Tag:education
On August 22nd I will be sitting down with David Campbell of the The VII Foundation to talk about my work on the climate crisis and China. Click the LINK to register for the talk which will be a conversational event, with questions from the audience. “How should the climate crisis be reported? What issues in Asia are central to coverage of the climate crisis? And what is it like covering the crisis from China? In this event, David Campbell […]
Today, I want to share with you how adding multiple points of interest in your photos can make for much more dynamic and interesting photographs. When people first start taking images, they often focus on just one subject in the frame, but a professional technique to make images much more interesting is to add multiple points of interest within the frame of the photograph. To begin doing this, you need to start by first appreciating the frame of your photograph […]
This week I want to share with you how making images using reflections can make for much more interesting and powerful photographs. Reflections can come in many forms but the primary places to look out for reflections is when you are near windows, mirrors and still water. The reflective properties of these allow you to be very creative with your compositions and will help you make photographs that are much more interesting and intriguing to your viewers. Try getting close […]
I received this question this week via someone in my private WeChat/WhatsApp groups that Patreon members gain access to. It’s a question I have been asked a number of times before, so thought I would share my answers that I gave here with all of you. Taking images for National Geographic is a goal for many and is seen as one of the pinnacles of the profession. When I was starting out, it was a dream for me too. I […]
I am pleased to share the new of the launch of my new PATREON page. This is your chance to directly support my work and become a valued member of my community online. When you join my community, you gain access to my private WhatsApp/WeChat groups for daily communication with me. ‘Amateur’ and ‘Advanced’ members also get personalised portfolio reviews and are invited to my monthly group call on Zoom where we discuss and review your work, and share ideas […]
This week on Youtube and Instagram I introduced the latest photography technique of a ‘Frame in a Frame’. In this post, I go further in-depth into this technique and provide more examples for how you can use it to improve your photographs and make them more impactful. Composition is one of the fundamental principles that we need to think about when we make images. Personally, I obsess over composition. It is the framework to our image. Every image is a […]
In this one minute photography tip, I want to share with you the composition technique of a frame in a frame and how you how it can make your pictures more interesting. This advanced framing technique is based around the idea that you use an object within your picture to frame your main subject matter. The easiest way to do this is to photograph through a door or window, with your main subject inside the natural frame the door or […]
In this one minute photography tip, I want to share with you how capturing a bird in flight can make your photographs more interesting and dynamic. A quick way to make an average scene more interesting, is to try to capture a flying bird somewhere in the frame. It’s a trick that is often used by professional photographers and it can transform a landscape or situation that otherwise might not be very interesting. However if you can can combine a […]
In this one minute photography tip, I want to share with you why the blue hour is one of the best times of day to make interesting pictures. The blue hour is a time of the day that falls just before the sun rises, or just after the sun sets. At this time the sun is still below the horizon but the sky will be lit in various shades of colours, such as blues, pinks and oranges which you can […]
In this photography for beginners video, I discuss the importance of four of the fundamental principles of photography; Light, Colour, Composition and Moments. These four principles will form the foundation for your photography and it’s important that you understand what each of them means so that you can build on these important fundamentals. As well as outlining each of these principles, I give you advice about how you can practice each of them. I give you activities that will help […]