Getting The Most From Any Location
Almost everywhere has potential as a location for photography. It’s all too easy to focus on the problems with a potential location – overhead cables, litter along the curb, a street sign and so on – but most barriers can be overcome with a change of angle or crop. Whether you want to add narrative with a background, use it to add visual interest and texture or simply keep it plain so that all the focus is on your subject, this section will help you to get the best out of indoor, studio and outdoor locations.
Framed By Flora
One of the (many) challenges of portrait photography is trying to come up with new ideas. In this instance, I was photographing a mum and her new b...
Woodland Portrait Of A Man In The Morning Mist
Atmospheric lighting adds mood and interest to a scene. This portrait was taken during a sibling shoot and was well worth setting out early for. At...
Group Graffiti Portrait In London
What’s the best way to include a variety of locations in your images from a single shoot? Go for a walk with your subject(s), just as I did with th...
Intrigue In The Abbey
Want your subject to shine, and your background to fade into the shadows? Make it happen by positioning your subject in a brighter patch of light a...
Posing A Couple In A Tourist Hotspot!
When you want to include a famous city landmark in a portrait, you need to arrive very early, arrive very late, or be prepared to wait. And wait. A...
Running In The Rain
As a professional portrait photographer, you can’t always wait until the weather is perfect. And sometimes it is perfect when you start a shoot, bu...
Wintry Woods Portrait
Wintry Woods Portrait Rushing out to capture a snowy portrait, I took inspiration from Winnie-the-Pooh by imagining the scene as a drawing. This me...
Using Location To Avoid Portrait Fatigue
I share my method for avoiding portrait fatigue then discuss light direction, visual balance/tension and why the unplanned portraits are often my f...
Outdoors Groom-To-Be Portrait
For outdoor portraits on location, I’ll often walk around an area with a subject. This keeps things relaxed and means when we come across a great...
Feminine Urban Portraiture
Find out the most important thing to look for in a location, and how to create a simple, authentic and feminine portrait with a subject who isn’t a...
Location Scouting & Cloud Cover
We had a tight brief for this portrait. Here’s how playing games, careful location scouting & controlling diffused daylight all played a part in ...
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 v...