Recently, I’ve been run off my feet. Why? Reorganising my marketing, my point of view about how I make a living…you know, 20 percent photography, 80 percent business. I took time out, late at night. I wanted to take a damned photo, anything. I tried taking a shot of my cat, Stubbs. She is beautiful, […]
Razor Edge Tips about becoming a Pro-Photographer
How Do You Turn Yourself into a Pro Photographer? “When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” — Alfred Eisenstaedt It doesn’t take long for the serious beginner to ask themselves the important question; would I want to take photos for a living? And it’s when you say; Hell yeah!, That’s when the […]
The Art of the Photographic Self Portrait
Some of the most iconic self-portraits is the work of painters who celebrated, in one way of another, their own individualism. The self portrait is a difficult work to get right. Who can really say how they look at any particular time in life? We take it for granted that we have the right to […]
Portrait Photography, Baffled Looks and Musings
I love a good portrait photograph. The play of light, the deep shadow, and the ability to manipulate both with a tweak and the shift of the lights. I always come from my own experiences of art when it comes to doing a portrait. I’m pretty stubborn, a portrait must have those classical touches that […]