“London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.” Peter Ackroyd, London I spent almost twenty years shooting London, in particular at the dawn […]
Hey folks, How are you today? I hope things are good and you are doing some interesting things with your photography at the moment. As usual I am always thinking of ways to teach and inspire you, and I am really excited about today’s article because it is jam-packed with […]
We write a lot of in-depth articles about composition techniques like – Natural Framing, Negative Space – and Leading Lines. But today we want to give you just the essential meaning of how you can use Leading Lines in your photos. This is a potted guide! Leading Lines can: Take […]
I love to photograph reflections. They are a very cool way to create abstraction, fun, mystery, intrigue, patterns, complexity and symmetry in your images. Diana and I just wrote this piece for Digital Photography School, with lots of simple tips you can use to bring reflections into your images: 10 […]
Hola Amigos, It’s a beautiful day here in Spain. The sun is warm, outside my window I can hear the sea rolling gently. My kids have had a fiesta-filled weekend with their new little community of friends. I am feeling inspired by some cool projects I’m working on with a […]
I hope you are all doing well on this fine day. I am feeling very energised after spending a long day at the beach on Thursday. We had some family staying for a few days, and even though I don’t hold normal 9-5 hours, it felt funny to spend a […]
Ciao Amici! Today I want to share some cool articles I’ve written, along with things I’ve read/seen/listened to that have inspired me this week. Hopefully there are some ideas in here that are inspiring for you. I shared one of the posts we wrote for Digital Photography School all about shooting […]
Travelling with kids is so relaxing, lol 🙂 Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. – Gustave Flaubert I am in beautiful southern Spain with our children, in a house by the sea, quelling arguments, writing and enjoying long walks into the […]
I wrote recently about how to shoot on manual and received some very interesting responses. Thank you all for your commenting and support. I am still amazed at how difficult I found it trying to explain and encourage people to shoot with manual. I think I’ve distilled it most by […]
Hey everyone, Just a quick notice about a couple of cool things. First – is my photo challenge . This months subject is reflections. Enter the challenge here – a cool prize awaits the shooter of my favourite image. Second – my free live webinar this Sunday where I’ll talk about the submitted images and give you some good composition tips […]
“Through this photographic eye you will be able to look out on a new light-world, a world for the most part uncharted and unexplored, a world that lies waiting to be discovered and revealed.” Edward Weston Yesterday in Spain Hola, Last weekend we arrived in southern Spain. We have settled […]
“… a fine way to capture a piece of the magic of a unique city. The drama, the charm and the beauty of Hong Kong is all here-just as is its breathless energy.” Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong: The City of Dreams A few nights ago I walked up the long […]
Hello, Today I wanted to have a little fun and make this suggestion – your camera is nothing without you. It’s an inert machine that requires your vision, your inspiration, your excitement and energy to create interesting photos. So to illustrate this today I want to send you some photos […]
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing very well today. I hope too that you enjoyed my last article – My Ultimate Guide to Travel Photography. I got some great feedback, so I hope you have found it useful. Today I have another in-depth article for you – […]
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Thank you to everyone who replied to my last post on our plans to be location independent. We’ll be travelling now for at least the next year – in part […]
“The ratio of successful shots is one in God-knows-how-many. Sometimes you’ll get several in one contact sheet, and sometimes it’s none for days. But as long as you go on taking pictures, you’re likely to get a good one at some point.” – Elliott Erwitt I love Elliott Erwitt. His […]
Today I want to give you a super-simple idea that, if you can grasp it, and then put it into practise, I guarantee will really help your photography. What we are basically doing as photographers is looking at the world, identifying interesting subjects and organising them accordingly. The way I […]
I was up very early this morning. In the streets of East London I watched the pre-dawn sky change colour, from the magnificent midnight blue to ever lighter shades of blue. Colourful ribbons of pinks and yellows burst across the sky, and little wisps of purple and blue clouds appeared […]
Good day to you all, I am sitting in a beautiful square (where there is wifi :)) in Trinidad, Cuba, a stunning little town nestled between some verdant green mountains, tobacco fields and the sea. I arrived yesterday and am loving photographing the wonderful tropical light here; this town that […]
Or are you suffering from Zoomlazia? Zoomlazia – adj; a condition that occurs in photography when using a zoom lens. Instead of composing with a new position, the photographer instead zooms in and out trying to frame the shot. A misuse of zoom lens that results in photographers being rooted […]