A free monthly email newsletter about street photography by Olly Headey. https://ollyheadey.com/captured/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Hello!Spring has sprung over the last few days. Sunshine, fields of daffodils, blossoms about to bloom. It has felt like a loooooong winter, which is usually the case in Scotland to be fair. Glad it’s behind us.My photography took a... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/21 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/21 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Hi there! 👋I’m late out of the new year blocks with this issue. We’re deep into the Scottish winter, which actually means it’s cold and wet all the time rather than blue skies and picturesque snow scenes (at least in... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/20 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/20 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Hi ☃️Welcome to my final newsletter of the year. Turns out the monthly cadence I started out with is pretty hard to maintain, so I’ll be sending these out more sporadically in 2026 as the mood takes me. Feedback on... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/19 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/19 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Hello there 👋It’s been a wee while. I’ve had an unplanned autumnal break from this newsletter because, well, life. You know how it is.September and October have actually been lacking in the photography department for me. I’ve been on a... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/18 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/18 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Edinburgh is a very photogenic city, and each season offers a different perspective – the autumn haar, long winter nights (and sometimes snow), cherry blossoms in spring and the festivals in the summer.August is festival season. The international festival, the... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/17 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/17 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Aloha!May was a quiet photography month for me, but I started to get my mojo back in June – mainly because I took a couple of trips abroad. There’s nothing like a change of scenery to reinvigorate those creative juices!All... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/16 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/16 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 May has been something of a fallow period for my photography. I haven’t been able to prioritise getting out with my camera because of work and life and whatnot, and despite this bothering me at first I think it’s actually... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/15 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/15 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Welcome to blossom season! 🌸Nope, I’m not in Kyoto (one day!), just wandering the streets, parks and graveyards of Edinburgh. Towards the end of April each year (later than in Japan because we’re so far north), the city crawls out... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/14 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/14 Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Hello! 👋I try to send these emails monthly but it’s been 7 weeks since the last one. Soz. I started sending emails with the primary goal of sharing all the interesting, (street) photography-related nuggets I’ve found over the past month,... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/13 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/13 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 📷💸 You don’t need new gear! Or do you?I read quite a few photography magazines and I watch photographers on YouTube so it’s hard to avoid reading about new gear (or sometimes old/vintage gear). I’ve also spent my entire career... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/12 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/12 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Happy new year! 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 🎉It’s been a year since I started this newsletter so to ease myself into 2025 I thought it would be good to look back on 2024 (from a photography perspective that is, not the exasperating real... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/11 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/11 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 A lot of photographers complain about the winter months in the UK. Grey skies, flat light. I actually quite like it. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take summer every time, but it’s not always grey and when the sun does... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/10 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/10 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 This month I dusted off my old Yashica FX-D the first proper camera I owned, back in the 80s, and it still works fine! I tried shooting some street photography on film.In many ways shooting on film isn’t that different... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/09 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/09 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 While much of the northern hemisphere basks in a glorious indian summer, September in Edinburgh means being shrouded in a cold mist, known as the haar. On the one hand this is kinda depressing because the weather throughout August is... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/08 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/08 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 And we’re back! 🥳Despite my best intentions, Captured observed an unexpected summer recess, and to a large extent so did my street photography. Taking a break can be great for recharging your creative batteries, but you need to be mindful... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/07 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/07 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 I’m getting photographic cabin fever from being stuck in Edinburgh for too long. Don’t get me wrong, I’m lucky to be here and I love shooting around town, but I’m definitely starting to climb the walls a bit. I had... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/06 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/06 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 The reason I’m out pounding the streets of Edinburgh so much is because I really enjoy photography and I want to get better at it, as quickly as I can. It’s that simple. Sometimes the mojo isn’t there, or I... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/05 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/05 Fri, 31 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Welcome to the fourth, and possibly final, edition of Captured. The jury is out as to whether I continue because I feel like I’m running out of interesting things to talk about 😆 I might revert to using my blog... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/04 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/04 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 I saw a talk at Edinburgh Photographic Society by Caroline Preece the other week. She talked about taking photos about things, not of things.This really resonated.Taking photos of things isn’t wrong. In fact it makes complete sense if you’re trying... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/03 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/03 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Photographers typically want people to see their work. It’s natural to want to showcase your favourite shots, and it’s rewarding when people say nice things about them. It should motivate you to keep going and improve your craft. This works... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/02 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/02 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Welcome to the first episode of Captured. A monthly email newsletter about street photography. This issue will also be available on the web because, well, I have very few email subscribers right now and I can use this link to... https://ollyheadey.com/captured/01 https://ollyheadey.com/captured/01 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000