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Tag Archives: Photography
What makes good portfolio photos?
Models often ask this question. Good portfolio images should show what you’re all about. They should show all your best features, your versatility, your breadth of styles and above all something of your personality. Whilst not hiding anything, de-emphasising negatives through lighting or angle is fine, but they shouldn’t be digitally altered to make legs...
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....
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...
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 them...
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...
What Kind of Photographer?
This is what I am most commonly asked when I say I’m a photographer. “What do you do?” they ask. “I’m a photographer” I reply. “What kind of photographer?” is then the usual next place for the conversation to go.
The trouble is, I have no idea. Well, I’m a male photographer. A human photographer. A...
Brighton Pride 2007 Photo Gallery
Brighton Pride 2007 was a fabulous event for both the gay and straight people of Brighton. For once the sun was shining, and apart from some strange people protesting about something or other, it was all as friendly and exuberant as usual. Southdown Studio had two photographers there covering the event – see the photos...
