Nicolette Whitley It’s another photo which you may not expect from me. No food in sight, although Nicolette Whitley is a big lover of food and keeps a close eye on her nutrition as a dancer. I’d wanted to get out and shoot something different and when I approached Nicolette … Read More

12 tales from behind the lens #2 “Talisha”

Talisha Head shot, 12 tales from behind the lens

Day 2 of tales from behind the lens Welcome back to tales from behind the lens. It’s day 2 and this time its headshots with the lovely Talisha. I’m sure you’re aware of my love of dance and capturing those magical moments, only a dancer can perform. It’s a world of close connections, trust and like a big family really. Talisha came … Read More

12 tales from behind the lens #1 Falcon Products

12 days tales from behind the lens #1

What’s this 12 tales from behind the lens all about? Happy New Year you lovely people. I hope you’ve had an epic festive season and tasted deliciousness beyond words. Ready for a brand new year? I certainly am. Stepping into 2017 with a quick look back at a year which I sum up with one word. Emotional. Like Vinnie Jones … Read More

What’s in the bag

Photography, What's In The Bag www.jonathanthompsonphotography.com

Taking a look at the photography equipment and what’s in the bag A question that gets asked very often. Which camera or lens should I use? I asked the same question. To be absolutely honest, there’s no answer to that question unless you add some parameters to it. What do you shoot? What’s your budget? Do you already have some equipment? … Read More

Let structure set you free with a tidy workspace

Let Structure Set You Free

How I changed to a tidy workspace and why As the title of this post says, let structure set you free. There’s so much in those five words and I don’t remember who first said them, but I’m glad they did. Something I’ve believed for a long time but hadn’t fully applied it to life. It’s like putting your finger … Read More

The Canon 6d, my low light solution?

Canon 6d www.jonathanthompsonphotography.com

Why and how did I choose the Canon 6d   For quite a while now, I’ve been looking at getting a new camera body to accompany my Canon 1ds mk3. It was increasingly the case that I needed to be in the higher end of the ISO range for me to capture an image. The Canon 1ds mk3 isn’t really … Read More