Author Archives: Jon Silver

Beauty, prejudice, feelings and photography

Blimey I do go on about beauty a lot. But cut me some slack, I’m a photographer, of course I’m obsessed with beauty. Actually no, scratch that, so many photographers seem obsessed with money and don’t give a damn about beauty and what it might do deep with their creative souls. Anyway, back to me....

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Artistic nudity and the British attitude to all things “naughty”

The British people have a strange attitude to nudity. As part of what I do I offer a “boudoir” style service whereupon a customer can be photographed in sensual depictions of artistic nudity, either in their own home or in a studio setting. I also of course offer photoshoot parties, though these are normally conducted...

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A Photographers Community Worth Joining

Photography forums are all over the internet, and they come and go. They can be great places to compare notes, gather critique of one’s images or an entire body of work, and learn new skills. Photography can be a lonely profession or a lonely hobby, so most photographers could probably benefit from joining a good...

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Makeovers, Confidence, Self-Esteem and the True Nature of Beauty

Women want to feel beautiful. That’s different from being beautiful, looking beautiful or being seen as beautiful. It’s also different from feeling, looking or being seen as “sexy”. Feeling beautiful is something that comes very much from within. Most women don’t feel beautiful most of the time. Men see this a lot. Unfortunately most of...

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Photographic Tuition & Photography Courses, Brighton/Sussex

If you want to brush up your knowledge or skills, I may be able to help. People always reckoned I’d make a good teacher all the time I was growing up, so I started to teach people things quite early on. Nothing I ever do is complete without me doing a lot of thinking about...

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