Finding the Light with Manny Librodo
Whilst I was in Bangkok, I managed to meet up with Manuel J Librodo (Manny), who currently lives here but originally hails from the Philippines. Manny’s unique style of image making and post-processing have given him an amazing brand and reputation – particularly in Asia and the Middle East. His workshops sell out in days, [...]
More panning tips from a day with Mr Panning
I blogged a few weeks back about my attempts to master panning, and of course as part of the 1 on 1 workshop with Gavin Gough that I blogged about yesterday, I took every opportunity to quiz the master – Mr Panning himself – on some more tips! I felt a little indulgent standing for [...]
Off-camera flash and reflectors – a day of learning
I 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
Following 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 [...]
10 tips for mastering panning
Lets 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 [...]
Dashed expectations are seasonal
It’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 [...]
Cotton Carrier – perfect or flawed?
I bought a Cotton Carrier really on the recommendation of a couple of photographers that I respect raving about them. And I love it – or rather I love part of it. For those of you not familiar with the Cotton carrier – here’s a picture from their website on the left – it is [...]
We are what we repeatedly do
I am in Singapore at the moment on a business trip, but arrived a day early so that I could hook up with my friend Glenn Carter, to spend a day with him exploring the multiculturalism that makes Singapore such a diverse and fascinating city. Glenn had organized a day of Hindi temples, Buddhist temples, [...]
Dignity not poverty
Cairo is a bustling, polluted and noisy city with some 26 million inhabitants making it the second most densely populated city in the world (after Mexico City). It is a city of contrasts – one one hand the antiquity, the pyramids, the Nile and the charm of the locals yet on the other hand, the [...]
How not to be a photo tourist
I missed a great post from Gavin Gough a few weeks back that really made me stop and think. He explores in his inimitable and passionate way the behavior of photo tourists – you know, the ones that act like modern day trophy hunters, where the destination or the shot is more important than the [...]
Awesome iPhone Camera Apps
My thanks to Loren Roberts in Santa Monica for alerting me to these two great iPhone apps that have transformed my view of the usefulness of the iPhone Camera. Historically I believed that a combination of the lack of zoom and low number of megapixels consigned the iPhone to a snap camera – and not [...]
Chasing The look – 10 Ways to Improve the Aesthetics of Your Photographs
That clever man David DuChemin has been at it again. Not content with writing a third book, doing publicity around the second, blogging daily, podcasting frequently and twittering multiple times a day – oh and celebrating his wedding anniversary – he has somehow found time to author another eBook. “Chasing The Look, 10 Ways to [...]
VisionMongers – Making a life and living in Photography
VisionMongers is the Second of David DuChemin’s books. The first, “Within the Frame” – has quickly become one of the best ever selling photographic book on “Why” to take photographs, and deservedly has raised David’s profile, reputation and following globally hugely. David’s passion is not the “how to ” photograph something, but the “why to”. [...]
Creating stronger images through visual mass
The recent release of “Drawing the Eye – Creating Stronger Images through Visual Mass” – is David DuChemin’s third part of his ebook series. This one is equally as good as the other two and continues David’s theme that “Why” rather than” How” is the question to be asking as you shoot pictures. “Drawing the [...]
Ten more with David duChemin
David does it again. Following on from his first eBook “Ten”, David has scored a hit with “Ten More” – an additional 10 ideas to help photographers of ll expereince levels. In true David fashion he combines his extraordinary ability to communicate his passion and his ideas in a manner that engages and encourages, without [...]
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