Same old Chicago but perhaps a different voice
Chicago is one of those cities that I feel very much at home in. The combination of culture, lake, beach, architecture, great restaurants and some dear friends make it a joy to visit time and time again. But it can also make it a challenging place for me to shoot in, as it is a [...]
Close to home – review of Stuart Sipahigil’s ebook
Once in a while, you read a book that you think “I could have written that” or perhaps more accurately “I wish I had thought of writing that”.
In this case I want to share a review of a fantastic new eBook from the Craft and Vision stable, that I know I could NEVER have written however much I might have wanted to.
Stuart Sipahigil has just released “”. Like many eBooks from Craft and Vision it mixes stunning, powerful and captivating images, with well structured, engaging and easily digestible prose.
Piering into a different world metaphorically
It seems that piers are in fashion. At least one particular pier in Koh Samed seems to have had it’s fair share of attention from Messrs duChemin and Chapman in recent weeks. Looking at their wonderful images that both exude tranquility and transport you in an instant to a world of hammocks, Pad Thai and [...]
When lack of vision results in putting lipstick on a pig
I have learned – the hard way – that imitation is the anti-christ of inspiration. I was truly inspired this weekend by both Cartier Bresson and by the way in which my new friends explored their vision of Chicago right through to their choices in final post-processing. Feeling inspired, I set myself a number of exercises and books to read to anchor that new insight. This post is the final exercise that I set myself in Chicago and its purpose was to explore how imitating someone else can undermine and cheat you of your own vision. Whilst I am not able to show you ant images that were copied when we shot, I can show you how some of my images are altered if I imitate one of the other’s style.
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