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30 Jul Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog | Comments

Seeing the street

Street photography is an art of its own. It requires that the photographer be able to unfamiliarise the familiar, to make the everyday uncommon and unique. It requires eagle eyes and lightning reflexes. I work in Fremantle and am as familiar with it as, well, the back of my hand. Yet, when I saw the...

21 Jul Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog | Comments

Working with models – Tips

As a photographer, there is much that is attractive about working with models. It’s also a big challenge, often requiring that the photographer take a leap of faith in relinquishing some level of control to the model (let’s face is, us photo-types are always kinda control-freakish!). Whether in fashion, wedding, domestic or fine art portraiture...

12 Jun Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog | 1 comment

The not-so-secret secrets to running an effective photo workshop

Having attended and run a number of photography workshops, I’m now more than aware of the gamut of styles of workshop presentation and organisation out there. Some of them work. Some of them work spectacularly. Others don’t. And yet others fail dismally, leaving participants uninspired and, worse, bored! What gives some photo workshops that extra...

19 May Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog | 2 comments

Blog or Bedamned!

There is much fuss being made about the significance of social networking for photographers. On one level, it’s being touted as a great way to obtain exposure for one’s works. Websites like Flak Photo give photographers the opportunity to extend the distribution and audience of their works. Andy Adams, creator of Flak Photo, is a...

14 May Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog | Comments

3 steps to improving your portraiture

A good portrait engages us with its subject – makes us respond emotionally to the person depicted within the frame. We’re used to interacting with people, so as viewers, we’re already predisposed to respond to photographs of people. It’s not hard to take a good portrait. On the other hand, it’s also easy to take...

28 Apr Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog | 1 comment

Let me tell you about my photography

Let’s have a break from posts about workshops, projects and photo shoots. I would like to tell you about my photography. EQUIPMENT AND SETTINGS Let’s start with equipment and settings. They seems to be the most popular questions I get asked about my photography: What do you use? What settings do you shoot with?

17 Nov Posted by sengmah in Models, Photo Shoots, Photo Tips, Venture Blog, Workshops | 2 comments

Real People Portraiture

Portrait photography can be a challenge. It’s not just about pointing the camera at your subjects, asking them to smile and firing the shutter. The best portraits are about the subjects: allowing the people being photographed to look their best and their most natural, without the stilted smiles and often uncomfortably formalised or contrived poses....

21 Sep Posted by sengmah in Photo Tips, Venture Blog, Workshops | 1 comment

Wedding Photography Essentials

Greg Perry presented “Wedding Photography Essentials” as part of the Spring Workshops Programme on Sunday. That man is amazing! I’ve never known a workshop presenter who is so generous with his material, time and advise. Of course, he’s presenting as part of my Workshops in a SNAP! Spring Programme, so I may be biased. But...