Simple depth of field excercises
It’s all just chunks of space in focus. These excercises show you how much. With my f/1.2 and f/1.4 lenses I basically worship at the altar of shallow depth of field; bang my...
View ArticleBack in the tilt, shift & swing of things
Alfie re-discovers the joys of camera movements. There’s something distinctly satisfying about picking something up that you haven’t touched for years and getting right back into it almost immediately....
View ArticleFilters in black and white photography
A quick look at using coloured filters in black & white photography Rishi – one of our students – just nudged me to write a long-overdue piece here about the use of coloured...
View ArticleUrban Fragments
New magazine layouts from our recent walk around the Sky Tree part of town. Student’s layouts are on their way in to us at the moment. We asked people to produce a magazine...
View ArticleThe World at my Feet
Following the workshop I did for kids last week, a bunch of us took to the streets on the same theme. My wife has this strange obsession…. it’s useful one though; looking for...
View ArticleWhy I always carry my camera…
…even out on to my balcony to have a smoke. These days there are plenty of ways you can always make sure you have a camera with you, from the not-so-humble-anymore mobile phone...
View ArticlePost-pro case-studies
The workflow on a shot with strong sun, deep shade & weird mixed lighting. I was out the other day with Francois, who is in town for a while from overseas. We were...
View ArticleTokyo: A Life Cinematic
Pondering the movie that is ‘life in Tokyo’. Jim Morrison of The Doors once lyricised; ‘Have you had a good life, enough to base a movie on?’. Not sure he ever made it...
View ArticlePhoto workshop: shooting music CD artwork
It’s great fun to go out, discover new places and shoot. It’s a lot more interesting to do this if you also have some sort of theme or project to focus on whilst...
View ArticlePhotography Tours of Tokyo, Japan
Photographic Tours of Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo-based professional photographer & photography teacher as your guide. If you are either a keen photographer or just want to take advantage of the fact that...
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