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 [...]
How to make compelling travel images with Ami Vitale – Critique review Part 4
This 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
This 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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Perfection is not just a snap
I regularly look at work of photographers that I admire and wonder how they got such an amazing image. As I read more and more, and talk with pro travel photographers so I understand more that they are using all the same tools as me, going through all the same angst (well may I have [...]
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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