TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/LBBnhgL90Mg - I'll be exploring the problems of, and solutions to, Low Light Photography in the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #photography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/3XyliBsLDi0 - We'll be talking the album cover photo shoot I did for Firelight Trio on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us!

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/C3yzkecWrnE - we'll be viewing the submissions to the *Texture* Photo Challenge, on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback #texture

So excited to finally be able to share with you the cover of the forthcoming album, "Midnight Followed" by Firelight Trio! It will officially be released this Saturday at Celtic Connections. It was such a fun shoot! #photography #albumcover #firelighttrio #music #bands

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/0QIwHIXEeYM - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #photography

How do you convey a sense #touch in #photography - what something would feel like to lick, or rub against your cheek? TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/cG1tIWBLJ6Q - I'll be exploring #Texture in the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast.

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/kSe74jjs5fw - we'll be viewing the submissions to the *Your Best Photo of 2025* on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback #bestphoto

Every January I put up a blog post of my favourite photos from the past year. To view all the images, and my comments, then head over to: kimayres.blogspot.com/2026/01/2025... Feel free to leave a comments (there or here) and let me know which one(s) you like the best 🙂 #photography #bestof2025

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/JMl03ebqOzE - we'll be reflecting on the highlights of the podcast over the past 12 months. Which episode had 93 times more views than another? And who accumulated the most Smug Points? Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

Wishing you all simple and uncomplicated Christmas Selfies over the Festive Season and the year ahead! #photography #festive #seasonal #selfies #christmas #fairylights #cinematic #noididntuseai #kimayresphoto

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/ph6lbqPslVE - we'll be viewing the submissions to the Reflections Photo Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #reflections #challenge

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/WgZIHsk_61A - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/XPGrCIja_SI - I'll be exploring the use of reflections in the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us!

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/TRDCosPeht0 - we'll be viewing the submissions to the Selective Colour Photo Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback #challenge

Is Selective Colour ALWAYS a bad idea? Or can you show me one of your photos where you think it really worked? See the video for more details 🙂 #photography #pdcast #challenge #selectivecolour

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/B5GEvEexWv0 - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/D5w2bYn6IZU - I'll be exploring the tilt-shift effect in the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #photography #tilitshift #photoediting

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/NWMzp1H8jtw - I've been challenged to see if I can overcome my natural loathing for "selective color" and see if there's a right way to do it - and I'll be setting a Challenge! Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

Join us live on Youtube this Sunday at 3pm UK time where I will dedicate my podcast to "Selective Colour"... Follow this link and click to be notified - youtu.be/NWMzp1H8jtw #photography #podcast

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/nLsUNgwVBrE - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography #feedback

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/pMup8h16C9k - we'll be viewing the submissions to the Photographing Leaves Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback #challenge

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/fQYCjuJPQ_A - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography #feedback

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/qsdLMZm0nyo - I'll be exploring the multiple different ways you can approach photographing leaves - and I'll be setting a Challenge! Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

The Wave Blues Band wanted a shoot in an opentop American car. Our friend Ash let us use his 1967 AMC Ramblet. Heavy rain and a non-working roof meant we decided to go for the band all kitted up and ready to go but still inside the garage! #photography #amcrambler #kimayresphotography #vintagecar

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/QyaaL60o2N0 - I'll be talking about behind-the-scenes #photography with musicians, Firelight Trio, in the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us!

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/f5EEO5UCzZ4 - we'll be viewing the submissions to the High Contrast Black and White Photo Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback #challenge

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/PlptcUKEAeA - I'll be exploring the creation of high contrast black and white images in photography - and I'll be setting a Challenge! Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

Huge fun today doing a shoot with @devinetension.bsky.social, Vesalia, Miss Camille Toe, and @madamejomama.bsky.social, for an upcoming Drag Ghost Hunting series. Can't wait to start editing the photos! 😁 #photography #dragqueens #groupselfie #kimayresphotography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/WKMM1LNtAw4 - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography #feedback

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/8a_BqX3Mqk8 - we'll be viewing the submissions to the Negative Space Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback #challenge

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/mQuoz613Gwc - should we specialise in one area of photography, or break out of the mould and step away from our comfort zone? Hope you can join us for the Understanding Photography live video podcast! #podcast #photography

<<SWIPE>>In a lifetime of picking brambles every season, I don't think I've ever seen so many large, think, juicy, ripe ones available. Mind you, I had to get past one of the guardians... #brambles #blackberries #spider #freefood #observationalexercise #googlepixel #photography #castledouglas

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/ByV2g6CR8N0 - I'll be exploring the use of Negative Space in photography - and I'll be setting a Challenge! Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/VRCrMcrnCbQ - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

Yesterday, before my back went twang, my daughter, and I made our annual pilgramage to The Shed at the end of the Greengate Garden on the Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail #dadanddaughter #selfie #kirkcudbrightartandcraftstrail #shed #decay #selfieswithmegalwaysgetmorelikes #photography

Amazed to see a peregrine falcon with a pigeon it had killed, in our garden! Wildlife photography has never been anything I'm any good at, so I'm feeling well chuffed (and very, very lucky) to have got these 😎 #photography #peregrinefalcon #deadpigeon #feathers #wildlife #bird #kimayresphotography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/E5NbZc3iNXA - we'll be reviewing the submissions to the Power of 2 Photo Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast! Hope you can join us! #photography #challenge

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/mKxTTODnlqg - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #photography #feedback

I don't yet know when I will have time to sit down and edit a proper set of images from my shoot with Alex Rigg of Oceanallover at the Blackthorn Salt Tower, but I grabbed one and have spent the evening pushing pixels around my screen #photography #blackthornsalt #cinematic #kimayresphotography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/xahScHjZVbg - I'll be looking at the particular power that 2 similar, or different, subjects can have in the same photo - and I'll be setting a Challenge! Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

Selfie Shadow... #selfie #shadow #observationalexercise #googlepixel #photography #castledouglas

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/_Hgib8JY_RE - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography #feedback

The cemetery, near Carlingwark Loch as you leave Castle Douglas, felt quite peaceful on a summer's evening #cemetery #sunset #observationalexercise #googlepixel #photography #castledouglas

I was photographing at "Steamin' The Main Event 3.0" - the biggest drag queen event in Dumfries of the year Here's a selection of portarits in the stairwell. Check my most recent podcast on YouTube - Episode 247 - for more #photography #dragqueens #portraits #stairwell #dumfries #kimayresphotography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/yB1FjX1f2ys - we'll be looking at a set of photos I did of The main Drag Queen event of the year in Dumfries, on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video podcast! Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography

Sometimes you just have to go cinematic! I was photographing at "Steamin' The Main Event 3.0" - the biggest drag queen event in Dumfries of the year Check this Sunday's podcast - Episode 247 - for more #photography #dragqueens #cinematic #dumfries #kimayresphotography

I was photographing at "Steamin' The Main Event 3.0" - the biggest drag queen event in Dumfries of the year Here's a selection of behind-the-scenes images of performers getting ready. Check this Sunday's podcast for more #photography #dragqueens #makeup #blackandwhite #dumfries #kimayresphotography

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/88VU8FGg2wg - we'll be reviewing the submissions to the 3-Photo Story Challenge on the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast! Hope you can join us! #photography #challenge

TODAY (Sunday) - 3pm (UK time) #livestreaming on YouTube - youtu.be/tDejU_0Jk1I - I'll be giving #feedback on photos submitted to the Understanding Photography with Kim Ayres live video #podcast. Hope you can join us! #podcast #photography #feedback

The 3 Amigos... #pigeons #goldenhour #castledouglas #googlepixel #observationalexercise #photography