One of the tougher challenges photographers face is a creative slump. No matter how much you love photography, how passionate you are about it, you're going to reach a stage where nothing, excuse the pun, clicks. Photography is no different to every other form of creative...
For many of us DSLR users, shooting in Aperture Priority is the first port-of-call from shooting with the Automatic or Scene Exposure modes on our camera. It often occurs after we've come to grips with depth of field and after we've conquered the initial confusion...
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...
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...
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,...
[caption id="attachment_666" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Only connect"][/caption] 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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...