Gear is good, beer is better
A final post from the first – of what has now been decided what will be an annual event – Angkor Photo Workshop with Karl Grobl, Gavin Gough and Matt Brandon A perhaps fitting – if a little tongue-in-cheek – image to end what has been a fabulous, fun and rewarding 2 weeks,
Don’t judge a 12 year old book by its cover
Alex, at only 12, already showing a precious talent, having never really picked up a camera before this holiday other than to take family snaps., but spending time with him has really made me stop and think and re-taught me an invaluable lesson.
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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