Photo Tips

12/06/2010 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

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,...

19/05/2010 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

Blog or Bedamned!

[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...

14/05/2010 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

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...

28/04/2010 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

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?...

17/11/2009 In Models, Photo Shoots, Photo Tips, Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

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...

21/09/2009 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog, Workshops By sengmah

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...