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Striking a deal to get the shot
Striking a deal to get the shot Alex wasn't interested in having his photo taken, so I needed a strategy to encourage him to cooperate. Happily, one of the tricks up my sleeve worked a treat, enabling me to get ...
Ep.43 Interview: Keith Roberts Paragon Pixels Founder
Ep.43 Interview: Keith Roberts Paragon Pixels Founder In this interview, I get to chat with Keith Roberts who had the masterstroke idea of matching top portrait photographers with the world’s top cruise line. He...
Views of the Vale
Views of the Vale This was captured at the end of a family shoot. We'd walked through the woods together, which I've found to be a really good way to get everybody very relaxed. As we left the woods we came acro...
Ep.42 Portraits On A Cruise Ship? Things You Never Considered.
Ep.42 Portraits On A Cruise Ship? Things You Never Considered. It’s just me for this episode: me, a microphone and my musings on creating portraits when on board a ship. When I first encountered the luxury cruis...
Ep.41 Interview: Ellie Sanderson, Bridal Gown Boutique Owner
Ep.41 Interview: Ellie Sanderson, Bridal Gown Boutique Owner The great thing about having my own podcast is that I get to talk to lots of interesting people – not, necessarily, from within the photographic indus...
Ep.40 Idle Musings on Lists, Plans & Avoiding Disasters!
Ep.40 Idle Musings on Lists, Plans & Avoiding Disasters! Just me in this one. Me, a microphone, a failed hard drive, a hacked website and some notes on lists and plans. It’s been an interesting couple of days!...
Ep.39 Interview With David Calvert
Ep.39 Interview With David Calvert In this episode, it is my great pleasure to interview renowned photographer David Calvert FMPA FBIPP who is not only a wonderful photographer, but a true gentleman in the indus...
Video: Beautiful dog portraits with natural and studio light
Beautiful dog portraits with natural and studio light In response to multiple requests from MasteringPortraitPhotography.com subscribers, we’ve created a video showing you how Paul captures his famous dog por...
Ep.38 Interview With David Stanbury
Ep.38 Interview With David Stanbury In this interview it is my pleasure to be interviewing a great friend of mine and supreme wedding photographer, David Stanbury, where we talk about how he became a photographe...
Composition for book design
Composition for book design When book author Sarah Virág commissioned a set of headshots for her new book, I had no idea how her book designer would use them. In addition, her web designers would also use the i...
One-light low key studio portrait
One-light low key studio portrait You've got one light. One subject dressed in dark clothing. And one dark paper background. All the ingredients for a perfect low key portrait. This is Alan. He wanted some portr...
