Angkor Photo Workshop – soundslides presentations and farewell
When a group of 18 people get together there is an expectation that everyone will become fast friends, that everyone will get along. Throw in the creative temperaments of 18 photographers, and at least 7 different nationalities and statistically you are pushing your luck. For this reason alone the last two weeks on the inaugural [...]
Essential iPhone and iPad Apps for the travelling photographer
Inevitably when a crowd of photographers gather for a workshop there is the usual conversation about cameras, lenses and gadgets and there is nothing better than a 3 hour coach ride between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh to draw up a list from the combined wisdom of so many Apple aficionados. I thought it might [...]
How to guarantee great images on a photo workshop
Sitting in the colonial grandeur of the FCC hotel in Siem Reap whilst helping Karl Grobl to run the inaugural Angkor Photo workshop I was chatting with a number of the participants about their varied experiences of attending workshops with different leaders. Most had some horror story to tell until they had found Karl’s, Gavin [...]
Angkor Photo Workshops – Monks
I try not to go to a new location with pre-conceived ideas or expectations, even if I have researched it because sometimes the weight of expectation will stifle my ability to see something with fresh eyes, or it will lead to disappointment because I couldn’t create a shot I was after, perhaps because the sky [...]
New friends in familiar places
Tomorrow Gavin Gough and I fly up to join Karl Grobl and Matt Bandon for the final preparations for the 2 week Angkor Wat Workshop that has been organized by Karl and his business partner Jim Cline. I cannot think of a better place or a nice team of colleagues to spend 2 weeks immersed [...]
Join a workshop and help a charity
Workshop opportunities with Gavin Gough, Matt Brandon, Karl Grobl and Marco Ryan that will help fund projects with NGOs
Why you need a pullover to visit Humayums tomb
The first of those was Humayum’s tomb, which I chose to visit at dawn, to catch the tranquility and the golden light and watch the sunrise over this beautiful mausoleum and park.
Cairo Photo Group is launched: School Studio, Tours and Services
It has been a busy week., because on top of my day job as an ecommerce strategy consultant, a number of fun photography projects have been brewing
The early part of the week was consumed with launching Focus for Humanity – a new Not For Profit foundation that supports – that was the subject of my last post.
The middle part of the week has been taken up with writing a guest post for Matt Brandon’s Digital trekker blog this Friday all about the inspiration behind Focus For Humanity and how to help unlock value for organizations in using images and making plans to do a trip down the Nile in a couple of weeks with Matt when he visits Egypt to start planning some new workshops and tours here.
The clash of culture and tourism in Upper Egypt
The scene is almost biblical. The earthen streets, the half naked child peering out of the mud brick house or the old man resting on a simple wooden bed against a bright blue wall. Right up to the point where the child runs out and says “Hello. One dollar. Baksheesk”. Not even the usual “Welcome [...]
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 [...]
Bangkok Photo School workshop with Gavin Gough
During my trip to Bangkok, I added an extra day so that I could meet up with locally based freelance travel photographer, Gavin Gough for a 1 on 1 workshop. Gavin is a freelance travel, stock and assignment photographer, who has also established the Bangkok Photo school – which he co founded with Jackie Rado [...]
Bangkok Redshirts Protest
The third day of the Red Shirts protests against the Thai government was potentially the day when things would happen. The unrealistic deadline for the government’s resignation had come and gone, and the Red shirts had decided to fan out from their central base at Phan Fa bridge, and take their protests out further into [...]
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 [...]
Slowing down with Ami Vitale
In 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 [...]
Kumbh Mela workshop – Amazing trip announced
Gavin 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 [...]
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 [...]
Gavin Gough 2010 Photo Workshops announced
Gavin 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 [...]
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