Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. People go swimming in the Müggelsee lakes, they come down from the centre of Berlin to spend a relaxing day on the grassy banks. I planned to take a few photos around the lake. That didn’t […]
Could Street Photography Work as a Business?
Street photography as a career isn’t the best option. Mainly because street photography is a very personal thing. Personal ideas are the stuff of good business. On the other hand, any type of photography as a career move, seems to be tough to get into to. There are various opinions about why photography is difficult […]
Black & White Woodland Photography
Seven Black & White Photos of a Forest landscape in Berlin. Landscape photography is challenging — especially if you’ve spent a lot of time in a city environment, and been working on your street photography more often than looking at trees, and fields, and lakes. I live in Berlin. It’s a great city, the architecture […]
Art Photography – Two Men and a Dog by the River
A good photo should have qualities of art in it. What do I mean? If you take photos and want others to enjoy your work, your own unique way of looking should be somewhere in the photo. That’s what I mean. It’s been a while since I thought seriously about colour photography. Today, I took […]
Black & White Woodland Photography in Berlin’s Forests
Seven Black & White Photos of a Forest landscape in Berlin. Landscape photography is challenging – especially if you’ve spent a lot of time in a city environment, and been working on your street photography more often than looking at trees, and fields, and lakes. I live in Berlin. It’s a great city, the architecture […]
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 […]
How Your Fictional Story Ideas Always Come with a Dark Horse
Characters always have something to say. You just have to keep your ears open. A story can be a sweet thing that grows in the mind. It becomes colourful, and active. If you ignore the work of actual writing, it’ll become a nagging beast that will finally start to bite and nip at your heels. It’s […]
Saturday Night Selfie – Portrait Photography
In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody. Henri Cartier-Bresson Taking your own portrait is a difficult process. It’s like trying to be two different people. One busy person visualizing the empty space as filled with a sitter, and the other same person adjusting the camera settings, trying and failing with getting the […]