Seeing Light Differently: An Evening Exploring Continuous Light
There’s a common misconception in portrait photography that better photographs come from buying better lights. Spend enough money on the ... Read More
Ordinary to Extraordinary: Portraits in Crappy Locations (The Societies Convention)
There's a special kind of location photographers know all too well. Not a "location", really. More a "this will do" ... Read More
Portraits, Pints, and Pizza with Harriet – This Was The Week That Was
You ever have one of those weeks where, by the time you sit down to catch your breath, you can’t ... Read More
Walking The Walk (With Smoke, Fellowship Panels And A Lot Of Retouching)
It's been one of those gloriously full-on weeks — shoots, mentoring, editing, more shoots, and just enough coffee to keep ... Read More
Puppies, Pixels, and a Trip Down Memory Lane
Well, I wasn’t planning to write a blog today — but here I am, mid-upload, waiting for a monstrous set ... Read More
Dogs, Fog, Twins and Cake: A Week in the Studio (and Out On The Road)
It’s been one of those lovely, full-to-the-brim weeks here—one of those where you collapse on Friday with a cup of ... Read More
Back in the Studio (and Back in the Swing)
After a few whirlwind months, we’re back. Fresh—well, slightly jet-lagged—from working on a cruise around South America, and full of ... Read More
Christmas Is Done, Now Back To It (If We Even Stopped At All!)
Well, Christmas sort of got in the way. Apologies if that sounds a little Scroogy, but it did. Don't get ... Read More
Roundup: Animations, Awards And An Honourary Fellowship
This past fortnight has been as much about my day-job (i.e. professional portrait photographer) as much as it has been ... Read More
The Icons Have It – The Key To The Articles
We've been busily organising the site and uploading content at a pace (at the same time, I'm still creating new ... Read More
In The Press!
Well, honestly, I write for the photography press quite a lot. More than I ever expected to, if I'm being ... Read More
There’s A Lot Going On!
The Mastering Portrait Photography website has been going strong since 2014, when we first published our book, "Mastering Portrait Photography", ... Read More