sengmah – Venture Photography Workshops

30/10/2011 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

The light meter: useful tool, or photographer’s crutch?

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...

23/08/2011 In Models, Venture Blog By sengmah

“Gritty” Portraiture

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...

11/08/2011 In Models, Venture Blog By sengmah

The Stars of Venture Photography Workshops

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...

25/07/2011 In Venture Blog By sengmah

20-11-2011

20-11-2011: Stay tuned ...

30/06/2011 In Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

Shooting Fashion – A Workshop

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...

25/06/2011 In Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

Lights! Camera! Fashion!

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 -...

07/05/2011 In Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

Tripping the light fantastic at LightPlay

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...

27/04/2011 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

5 tips to better DSLR photography

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...

05/04/2011 In Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

Wedding belles and beaus at Venture Photography Workshops

A show of hands - how many of you have been asked by friends and family to photograph their wedding because (a) you have a "good camera" and (b) you take great photos? Another show of hands - how many of you have said "Yes" to...

30/03/2011 In Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

Lighting the female nude

Never has the old adage "less is more" been more true than in the art of nude figure photography. When photographing the nude, it is sometimes better to suggest nudity than to show nudity: what is implied often makes more of an impact than what...

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