Running a record-breaking sprint. Jumping the triple-jump at Hickstead. Sliding into place to score the winning goal in the Cup Final. All of these sporting achievements, it could be argued, are art. And so many of these incredible moments would have been missed without an equally important skill: the art [...]
Hello Photoion students and photography fans, today we have another instalment of our Masters of Photography series for you today. This series looks at some of the most influential photographers of the last hundred years and examines their life and work. The work of Lothar Wolleh […]
Hello Photoion students and photography fans and welcome to another instalment in our Masters of Photography series, where we look at the life and work of some of the greatest photographers who have shaped the craft. In today’s blog, we will be looking at the life and work of Roger [...]
Today we want to do something a little bit different. We often try to provide you with inspiration to make you want to capture images, and we normally do that with our own pictures or pictures from photographers who inspire us. Today, though, we want to inspire you with words. Below [...]
Greetings photography fans, we’ve got another instalment in our Masters of Photography for you today. This series looks at the lives and work of some of the most interesting and influential photographers of the last century. This time we’re looking at the work of contemporary photographer, Trent Parke. […]
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Pioneer in Colour Photography Today, colour photography is the default, it’s easy, and anyone can do it. But it is only in the last century that colour photography has even been possible. […]
The curious story of Julia Margaret Cameron Think of portrait photography and names like Joe McNally or Yousuf Karsh will probably come to mind. But one of the earliest portrait photographers, certainly one of the earliest female portrait photographers, deserves to be remembered as we approach the 199th anniversary of [...]
A portrait! What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound. (Charles Baudelaire) Human beings are inherently unpredictable, emotional creatures. Therefore, unlike non-human photography, capturing the right expression and look for a portrait heavily leans on how the subject feels at the time. And this is largely determined by how well the photographer can aid the subject in feeling how he/she needs them to in that moment, in order to evoke the right expression and emotion from them for the shot, to create the image that’s needed.
