Red Bicycle Creative

Sage advice for photographers

The magazine Shutterbug recently published 5 Things You Shouldn’t Do as a Photographer which included advice for photographers, pro and amateur, such as don’t take photos with your back turned to wild animals, and don’t take photographs of railway tracks. I would also add, don’t take photographs of piers or long wharfs disappearing off down the middle of the frame or photographs of your lunch.…

Tips for photographing children’s parties

I was recently photographer at a children’s party. Despite being a professional photographer and having photographed both corporate events and children, at different times, photographing children’s parties can be challenging. If you doubt that, you try corralling a room full of toddlers and get them all to look at you and smile at the same time. Frankly, a basket of kittens would be easier. But…

10 good news stories from 2014

2014 has been a difficult year for many people right around the world, for many different reasons. Just a look at the Google top ten searches will tell you that. So I thought, to end the year, I would seek out ten good news stories from 2014. These are 10 things that I think are really positive – and they’re not exhaustive, and they’re also in no particular order. You may have others to add.

Mala…

Taking great family photos over the holidays

An old family photo from the archives

At this time of year, family and friends get together and lots of photographs are taken that become part of the family archive. Years from now, you’ll be looking at those family photos, and possibly laughing at your sister’s perm or your uncle’s Christmas jumper. And while fashions may change (and we’ll all be so much more stylish in the future), there’s…

Public art and design just makes the world a better place - A great example of everyday life made better from The Guardian

Here’s to a stress-free festive season

While we still have a little while until Christmas, the elves at Red Bicycle (which is… well, me) have been working hard making festive cards, tags and prints, and making sure there are a lot of ways to find our wide range of creative goodies. Take a look at the main Red Bicycle outlets and all the great gifts and festive paraphernalia below.

Don’t see…

Red Bicycle Recreate is our new Etsy store that specialises in special vintage and handmade items. I’ve handpicked the items for this store, and created some unique pieces that you won’t find anywhere else. As Etsy is a great place for vintage, and there’s (almost) nothing I love more than vintage, I’ve also added some very special vintage items that I’ve found in my travels.

While this is a new channel to specifically sell handmade and vintage products, we have a wide range of items already available on our RedBubble and Society 6 stores. On both these stores you can find good quality and reasonably priced printed gifts such as various styles of t-shirts for kids and adults, travel and regular mugs, doona covers, clocks, all the latest phone covers,even cushions and tote bags of various sizes.

So good value gifts, clothing and home-wares for kids and adults visit RedBubble and Society 6. Unique vintage and hand-made products and high-quality prints visit our Etsy store where our range is growing by the day.

10 steps to great party & event photographs

When’re taking party or event photographs, you’re trying to tell the story of that event in pictures. You might want to use it for marketing, or to capture a team event, and you want someone to be able to look at them later and get an idea of what the event was about and what it was like to be there. If your photos are dull or poorly captured, you’re not telling a good story.

Don’t forget the…

The German capital is commemorating 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall with a trail of illuminated balloons along its former route.