Angel Photo Workshops

2012-07-04T10:41:00.000+01:00

NEW!! Join Heather Angel for an early morning shoot at RGB Kew on Sat 14 September 2013 0730-1100 am – for vistas, trees, macro cameos, plus whatever wildlife we encounter. Contact: adulted@kew.org

Online Photo Courses with Heather Angel

2012-05-14T21:51:00.002+01:00

Online Photo Courses with Heather Angel www.my-photo-school.com
Heather is one of many tutors for this newly launched online Photoschool and her courses cover Macro and Nature / Wildlife. After signing up, you will have access to four video lectures over a four-week period, each one illustrated with 40-50 images. Each week there is a practical assignment relating to the topic on which Heather provides feedback.

Link to the Nature and Wildlife Course
http://bit.ly/z9ZcYD

Link to Macro course

http://bit.ly/A0KMeL

Here is a direct link to Heather's profile page
http://www.my-photo-school.com/profile/heather-angel/

Invisible Worlds open air free photo exhibition 24/7 until mid April

2012-02-27T21:16:00.003+00:00

Invisible Worlds open air free photo exhibition 24/7 until mid April, St Andrews Square Edinburgh http://t.co/Au38lnrq Science as Art

Heather's image showing a pair of flowers taken in visible light and ultraviolet light is one of the fascinating photos taken by scientists and artists selected for the Invisible Worlds outdoor exhibition. This is on view until 15 April 2012.

Heather Angel Talk - Exploring natural China Thu 24 November 2011, 7pm

2011-11-16T17:19:00.000+00:00

Talk - Exploring natural China Thu 24 November 2011, 7pm

Come along to this talk by Heather Angel and hear about her latest natural history travelogue, illustrated with stunning images.

For more info check out the Kew website at

http://bit.ly/w1j2ki

Heather and Giles have both launched new personal websites.

2011-11-16T16:08:00.000+00:00

heatherangel.co.uk

Eight portfolios feature the best of Heather's Wildlife, Plant and Macro images. Her love for China is celebrated with the Wild China portfolio. Heather's Work in Progress is an exciting long term project with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew involving looking at worldwide floral structure by using creative lighting, focus stacking aand also taking flowers in UV light, which she began over three decades ago.

gilesangel.com

Giles specialises in shooting still life and people. Both portfolios have been refreshed with new images and an updated commissions section, shows off a variety of projects across different media.

Exploring Natural China - Out Now

2011-01-29T14:24:00.000+00:00

Exploring Natural China

Heather Angel's latest book is a beguiling natural history travelogue with stunning images of the varied landscapes as well as the associated fauna and flora encountered on her extensive travels off the beaten track in China.

Over 250 photos show the stunning scenery and keynote plant and animal species of habitats from karst formations, bamboo forests, a huge inland lake to alpine pastures in a vast country which spans 35º of latitude

A special section ‘Back from the Brink’ features five endangered species and explains the efforts being made to ensure their survival

Travellers tips cover all the things – from how to order food to what mains adapters to take – that you wish you had known before you left home

Essential reading for anyone planning to explore the wilder parts of China either with a group or on their own

Photography tuition tips by pro photographer Heather Angel

2010-11-02T15:38:00.000+00:00

Heather is now contributing photography posts on a regular basis to a new website Pixiq. http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/heatherangel

This is aimed for photo experts and enthusiasts to engage in an open and on-going dialogue about everything connected with photography.

Topics she has covered recently include:

Fine-tune the Composition
Long Lenses - not just for Birds
A Midnight Shoot
How to Take a Color 'X-Ray'
The Year of the Tiger

Black and White HDR tutorial

2010-08-24T12:33:00.001+01:00

Giles has just completed a black and white HDR tutorial for a 'bookazine' about improving Black and White Photography in association with Digital Photogapher. Out now in WH Smiths, UK. It walks through shooting for HDR and then processing with PSCS5 HDR pro and Camera Raw.

WILD KEW Exhibition at Kew Gardens London 29 May - 5 September 2010

2010-05-28T20:47:00.000+01:00

Heather Angel's Wild Kew Exhibition on view at Kew Gardens
in the Nash Conservatory 29 May -5 September 2010.

Kew is a World Heritage site and John Nash designed the

Conservatory in 1825 for Buckingham Palace. It was moved

to Kew in 1836.

Kew Wildlife Photo gallery

2009-12-26T18:15:00.000+00:00

The diverse array of plants at Kew is a haven for wildife throughout the year. Heather spent most of 2008 on a voyage of discovery, often working at dawn and dusk. Over 350 images were finally selected to illustrate the book that reflects the seasons. Each spread is devoted to a specific topic with informative text and a relevant Photo tip. Topics range from Water babies, Leftover lunches and Alien invaders to Shady characters and Stag nights.

Check out this feature here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/aug/12/wildlife-kew-gardens-angel