I attended the first Presentation Camp London last weekend and gave a talk on my experiences as a Photographic Judge. I thought I would jot a few points down in case you missed it, or if you are just interested in what a Judge’s life is like!
My Background
I’ve been taking photographs for the best part [...]
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Another day with the props out, this time with the intention of experimenting with lighting.
You don’t need expensive lighting to achieve dramatic effects, particularly if you are doing small tabletop work. I was using just a single halogen desk lamp, angled to different positions for the following shots. It just shows what you can do [...]
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I’ve been exploring another pair of colours today, orange and green, for my Dichromatic series. Like yesterday, I took some simple elements and once set up on the tabletop, played about with various compositions. This time, I was also experimenting with depth of field and how it affected the images.
[Crayons all sharp - and again, [...]
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In these Limit Yourself posts, I’m going to take one element of picture making and suggest you pare it down to the minimum and see what happens.
We are all given thousands of choices every day, and even with photography there are so many ways to take a particular scene or image that sometimes it’s hard [...]
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A few weeks ago I was contacted by a lady from Digital SLR User Magazine via my website, asking if I would like to be interviewed about my Project 366 and being a Judge for the East Anglian Federation. Flattered, of course I said yes! Sarah then sent me some questions to answer by email, [...]
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