It was through the Frames photography circle that I came across this highly instructive video where Sam Abell talks about composition. In a fascinating frame-by-frame presentation, Abell deconstructs both his well-known and recent images—all with the idea of examining the idea that there is a clear ‘way’ of making finer photographs. In addition, he shows […]
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I’d not come across this photographer before and was alerted to him by Tomasz Trzebiatowski of Frames magazine who sends out a daily Photosnack email with a recommended introduction. Adrian has focused on creating stark, minimal, and hauntingly beautiful monochromatic images and I love them! What’s even more valuable than looking at his galleries is
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It’s lovely to be asked to take photos by friends but honestly I sometimes feel a complete fraud! Last night I was at Helmsley Arts Centre at the behest of Tash, director but also one of the principle’s in their latest show ‘Jekyll and Hyde the musical’. It was their last dress rehearsal with an
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I subscribe to Frames photography magazine and have found their masterclasses really good. I also keep an eye out for Tomasz Trzebiatowski’s challenges on YouTube. Here’s his latest: The essential idea behind these challenges is that there are photos everywhere – even in a messy hotel room – you just need to look for them.
Quite by chance I came across a lengthy appreciation of the photographer Ernst Haas on YouTube which I found inspiring. Part of the Masters of Photography series it looks at his colour work. He was a pioneer – exhibiting at MoMA, even before Eggleston. The video critically reviews many of his most famous images. As
Thanks to the encouraging words of Daniel Milnor I have taken the plunge and had a go at producing a magazine using Blurb and the Bookwright package. It arrived this week, delayed somewhat in transit, but got here eventually and I’m dead chuffed. What impressed me most was the quality of the colours and the
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Daniel Milnor’s advice to think about getting off social media and concentrate on documentary projects and print has really resonated with me, so good bye Instagram, hello Blurb. I can’t recall now how I came across Daniel Milnor. It was a YouTube interview I think and quite by chance but what he was saying struck
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Well that’s not strictly true. I travelled down to London last Wednesday morning hoping to arrive in time to do some photography before actually doing a street photography workshop with @ovidiuselaru_ along with friend John, my host. The plan didn’t quite work out as the train stopped at Knebworth (train in front broken down) so
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