Brighton Photo Festival

Brighton Photo Festival

May 12, 2011  |  For photographers  |  No Comments

Brighton Photo Festival kicks off this weekend and it's going to be a great event.  Loads of great companies demonstrating cameras, lights and more and I'll bet there are discounts around too.  There's also a mighty impressive line up of speakers including Marko Nurminen, Lomo Kev, the Swing Ninja and,

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Learn portrait lighting in Kent

Learn portrait lighting in Kent

April 5, 2011  |  For photographers  |  4 Comments

I've mentioned before that I run lighting training courses for Lencarta.  Whether you got some studio kit for Christmas and want to know how to get the best out of it, are thinking of taking the plunge and investing in some equipment or simply want to get great pictures of

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How to shoot underwater bridal fashion

How to shoot underwater bridal fashion

February 10, 2011  |  For photographers  |  7 Comments

It's hard to believe that it's about 6 months since my underwater bridal fashion shoot.  At the time I said that "soon" there would be a techie behind the scenes video showing how it was all done.Well things got kind of busy....anyway, here it is.  All the behind the scenes

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Quick looks with one light

Quick looks with one light

January 10, 2011  |  For photographers  |  No Comments

Of all the images I posted in my "learn to light" article, the one that got the most comments was the lead article of Chalsey against a textured glass wall.A couple of people have asked me to explain it - and I'm almost embarrassed to reveal just how easy it

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Learn to light

Learn to light

January 5, 2011  |  For photographers  |  No Comments

One of the hot topics around at the moment is how to get beautiful studio quality photographs using budget kit in small spaces.That's why I'm delighted that I've been asked by Lencarta to run a series of hands on lighting workshops in Kent from March onwards.Whether you got some studio

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Behind the scenes at a bridal fashion shoot

Behind the scenes at a bridal fashion shoot

July 16, 2010  |  For photographers  |  2 Comments

My PR agent (ProposePR) have just released a couple of videos which show you behind the scenes at a bridal fashion shoot.I spent a couple of days in the baking sun photographing all the new gowns for Madeline Isaac-James' 2011 collection (and learning not to call them "frocks").  There is

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How to tether your camera to an iPad

How to tether your camera to an iPad

June 30, 2010  |  For photographers  |  16 Comments

When the iPad was announced I immediately thought "wow, cool! - I can shoot tethered and use that amazing screen for clients to see pictures".  Then we found out that there is no firewire, no USB and all inputs are heavily controlled.  But there is Wi-Fi.  And where there's Wi-Fi

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