Photo Journal

  • Fredau

    Today was an exploration of colour with Fredau.  Natural light and my trusty 50mm 1.4 all afternoon.   More images to follow…   Fredau  

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  • Playing with Panels

    The last panel I put together was for my LIPF in 2009.  When I’m taking/making an image I seldom think about whether or not it would work well in a future distinction panel or competition panel.  My ‘L’  was a mix from assorted work to date with no specific intent on actually creating a panel. 

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  • An afternoon with Elle Beth

    Two weeks ago today I had the pleasure of shooting Elle Beth for the first (and I hope not last) time. The preparation for this shoot was frantic to say the least for the previous few weeks.  The reason was, I wanted to re-establish my ‘home studio’ in my 21’x42′ shed which since my last

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  • Location Art Nudes

    I’ve been struggling for some time now trying to develop some ‘style’ in my photography.  I like landscapes, seascape, models, fashion, studio, surreal and fantasy work.  I’m keen to improve on all fronts  but this does not seem to be giving me a particular look and feel to my work.  So what to do… Last

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  • Emotion

    I picked up an inspiring book recently by Calvin Hollywood called Calvinize.  The book is mostly pictures, each chapter covering a different style and a short one page description what Calvin is trying to achieve in each section. The book comes with a DVD of short videos explaining many of Calvins Photoshop techniques which I

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