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...