Jack Gillingham Photography

Jack Gillingham Photography Photographer 📸
Landscape | Travel | Street 🌍
Inspiring others to shoot with a story and explore 🗺️

End of a full day exploring Amsterdam with my favourite person. We were heading back and I wasn’t going to walk past thi...
17/05/2026

End of a full day exploring Amsterdam with my favourite person. We were heading back and I wasn’t going to walk past this without stopping, also with permission and a lot of patience from 😂
Tripod down, got low, waited. A few people stopped to ask what I was shooting. A couple then did the same with their phones.
Some spots are popular for a reason.

I almost didn't pick up my camera.I wasn't there to shoot. Just a day out with family, sitting down, taking the view in....
24/04/2026

I almost didn't pick up my camera.

I wasn't there to shoot. Just a day out with family, sitting down, taking the view in.

Then I noticed them, two people standing still in the middle of all that colour. The silhouette of them against the sky. The tulips running all the way to their feet.

It wasn't going to last. So I quickly picked up the camera.

Afterwards I went over and asked if I could send them the photos as I thought it'd be lovely memory for them, and they were happy for them to be sent over.

When I messaged them on the way out, they told me it was their first day as a couple. They'd chosen a tulip field in Scotland to mark it.

I didn't know any of that when I pressed the shutter.

That's the thing about photography. You're not always chasing the shot. Sometimes you're just paying attention, and the shot finds you. Then it creates a special memory for someone else.

One I almost didn't take.

09/04/2026

Creating a subject mask in Lightroom can be very quick with the technology in the programs these days, but sometimes it can be done even better just with a couple of quick extra steps.

Intersecting a mask, and clicking subject can refine a subject a lot better!

‘Intersect mask’ is basically, selecting part of the mask you created, with one of the techniques in the list it gives you.

Lightroom help and tips.

28/03/2026

How I edited this puffin photo using masks in Lightroom.
Darken the foreground. Deepen the base. Tame background lights. Isolate the subject.

Cleaner image.

Most people skip this simple but effective process. This is why you edit, as well as putting your style on it, but to also enhance the photo and finish it off with a classy finish.

Masks in Lightroom and how I use them to enhance photos 📸I use them a lot to help with guiding the viewer's eye around t...
26/03/2026

Masks in Lightroom and how I use them to enhance photos 📸
I use them a lot to help with guiding the viewer's eye around the photo, based on the subject and lighting.
Great for targeted edits, small changes that make a big difference.
Subtle, but effective!

26/03/2026

DJI Avata 360 is here! Looking forward to finally getting the FPV Drone perspective! Anyone else used an fpv drone?



24/03/2026

No studio. No perfect setup.
Just some spare time and enough quiet to be honest about which frames actually work.
The best editing decision I ever made wasn’t a tool or a preset. It was learning to look at my own work like a stranger would.
That takes practice. But it changes everything.

Orions Nebula! Some fun experimenting with the clear skies last night!Thought I'd see how the camera and lens would keep...
21/03/2026

Orions Nebula! Some fun experimenting with the clear skies last night!

Thought I'd see how the camera and lens would keep up with the stars, with it being a zoom and not a prime lens, as it's not as sharp as a prime lens. But it seemed to be okay! I'm not a professional astrophotographer, so I've got a lot of work to do, but it's good fun! All shot on Sony A7Riii and Sony 70-200mm f2.8 GM II. All shot at f2.8 200mm.

Photo 1: Orion Nebula within Orion's Belt. I managed to pull out a lot of the colour in post editing, but it's cool to even see. Using just one image, no stack. As is the rest. ISO 2000, 1/4 sec.

Photo 2: Jupiter and its 4 main moons! I checked the app I was using thinking it was just the North Star, and it turned out to be Jupiter very high, and then when I photographed it, it picked up its 4 moons. Amazing how much that's there, that you don't see with the naked eye! The amount of stations I saw through the camera was insane! ISO 640, 1/4 sec.

Photo 3: The Pleiades. The small cluster of stars that you can see with the naked eye, but when you zoom in, it's a lot more than it looks in that group. One of the closest star clusters to Earth. ISO 1000, 1/4 sec.

Photo 4: Orion's Belt and The Hunter's Sword (Orion's Nebula). ISO 1000, 1/4 sec.

Photo 5: Fun with a plane going over the house! ISO 250, 20 secs.

I'm no expert so if you've any advice or photos to share, feel free!

The sunset I got on the drone last week in the Scottish Borders, with the Eildon Hills on the right, and Peniel Heugh on...
17/03/2026

The sunset I got on the drone last week in the Scottish Borders, with the Eildon Hills on the right, and Peniel Heugh on the left. I managed to get the sun right in the middle as it was setting, and left the foreground dark enough to keep the horizon the main part of the photo, but not fully dark where you can just about see what's happening ☀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Turn your phone landscape to enjoy it best! 📸

10/03/2026

Hard light is sharp. It flattens nowhere, hides nothing.
Soft light is protective. It wraps. It conceals.
The direction, quality, and temperature of light tells you how the photographer wanted you to feel about the subject, before you’ve consciously decided anything.
Next time you react to a portrait, check the light first.
That’s where the decision was made.

Save this. It changes how you look at photography.

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