This Storytelling Technique Could Make Your Photography More Original. It’s hard to be original. To come up with your own unique creative ideas. That’s why so many of us take the same photos as everyone else. I’ve discovered a bit of a trick to avoid...
In this video, I talk about the Photographer's Journey and how some photographers struggle to make progress on this journey. I was one of them. I got stuck for 15 years! Until I heard a story about Caravaggio, the 16th-century Italian painter, that showed where...
What Makes a Great Photo? In this video, I explore how geometry, psychology, and biology can help answer this question. And how the answer completely changed the way I plan and compose my photos! The video looks at what we can learn from the great painters, and...
What Makes a Great Photo? In this video, I explore how geometry, psychology, and biology can help answer this question. And how the answer completely changed the way I plan and compose my photos! The video looks at what we can learn from the great painters, and...
This video is about the power composition can have over us, why it has this power and how a deep knowledge of composition theory and visual language will give you a huge advantage over other photographers....
Planning a photoshoot can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. I'll show you how to run a stress-free photoshoot by walking you through the 7 steps I take, week in week out, when planning my Cultural Photography Workshops. In this article, we'll cover...
planning a cinematic photoshoot can be daunting. How do you get from your idea to the finished product? Here are the 8 steps I always follow to organize every one of my cinematic photoshoots....
How to practice portrait photography without a model. In this article, I explain the process and tricks I use to take photos without other models, as well as the techniques I use to find models to work with....
You can only carry so much glass before you start resenting your camera bag! As a result, variations on the question “Which is the best lens to buy?” crop up regularly in my workshops....
Location scouting for photo shoots is critical to my planning. It is one of the parts I can’t really make up as I go along. If a light breaks, I can change the tone of the photo to work around this. If a pose doesn’t...