The Truth About Family Photos
Family photos are more than just snapshots—they’re vessels of our stories and memories. It's not about capturing perfect images; it’s about preserving moments that connect generations and create resilience. Here’s why the story behind the photo matters more than the photo itself.
The Art of Themed Photo Walls: Simple Ideas to Elevate Your Space
Looking for simple, meaningful ideas to create a stunning photo wall? Our blog explores easy-to-achieve themes like capturing a scene at different times of day, or finding one detail to photograph across your travels. Turn your favourite moments into a cohesive, timeless display.
A Professional's Recipe for Photos That Tell Your Story
Discover the professional photographer's secret to storytelling: the three-shot recipe. Learn how wide, mid-range, and close-up shots combine to capture the essence of any moment.
Do you know your story?
Exploring the transformative potential of family photos on happiness and learn how to harness their storytelling magic in your own life.
Are photo prints ‘nice pictures for our wall’ or ‘something more meaningful? It’s certainly the first, but there is evidence it is actually something far more important too.
What we can learn from the Louvre about hanging pictures in our home
A blueprint for a successful gallery wall
“The truth of the matter is that the gallery wall is no trend but an enduring feature of European culture”
Ellie Clinch- Street Style and Michelle Obama … and how this applies to you
From Love Stories, to Michelle Obama as a client, to London Fashion Week to street style to supporting emerging creatives in Creative Mornings and now Soapbox …
Ellie’s set of tips will help you to shoot what you love, identify your themes and bring them together. I love her edits and the genuine human warmth and joy she conveys with her photos.
Tips for getting lovely, natural photos of your kids by Andrea Thomson
“Eating breakfast, building dens, even playing on ipads – to me, capturing this stuff is just as important as getting a posed portrait. Your life is gorgeous, even the mundane bits, and someday you’ll want to remember all of it even if it doesn’t feel like that now.”
How it all started: Photo Book Hell
"It brought it all back about why I stepped away from commercially available photo books and why I began 20 Photos.”
Anna Moffat’s Professional Photo Tips
Anna Moffat has photographed some incredible individuals. From Bill Gates at Davos to Rafael Nadal in Vienna for the Wall Street Journal, and Humza Yousef for the cover of Holyrood Magazine. What sets Anna apart is her remarkable ability to capture striking in-situ portraits, often without posing or relocating her subjects. Here are Anna’s 4 photography tips that require no expertise but will improve your photos instantly.
Practical Photo Principles by Edinburgh professional, Rachel Hein
Edinburgh professional photographer, Rachel Hein’s blueprint for creating beautiful images in your daily life.
Rachel Hein has shared her guiding photography principles that we all can put into practice to upgrade our daily snaps to beautiful images.
The Importance of Your Photo Story
Research on the unexpected importance of sharing your photos.
6 Photo Tips for Beautiful Photos
20 Photos is asking professional photographers to share their top tips for taking better photos, that anyone can benefit from.
Mike Guest, professional water photographer, is second in this series, with his tips for how to take beautiful photos.
4 Tips for Better Photos from professional photographer, James Robertson
We are asking professional photographers what their advice they have for anyone who’d like to take better photos. Here are James Robertson’s top 4 tips
How to decide which photos to print
How do you decide which photos you’re going to print? What theme or topic to choose? And how to choose the photos that go into that topic? This article gives you practical format and tips on how to go about reflecting the photo story of your everyday life.
