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Two Lights And A Kiss – A Moody Portrait On Black Paper
Pattern: Short side lighting from a big soft source, with a gridded kiss light coming back from behind. Mood: Dark ...
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 ...
Photographing Natural Movement – Play With Hair
Photographing Natural Movement As a portrait photographer, I'm always looking for moments that look great but are also really natural ...
Backstory: Sleepy Pup
Let me tell you about this picture of Bond, who at the time I photographed him was one of the ...
How to make a scene look cold
We often associate cold with blue tones, right? So here’s a little trick I use to make a scene feel ...
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" ...
Sculpted In Shadow – One Light Intimate Profile
One light, a black background, and a subject turned into a full profile - it sounds simple, and in some ...
One Light Profile – The Dreamy Over-The-Shoulder Look
One light, one softbox, and the subject turned away from the camera - and the results are genuinely stunning. This ...
Inky Shine – Fast Black-On-Black Dog Portrait
Photographing black dogs well is one of those things that looks simple until you try it and end up with ...
Katherine: Curls, Coat & Catchlights
This was part of a commission for the Sassy hair styling team. The brief was to create images for PR, ...

