Posts Tagged ‘portrait’
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Making An Exhibition Of Myself
Earlier this year I got an email from Olympus asking if I’d like to hold an exhibition in their London “Project Space” gallery and to be honest my first thought was… thanks but no thanks. Now I know that...
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Getting Creative With Colored Gels
Coloured gels are one of the “must have” light modifiers in my studio. They don’t adjust the shape of the light but they modify it’s colour and with a bit of know how you can get some amazingly colourful effects. Th...
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Shooting Winter and Snow Studio Portraits
I love shooting portraits outside on location but winter can pose problems. Changeable weather and short days don’t help but cold, wet weather are my nemesis. So perhaps it’s not surprising that I find myself spendi...
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Three Must Have Portrait Props In My Studio
With the colder, darker weather very much with us here in the UK it’s not surprising that I’m finding the studio a much nicer place to work in then being on location. However the four walls of my small home studio c...
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Best Focal Length for Portraits
Knowing the best focal length for shooting portrait isn’t as easy as it may sound. Different focal lengths give very different results, some more flattering then others. In this video I take the same head shot at several ...
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Aviation Apocalypse – Wrap Up
UPDATE: Scroll down to see the gallery from the 2nd running of the Aviation Apocalypse in September 2016 Last Sunday (24th July 2016) was the first Aviation Apocalypse workshop and after months of planning, building and testing...
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Ambient vs Flash for location portraits
When it comes to shooting portraits on location I know many photographers who love to make best use of the ambient light. I also know lots of photographers who wouldn’t dream of shooting on location without flash. Although I pr...
Training
Aviation Apocalypse Workshop
What happens if you combine a visit to a newly built aviation museum and a love of all things broken and old? Welcome to the Aviation Apocalypse! This summer I’m running two all day photo shoots at the Gatwick Aviation Museum i...
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Low Key Lighting
If you have a small or portable studio set up then low key portraits should be high on your list of “must have” lighting skills. Why? Apart from looking amazing, great low key lighting can be achieved with simple eq...
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Creating shadows with D.I.Y. Gobos
Placing an object in front of a light source will usually cast a shadow of some sort. In the studio, if the object is solid it’s known as a flag but if it’s full of gaps (or semi translucent) it’s called a GoBo and can be incre...
