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 have recently become the owner of a Nikon D800 and some new lenses. Yes, I know, its not a big deal really, but in the process of making the upgrade (I have been shooting on a Nikon D80 for 7 years now) I gave myself some hurdles to jump over before jumping in and…
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,…
Creative content is under threat. Getty images announced this week that you can embed any image onto your blog or website for FREE, provided it is for non commercial use. This is the first time that Getty has moved to this model and it is potentially a sea change in stock photography. Let me say…
We all know the saying ” a picture is worth a thousand words” and that may be true. Photographs can convey a sense of time, place, emotion and insight into the scene in the image. As a fine art landscape photographer, I often ask myself, what is a photograph worth? The answer is, as it…
I love breathtaking images of a wide vista from a place I have never seen before. I especially love an image like that if it is full of visual information. As a landscape photographer, I love my wide angle lens. I love it for a few reasons, I can fit more into the scene than…
It is never easy to predict the future, at best its risky. However, if you get it right, you are seen as a guru, get it wrong and you are a charlatan looking for attention. So, most people avoid trying to predict the future as it is notoriously difficult to know (Just ask any meteorologist!)…
Do you ever get into a creative slump? You know the feeling…you take your camera out for a walk (in a manner of speaking) and get five or six images that are, well, uninspiring. You get home, pull them up on the screen and they look just like all your other images, same feel, same…
Light is the most critical component of your photography. I use a system for every image called the 4C’s, it helps me to put everything in place when I have time to setup the shot. The 4C’s are Colour, Contrast, Composition and Control. More on this in later posts, but without Light, you simply cannot…
I hear this word fairly often…creativity, or one of its derivatives…creative, create or even uncreative. As photographers and artists, we sometimes become obsessed with being creative, after all, photography is a creative art, so that must mean we need to be creative to make great images. Well, yes and no. All too often, I think…
