One thing I love to shoot is portraits, they can tell you so much not just about the actual people in the image but also about the surrounding community. Location portraiture doesn´t have to include involve big fancy flash units, and umbrellas, although I often add a spot of flash to fill the shadows in the subjects face. I normally like to light the image with natural light as much as possible as with this photo below. The beauty of location
Read more... →Anyone who´s taken photos in Asia would have probably come across the peculiar posses that many subjects seem to adopt as soon as you lift your camera. In China and Burma its the ´2 finger peace sign and cheesy grin´ pose, where as in India its the ´ridged, stare directly at the camera and look as serious as possible´ pose. As a photographer I have to overcome this, to get the subject to relax and feel comfortable to produce more natural looking
Read more... →So here´s the last in my series of images of street photography from India, if you missed any previous posts check them all out here. I´ve now realised that writing a blog post everyday takes a lot of pre planning not to mention a stack of quality images, so I now have a new found respect for those who manage this every week of the year. In India its common to see older generations working physically demanding jobs, jobs that
Read more... →It´s already day 4 of my streets of India series & I thought I´d share few of the portraits I shot during my time in Northern India. Human faces tell us so much, they show the life lived by an individual, a glimpse into the story of their lives. So much can be learnt from a persons face. Whilst I don´t consider myself a portrait photographer (that cungures up mental images of big flashes, huge reflector boards and lots of
Read more... →At the moment India, Delhi in particular, is reminiscent in many ways to a building site. As the capital prepares for this years commonwealth games other parts of the country are investing new found wealth in property. Millions of dollars are being spent on upgrading transport links and building new hotels and restaurants. Using methods and techniques that may seem strange to many in more develpoed nations India is slowly building a country that hopes to be the next super
Read more... →Indian tea is so much more than a drink, it has a history packed with stories of royalty and herbal medicine, wherever you are in India you can’t fail to notice the huge quantity of tea sellers & drinkers in the streets, bus stations, train stations, shops & offices there is no escaping the beautiful drink known as chai. Sweeter than most fizzy drinks and served hotter than you´d think possible, in everything from paper cups to disposable clay pots & containing
Read more... →Well I’m now back in the UK & am pleasantly surprised by the amount of sun, here in England. My Asia trip has come to an end but I’m already planning the next trip (to keep in touch with my future plans as well as see some behind the scenes pics you can become my friend over on Facebook click here). One reason photographers love Asia & India in particular is the the street life. The way everything occurs right
Read more... →Enjoying the bigger images? I know I am. Now on a totally different theme. Bangladesh is a hard and difficulty place – no question about it. The lives the people here lead with the constant threat of floods and the real lack of sanitation, but underneath all the worries and stress that living in the most crowded, polluted place on the planet,despite all this there is genuine happiness and real smiles, they’re not always obvious and need a bit of
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