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Wave to meOff-camera flash and reflectors – a day of learning
3I don’t know if you are anything like me, but if I am really uncomfortable with something I always find an excuse to put it off or give something else a higher priority. I justify to myself that this is really me being efficient – giving focus to the “must do” tasks and deprioritizing the “should [...]
Proof that panning shots are art not science
2Following my post yesterday on 10 tops tips for panning I thought I had better go and swallow some of my own medicine and practice some panning.
I had a free couple of hours this morning, so I went out into the chaos that is mid-morning Cairo, and stood on a street corner for a couple [...]
10 tips for mastering panning
0Lets me say right out of the gate that I have not mastered panning and I am certainly in no position to teach others how to do panning – as these images clearly show! So why, many of you are now asking, have I got the gall to write a blog post that suggests I [...]
How to make compelling travel images with Ami Vitale – Critique review Part 4
0This is the 4th and final part of the series that shares the insight, advice and feedback that I got from Ami Vitale, during my recent Compelling Image portfolio review. What started out with the intention of being 4 short posts, ended up as 4 essays – sorry about that. Got kind of inspired and [...]
The science and the art of photography with Ami Vitale – Critique review Part 3
0This is the third post in a series of four, that shares some of the detailed advice, critique and recommendations that Ami Vitale gave me during a Compelling Image Portfolio Review. Do read the other posts – Slowing Down and Having a reason to be there, because Ami’s advice is so helpful, motivating and objective, [...]
Having a reason to be there with Ami Vitale – Review critique Part 2
0Now the title is a bit cheeky and perhaps slightly misleading. Whilst I am sure there are many of us who can think of many good reasons to want to work with Ami Vitale in person, in this case I am referring to the second main theme that Ami identified as part of my Compelling Image [...]
Slowing down with Ami Vitale
1In my previous post, The Compelling Image Portfolio review with Ami Vitale , I detailed how it felt to have my portfolio reviewed by world renown photographer Ami Vitale, the process that we went through during the review and what I took away from the session. This is first in a series of posts that explore [...]
The Compelling Image portfolio review with Ami Vitale
1For those of you that think this blog is an interview with Ami Vitale or a review of Ami Vitale’s wonderful portfolio, I am sorry to disappoint. If you do want to listen to an outstanding interview with this great photographer then download Matt Brandon’s – aka The Digital Trekker’s – excellent Depth of Field interview with Ami here.
If [...]
Dashed expectations are seasonal
0It’s January. A whole new year – in fact a whole new decade – is ahead of you. The world is brimming with opportunity, resolutions and intent.
It is time for a fresh start, right? Mentally we have swept clear any debris or frustrations of the previous year and are now sitting, perched at the edge [...]
Kumbh Mela workshop – Amazing trip announced
0Gavin Gough and Matt Brandon have just formally released the details for an amazing workshop in April 2010 to the Kumbh Mela festival in india.
According to Gavin’s own post . they’ve arranged the trip to “coincide with the most auspicious bathing day, on April 14th, when the river Ganges will be the centre of attention [...]
Gavin Gough 2010 Photo Workshops announced
0Gavin Gough – the intrepid Bangkok based Humanitarian and travel photgrapher – has just announced his 2010 workshops series, that will cover, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bhutan and some other locations still to be announced.
If your not familiar with Gavin’s work, it can be viewed at www.gavingough.com. I think his work is similar in approach to [...]
Camera Etrusca – photographic workshop in Umbria and Tuscany
0I was very fortunate to spend a week with professional photographer, Patrick Nicholas, who runs Camera Etrusca in Orvieto, Italy. Patrick has been a professional photographer for most of his working life and has been based in Italy for the last 25 years or so. Patrick brings an encyclopedic knowledge of Etruscan history, insights and [...]
Italy within the Frame
0I have been incredibly lucky to get one of the very few places on a workshop with David duChemin and Jeffrey Chapman in Italy in April 2010.
David’s book – With the Frame (available in the eStore) – is one of the most engaging reads around photography, exploring the “Why” rather than the “How” of taking [...]
