CAPTURE DIGITAL NATURE HUB
Funded by SKylight Community Fund
Explore the Digital Nature Hub
As part of this funded project, we are creating a growing collection of photographs taken and shared by people from our community. The images celebrate local nature, everyday details and the moments of calm that can be found when we pause and look a little closer.
Browse the collections for inspiration, enjoy nature from wherever you are and discover new ideas for your own photography. You do not need specialist equipment or experience, just curiosity and a willingness to notice what is around you.
The Digital Nature Hub was created with funding from the SKylight Community Fund to support digital confidence, creativity, wellbeing and community connection.
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This Digital Nature Hub is being created through five funded digital inclusion sessions. During these sessions, participants are learning to use digital technology to photograph, explore and share the nature around them. We hope to secure further funding so the Hub can continue to grow, welcome more people and add new photographs, stories and collections in the future. If you are interested in supporting the future development of the Digital Nature Hub, funding additional sessions or working with us, we would love to hear from you—please contact us.
Our first Digital Nature Hub session invited participants to slow down, look more closely and discover the beauty that often goes unnoticed. Working with simple photography techniques, everyone explored light, colour, texture, patterns and perspective before selecting a favourite image to print and reflect upon.
Each photograph was paired with a personal written reflection, showing not only what participants noticed in nature but also what the image meant to them. Together, these photographs capture moments of curiosity, creativity and connection, demonstrating that photography is about far more than taking a picture, it is about seeing the world differently.
These reflections formed the beginning of our shared Hidden Nature journey and will become part of our final community showcase.
Explore Our Digital Nature Hub Sessions
Below, you can explore each of our Digital Nature Hub sessions and discover the different activities, photography themes and creative reflections that participants took part in throughout the project.
One participant shared this beautiful reflection:
“Okay, hear me out—it’s a little deep! My favourite photo of the day was the bark. Up close, it’s weathered. There are visible cracks and you can see the strain. Standing back, this was the most beautiful tree, standing tall and proud. It has obviously had a 100% success rate in withstanding every storm it has encountered. The cracks and its age were just a small part of what it is. Thanks for a beautiful, enlightening morning!”
Our second Digital Nature Hub session encouraged participants to look more closely and discover the hidden details in nature. Building on the skills introduced in our first session, everyone explored simple close-up photography techniques, including tapping the screen to focus, using natural light, filling the frame and experimenting with different angles.
During our Hidden Nature photography walk, participants captured details that can easily go unnoticed, including leaf veins, flower centres, bark textures, tiny patterns and changing colours. They took photographs from different distances and viewpoints, learning how small adjustments could create a stronger and more interesting image.
Back at the hub, everyone selected a favourite photograph to share with the group and reflected on what had first caught their attention. We also explored gentle editing techniques, such as cropping distractions and adjusting brightness, helping participants feel more confident using their smartphones and tablets while continuing to slow down, connect and see nature differently.
