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More than once I have said that the relation with models is one of the most important things you, as photographer, should look for during a session. You should already know your stuff about lighting, knowing how to change settings on your camera and so on without losing touch with [...]
Few weeks ago Fabiana and I held the first “Shaping Lights” workshop. We decided to keep the number of participants pretty low this time, mainly to test ourselves, to see how we would have been able to cope with questions and with the general teaching part. I planned to have three hours of theoretical course [...]
Working with hotshoe flashes is fun. Lately I am trying to use them as much as I can. There is no difference in using a small strobe instead of a big studio head, apart from power and portability of course. In full daylight a Canon, Nikon or Vivitar will not be powerful enough to overpower [...]
I have always proud of my learning curve. Normally I study (a little), I try, I fail, I try again and I succeed. I learn from my mistakes and I am proud of those I have did in the past, because I will not repeat the same mistake twice. At least generally. In photography I [...]
The other night Fabiana and I decided to go to the cinema with a friend of ours. She asked to watch “Twilight” and we accepted. To be honest I was not expecting anything really good, more a teenager story than anything else, but we went and watched the film. Twilight is a story I would [...]
Where am I going as photographer? it seems to me that my skills are improving, but that I still lack that “bigger vision” to go somewhere, I still miss the photo of myself in few years time. I am still asking myself if there is the possibility of a professional goal in my photography or [...]
“James and Melissa following my directions while posing in front of the camera. London, 10th January 2009“
There are huge differences between doing street photography and working with models. I had to be in the studio more than once to learn them, and I bet that I still have a lot of things to learn.
One of [...]
The London Calling Photographers will get together once more tonight and as always everyone is welcome! The group started few months ago and today we expect twenty people to join us near Liverpool Street. The group has already achieved a Workshop and tonight there will be the official announcement and the proposals for our fist [...]
“James posing in one of the last minutes of the Workshop by the London Calling Photographers. London, 10th January 2009“
Of the many lessons I could have learned during the workshop there is one that is not at all linked to photography or lighting that is hitting me today. It is related about managing more than [...]
Fabiana and I have discussed the role and the quality of a model. Many of them may be seen as big headed persons, but in the end it is the confidence that defines a good model from a difficult one; the moment they step in front of the camera they need to be confident that [...]
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