PhotoBlog
This site also documents my return to photography, one image a day, one story at a time.
From start to finish #3 - The shoot!
You know where you are going and what you want to shoot, you’ve got all your gear ready and packed; now you have to actually get the shots! Here is a video of the shoot, and under that some tips for you to keep at hand to make sure you get as much as you can from a shoot!
Shoots - Baby photography
I am a strong advocate of learning all avenues of photography, as anything you learn in one (e.g. portraiture) can be directly apply to another (e.g. street) and will produce better overall images. I've always taken portraits, but it has never been my primary focus only dabbling from time to time. However, with the arrival of my son, Antoine, in June this year (2015), I have had the fantastic opportunity to do baby photography... this has then spilled over to shooting other peoples babies too. Here is a selection of my baby shoots! :)
From start to finish #2 - Packing for a trip!
Part 2 of my "from start to finish" series, taking you through the planning, execution and processing of one of my shoots!
So, you know where you are going, and what you want to shoot (see #1 A shot list & location), you now need to pack and prepare accordingly!
From start to finish #1 - A shot list & location
I get asked how I do pretty much everything, so I have decided to share my process, from start to finish, of a shoot. In this example, it is a shoot I am doing at Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India.
The first step is to make a shot list and get your location sorted!
Quick-tips - Gifts for the Photographer in your life
Ok, it's that time of the year again, and you might well be thinking of gifts for this special people in your life. If, by chance, they happen to be photographers, here are some gift ideas that just might be useful.
Travel - Sinharaja, Srilanka
These images where shot over a weekend at Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It was a fantastic place and one I would love to go back and spend more time there!
Adding depth to an image
Photographs are 2-dimensional, but how sometimes you look at them, and they almost appear to be 3D. This is because in the 2D space of the image, the depth of the scene is also portrayed. Now generally, this is associated with expensive lenses, but you can give your images more depth by using some of the following tricks!