There is something magical about seeing a subject up close and personal. This opens up a whole new world of options for you as a photographer. Close-up photography, or macro photography, can be a very rewarding form of photographic expression. The great thing about it is that you can do this from your basement at…
Colour is how we see. As photographers, a great way to enhance our images is to shoot for colour. Colour makes us feel certain things, think of how a sunset makes you feel, or the azure blue waters of a tropical sea. We are designed to see colour and our photography can become so much…
Light is the main ingredient in any photograph. Without light, you cannot make an image. The quality of light makes all the difference. Photography is all about drawing or painting with light. One book I read on the subject said that light IS the subject in photography, in many ways, this is true. Light is…
Creativity….I hear this word fairly often, or one of its derivatives…creative, create or even uncreative. This, in many ways becomes the key to our existence as “creatives” (theres that word again). As photographers and artists, we sometimes become obsessed with being creative, after all, photography is a creative art, so that must mean we need…
I am really excited that my images were awarded Bronze in the 2015 Epson Pano Awards. It was the first time I entered the competition and there are some amazing images in the competition. I am grateful for the effort and time put in by the organisers and I am really happy to have the…
I visited the Vancouver Art Gallery on the weekend. There were a few exhibits that I was interested in but one specifically. I was really excited to see Ed Burtynsky was displaying his photographs in Vancouver. Ed Burtynsky is a world renowned Canadian photographer and I find his work very challenging. The reason is this,…
