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Image Critique 26
Sorry that there’s been a slight delay in putting these up – been a busy couple of months! Note there are also now chapters on the video player so you can jump to each image if you wish! If you would like your i...
Realistic Eye Reshaping Using Masks, Smart Objects And Liquify
This walkthrough steps through a method for realistic eye re-shaping. The walkthrough is in response to Rachel’s question posted on the Forums and is to reshape the eye of someone who had a stroke a couple of ye...
EP87 The More You Learn The Less You Know
Well this is one of those catchup episodes (I have discovered that our studio microwave has a grill!), but it also deals with one of those odd bits of human nature: that as you develop your talents and...
EP86 Interview With Kate Nicolle, Relationship Counsellor
I don’t know quite what inspired me for this podcast, but I thought it would be interesting (and so it proved to be) to invite someone onto the podcast that really does understand relationships and the language ...
EP85 Fifteen Candidates, Seven Judges, Two Days Of Qualifications, One Podcast
In this episode, I get a chance to talk to the team of qualification judges that I am privileged to be a part of for the British Institue of Professional Photography. I thought it would be interesting (and so it...
EP84 – Critiques, Competitions & Qualifications: How DO You Get Useful Feedback?
Another Land Rover based podcast I’m afraid (at one point it sounds like I am being shaken to pieces!) but this time I have a little help with the noise reduction and sound quality. Hopefully, it’ll take the ed...
EP83 Do You Have To Be An Extrovert To Be A Portrait Photographer?
You’ll be happy to hear that this episode is recorded in the peace and quiet of our studio – actually, I had intended to record it in the studio garden as the cool and the smells of late summer and early autumn ...
EP82 Understanding Stops (More Importantly – Why It’s Useful!)
Today’s podcast was recorded as I travelled to photograph a wedding. Given this is August 2020 (the year of Covid-19) that is not a particularly common occurrence, with most of our weddings being postponed to 2...
Image Critique 25
Four more beautiful images for us to enjoy and maybe learn a little from. If you would like your images critiqued, please use the Image Critique menu option above to submit a file (or more than one of you...
EP81 Death By Diary
Today I am musing (and, additionally, interrupting myself – not once but twice!) on being beholden to my diary. It is, of course, completely to be expected when you run a successful portrait photography busines...
EP80 You Don’t Get Something For Nothing
Along with thousands of other students, Jake, our son, has just had his ‘A’ level results. An interesting time to put it mildly. However, it did get me thinking about how incredibly hard he worked for his mock ...