A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To A Photo Competition
"I don't write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes." ~ Kevin Hart Every year, I enter select photography competitions.…
How a Passion for Drawing Led to an Accreditation in Figure Study (NSFW)
'Figure Study: skillful and creative artistic representations of the unclothed human figure; in whole or in part.' When I was a kid (yeah, yeah... in the real long ago), I…
Manipulating the Final Image to Realise Your Vision
Many a heated discussion has been had in photography circles about manipulating photographs. While I completely agree with the philosophy that you should "get it right in camera", there are…
Totally Adorable Child Portraits Coming to London and Area for a Limited Time
Whether you call them your child, tot, moppet, rascal, little angel or sprout, kids all like to have fun. "Tots Adorbs" is all about having fun ... but it'll only be…
Until That Hand Becomes Like Unto a Thing of Iron
Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange ... Seriously, somebody pinch me! As a life-long comic book geek, I could…
7 Lessons Learned Over the Past 7 Years in Photography
Beyond any of the lessons I've learned from my mentors and fellow pixel freaks, and all the "quotable quotes" regarding photography, there are a few thoughts that have come together in…
High Time For That Accreditation In Low Key Portrait
Whenever I get into something new, I get to know whatever it is as thoroughly as possible - all the ins and outs, high and low. True to form, when…
Strolling Memory Lane on World Photography Day
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." ~…
You CAN Climb That Mountain
"It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb." ~ Abby Wambach Over the course of our lives, we're all faced with mountains to…
Babies, Brides and the “Bare” Essentials
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Stop me if you've heard these before ... (of a baby photo) "OMG!! Love!!" (of a bridal…