The end of one calendar year and the beginning of the next is always an occasion for pause and reflection. As photographers, we have a tendency to assess the development of our work over the past 12 months and to look at the direction we'd...
LightPlay 2 takes the "LightPlay" lighting workshop concept on the road. With two models, eleven photographers and one stylist in tow, we took to the Swan Valley on board a bus -- with the express aim of shooting on location and showing workshop participants how...
Some photographers argue that the light meter is an obsolete tool in this age of digital photography. After all, the histogram gives you more accurate and useful information on exposure, information you can use to adjust lighting intensity when shooting with strobes. Others argue that the...
Insight into Portraiture My interests in photography lie predominantly in portraiture, but I'm rarely interested in creating "flattering" people portraits. I don't use skin smoothing software, for instance, and very rarely will you see me spotting or cloning away the errant mole or pimple (unless it's...
We work with a lot of models in our workshops, and thought that it was about time we had a blog post to sing praises to the talented guys and girls who front up to cameras at our workshop. Without doubt, being able to photograph...
As the great Fred once said: "I'm a model you know what I mean And I do my little turn on the catwalk Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah I shake my little tush on the catwalk" (I'm too Sexy, Right Said Fred) While there was no catwalk at...
Photo by Tristan Jud If that hasn't grabbed your attention, then we don't know what will. We're collaborating with Tristan Jud Photography on a series of workshops with a fashion/glamour angle. Why? Because Fashion and Glamour is what Tristan does - and does well. Our first workshop -...
Ten photographers. Six models. Five shoots. That's LightPlay! And what an awesome event it was! We all had an absolute ball at LightPlay on Sunday May 1. The premise of this workshop was a simple one: let's get funky and creative with light! Without light, there is...
We've just wrapped up our last Maximising your DSLR workshop for our summer photography programme and I thought I'd share some of the key points raised in this workshop. Maximising your DSLR is a one-day photography course aimed at photographers new to shooting with a digital...