Photography Lessons & Walks
Being a freelance photographer, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I'm often asked by people if I will show them how to take better photos. I'll then give them a quick tip and they'll be very grateful and happy with how great their photos look.
Given the fact that every Tom, Dick and Harry has a camera now, and many of them now have digital SLR cameras, I figured it's time I did my bit and helped. It saddens me when I see people all over the place with SLR cameras using them in nothing but their automatic setting.
People never take it off full 'Auto' mode. Shame!
Well I'm going to do my best to help wean people off automatic and onto the more advanced modes of their cameras.
I'm now offering two different ways for you to learn how to take better photos with your nice digital SLR:
- Individual one-on-one coaching.
- Group photo walks.
One-on-One Coaching
Perfect for someone who has recently got their hands on a digital SLR and wants to learn how to make the most of it. After all, there is so much you can do with your camera - it's a shame to leave it in automatic mode.
One-on-one photography lessons also make a brilliant gift to someone who has just got a new camera or anyone who wants to kick start their photographic journey. At £75 an hour, they also represent great value. Book yours now by sending me an email.
Group Photo Walks on Sundays
Small groups with no more than 5 participants mean you get to learn a lot in a short space of time. We'll go for a two hour walk around somewhere in London and I'll teach you all how to begin to make the most of your digital SLR's more advanced features. I'll help you make sense of all the buzz words so you can just get down to taking better photos of people, places, action and more. More affordable than one-on-one coaching, costing just £60 per person for two hours. For more info check out my Learn page or to book in just email me.
Humour in Photography
I just saw a feature on Petapixel on a US photographer by the name of Zack Seckler.As well as creating many amazing images for ad agencies and big brands, he also has a section on his website dedicated to humour, which I think is brilliant. Not all the photos on there are hilarious, but some are really charming. Many are heavily photoshopped (it would appear) but I don't think it matters. It's still pretty inspirational.
Check out his site at ZackSeckler.com.
It reminded me of a couple of my favourite photos that I took whilst on a shoot at an old people's home.
New Website, New Blog, New Host
New blog, new hosting, new website. It's all about the new stuff.
I've taken the plunge and moved my website from 4ormat.com over to Squarespace.com.
The number one reason I did it was to help my search engine optimisation (SEO) ranking, because Squarespace has integrated blogging features. That means I don't have to use Wordpress - it's all done from the one content management system (CMS).
I did manage to import all my content from my old blog though, which is great - meaning this blog doesn't look totally empty and devoid of content. Google and the other search engines like new content added regularly, so I'm going to try to blog more often in the hope that it will help this site rise up the search engine rankings.
What do I want to rank for? I just want to be up there for terms like South London Photographer, photography and PR photography.
I'm sure it won't be a fast process but it's worth a shot!
L'Oreal Young Scientists Meet The Right Honorable Vince Cable
On Thursday afternoon I spent an hour in the office of Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. He works in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. I was in his office taking photos of a meeting he had with 8 school students of varying ages who had attended an event called Unconference. They were a group of young science students brought together as part of the L'Oreal Young Scientists initiative. At this event they had discussed, at great length, the participation and interest of young people in science in the UK and what they think could be done to improve it.
Their conclusions from Unconference were presented to Dr Cable and a lively group discussion took place. Dr Cable took great interest in their findings and was delighted that there was such enthusiasm for improving the level of interest in science amongst young people.
