A passion for porcelain published in Somerset Life magazine

Inspired by the rural surroundings of Somerset and drawn to exploring the intimate relationship between porcelain and light, Claire Springfield’s ceramics are really rather special. I was lucky enough to visit her studio in Cossington to write a feature for Somerset Life this month. Read my article below (click for a bigger view) and see more of Claire’s work here.

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Rachael Sharpe

How to print photos from your phone published on TechRadar.com

main -580-90With both iPhone and Android devices now featuring excellent cameras, most of us have the means to take photos any time we choose – and as a result document our lives more than ever before.

To a certain extent, improvements in smartphone camera technology have killed the need for a compact camera. That’s great news for us consumers, because it’s one fewer gadget to buy and carry, but what about prints?

It’s great to be able to email photos straight from your phone or share on social media sites but – call us sentimental if you like – you just can’t beat having your most memorable moments immortalised in physical, papery form. In this in depth tutorial for TechRadar.com I show readers how. Click here to take a look.

Rachael Sharpe

iPad For Photographers (Ilex Press) – out now!

iPad For Photographers: A Guide to Managing, Editing, & Displaying Photographs Using Your iPad, the book I wrote with Ben Harvell  for Ilex Press has published and is now for sale,  priced at £9.99 over at Amazon.co.uk.

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About the book

Think the little LCD on the back of your camera is useful? You haven’t seen anything yet. This book will show you how to put photography’s new essential piece of kit at the centre of your workflow, enabling you to bridge the gap between the camera and the internet by importing and uploading photos to the cloud, edit images on the road with the latest and most powerful apps, and organise and design your portfolio in a sleek and stylish package that will impress clients and present your work at its best. Novice or pro, the photographic uses of your iPad are endless, and this guide gives you everything you need to take full advantage of this powerful tool’s capabilities. 

Click here to take a peak inside over at Amazon.

Rachael Sharpe

10 stunning candid images captured by Magnum photographers

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Image by Elliott Erwitt – California, 1955.

Candid photos: un-posed, spontaneous and captured at the decisive moment, can make for truly magical images. In this blog post for Autographer, I have collated ten truly remarkable images taken by world-leading Magnum photographers – take a look here and prepare to be wowed. Read more of my articles for Autographer here & see more inspirational work from magnum photographers here.

Rachael Sharpe
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