Every now and then you meet someone in your life who changes the way you see and think about things. About 18 months ago I met someone who fits nicely into that category, Richard Pilnick. At first he appeared a bit of an odd ball with his ginger beard and mop of a hair do, but I soon realised there was more to this guy. Now I thought I was carrying a fair amount of kit with me, but Richard was
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In preparation for the upcoming Wonders of Spain photo tour I have been visiting several of the locations that we will follow. After Madrid the nest stop is the ancient town of Toledo. A visit to Toledo feels like you’ve stepped back in time to when Christianity, Judaism and Islam lived side by side without any of the religious hatred that is so common in the modern world. The medieval city will inspire you with its incredible cathedral, beautifully preserved synagogues and mosques. Toledo is one
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In preparation for the upcoming Wonders of Spain photo tour I have recently been visiting all of the cities that will make up the tour. The first city on the tour is Madrid, a city I´ve visited countless times but I´ve never really shot much here, so I´ve been checking out suitable locations to visit. Unfortunately my first few days here were extremely foggy, I normally like a bit of fog to add some mood to my images, but it works best in the countryside and
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Some blog posts come out of a desire to help others, others from a desire to learn. This one simply comes from me stumbling across some old images I forgot I had, reprocessing them and wanting to share. So if you´ve come here to learn about the hyper-focal distance or how many fps the the new Canon 6D shoots, then this post isn´t for you, move along – nothing to see*. These images were shot in 2010 in Rishikesh, India. Now Rishikesh
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Its time for the October 2012 wallpaper, but before we get to that. Anyone who follows me on Facebook or Twitter may well have come across the news that I am to be leading one of the London legs of the Worldwide Photo Walk This event is organised by Scott Kelby and his team. The idea behind it is simple on 13th October 2012 in every major town and city across the globe thousands of photographers of all levels (there
Read more... →Regular visitors to my blog will rember a couple of months ago I wrote a post title 56 Hours on a train where I shared a collection of some of the images I shot on my phone while travelling from one side of India to the other. I thought it interesting to do a similar thing on a train journey I had the other day up to London, this was only a 90 minute journey compared to the 3360 minutes of
Read more... →Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. This is where I grew up. This is where I was born and I lived here until my first trip to Asia at the age of 21. Since then I´ve visited many times but never stayed for more than a week or so at a time and strangely enough never really spent much time shooting here despite the fact I know the area so well. I guess I´ve been caught up with travel and visiting exotic places rather
Read more... →Now many of you will have seen images like the one above of the local fisherman who are known for their distinctive, and some what ingenious, rowing style. By standing on one leg and wrapping the other one around the oar they are able to propel the boat. This unique style came about as it gives the fisherman a greater view of his route and is able to better navigate through the thick reeds and floating plants that fill the lake.
Read more... →It comes as no surprise, to me at least, that the people we meet on our travels are the highlight of any trip. Yet why is it that we still come away with without an engaging portraits of them? So what´s the secret? Well the problem is that people, myself included, are often uncomfortable approaching someone and creating a repport and, fearing a negative reaction, either just walk away or worse try to sneak a portrait without asking. Stealing a
Read more... →I start this blog post with a small correction in yesterdays blog post where it was stated that I am now 25 years old. This was obviously an error and I can only assume a typo, it should in fact have stated that I am a few years older than that. Very sorry. As this post goes live I’m not actually online I’m somewhere in Mumbai just a few hours away from the final leg of my trip, a flight
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