Perhaps the most important thing to consider when photographing portraits in natural light is the location. Factors such as indoor or outdoor locations, time of year and indeed time of day, quality of light and background will all affect the shoot. […]
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.
This month our tutors have got together and decided that the student of the month this month should be…. (drum roll please) Najeen Nasir!!! […]
In a very rare opportunity our Head Trainer, Founder and Talented Photographer Ion Paciu has taken the time to write a blog post for us giving us a little insight into his photography journey and what it’s like to learn in a one to one photography course with him! Check [...]
We’re so excited to introduce you to one of our talented tutors Ion Paciu who is currently engaged on a portrait photography project of capturing portraits of strangers he meets on the streets of London, a project he calls: People I Didn’t Know […]
One of our incredibly talented mentors Tatiana Zigar undertook a project that we HAD to share with you today. Tatiana set out to capture a whole host of stories in, “The other side of the story” which is a series of black and white lifestyle portraits of people with different careers; [...]
Learn to capture stunning travel photographs Many of the students that we meet on our beginner’s photography courses have come to us because they want to learn how to capture high quality holiday or travel photographs. Travelling the world is a wonderful and insightful experience and the ability to take [...]
Black and white images In honour of our new Black and White Photography Workshop that will be starting later this month, our How To for March offers a few tips for capturing that perfect black and white shot. So firstly, why choose black and white in the first [...]
Masters of Photography Irving Penn In this month’s Masters of Photography we will be looking at American fashion photographer Irving Penn. Penn passed away in 2009 at the age of 92, leaving behind him a legacy of simple, crisp and highly effective images. […]
