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Having gone through a few different ball heads in my time I had started to look for something new as my old battered Manfrotto was showing not only its age but also its limits in terms of performance and what I wanted from a ball head. I have always put and incredible amount of emphasis on the need to have a good stable support system underneath your camera set up ever since my early days when getting home with what I thought were fantastic photographs only to be bitterly dis

One of the best known and loved locations in Dorset with photographers, everything you need to know about Durdle Door. Durdle Door is a limestone arch formed by continental plates shifting and compressing together and through natural sea erosion. It is famous the world over it has been featured in several films and draws tourists from the world over so as I'm sure you can imagine its a busy place not to mention being one of the best photography locations in Dorset. Summer see

Continuing my theme for the photography blog posts on Dorset's premier photography locations this week we will be looking at Kimmeridge Bay and it's surrounding areas. Kimmeridge bay is a photographers dream and one that you should all visit at least once in your lifetime. It has so many features to shoot and so many interesting little areas you could shoot there for years and still not cover it all, I should know I've been photographing it since 2010 and still find new areas

This week I thought I would do a review of a product that all landscape photographers should own, The polarising filter. So why should you own one of these ? What can they do to improve your photography ? Can you live without one ? All questions I hope to be able to answer and give you a bit of background into as well. What is a Polariser ? The basics of a polarising filter are pretty simple really, it’s a small filter that goes in front of the lens that when twisted will rem

Hello again and thanks for checking out my blog. If you're here you've probably found it by chance or your one of the loyal readers who come back every week and who can't be thanked enough for supporting me :) So this week its all about that photographers favourite, the seascape. So what is a seascape ? Why are they so loved by photographers ? What can you do to improve yours ? All questions I hope to be able to give you some help with. So what is a seascape then ? Well, it's

Hello everyone, and once again thanks for reading my landscape photography blog. I have had a request from a couple of people to do one based on the photographers favourite capture, the sunrise & sunset and how to get the most out of them, So heres my top tips to improve your pictures of the golden hour. 1. PLAN, PLAN & PLAN It might sound like such an obvious thing but it can be overlooked by so many. So what should you plan for ? Do you have a shot in mind ? Is it just a lo

Well, I thought i'd give the technical stuff a break this week and tell you what i've been up to and what i've got planned for the next few weeks. Sadly it's that time of year when shooting every day becomes a major problem. The light starts to fade before you finish work, and your already on your way to work when the sun rises. It's a very frustrating time when the only opportunity you will get to shoot is on the weekends, couple that with the fact that it will be glorious w

Well, this promises to be a controversial topic, and the irony is not lost on me that I'm sharing a topic about social media on social media ! Love to or hate it social media is here to stay, but is it a good or bad thing ? Lets take a look on the pro's and cons of the platform that can make or break you. Pro's Well, lets be honest, never has it been so easy to get your work seen by so many people, you can put a single picture up and within the hour it has been shared all rou

Really proud to have been asked for some images for www.heredajo.com to go on their site promoting the Jurassic Coast. Read the full article here.... #danielwrethamphotography #jurassiccoast #landscapephotography #article #photography #seascape #kimmeridgebay #osmingtonmills #sunrise #sunset #canoneos5dmkiii #canon1635F4 #dorsetlandscapephotographer #Dorset #danielwretham #coastalphotography

Everyone needs a bit of help from time to time and sometimes just a little reminder goes a long way to improve your pictures so here's 5 tips to get your images looking better. 1. Light, light, light This is the main frame (pun intended) of any photograph, without good light your image will appear flat and not really that interesting. So what is good light ? How do you get it ? what do you do with it ? All questions you need to understand before you can get the best out of it

I'm not usually one for doing night trips but i just fancied it for some reason. There are multiple locations around Dorset that offer dark sky conditions well away from light pollution of the major towns and are well worth exploring especially as the Perseid Meteor shower is taking place at the moment. I would have happily gone to one of these locations and shot the Dorset dark skies hoping to score a meteor or two but the forecast said there was going to be a very short win