Category Archives: Technique

Where there’s a will, there’s Photoshop

Last week I posted the ‘Run for Alfie’ picture here on the blog along with an overview as to what the picture was for and why it simply had to be done. Now, if you’ve read the story of little Alfie you’ll understand why it was so important to me that we created something that...

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Photoshoot and Technique: Male Physique + Posing Tips

One of last weeks photoshoots saw me back working with model Danny Bartlett adding more images to his portfolio. Working with my good friend Neal, this time we found ourselves shooting in a gym as opposed to the studio and concentrating more on capturing Danny’s physique: Lighting Technique: For the first series of shots I used...

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It’s time for Photoshop (nearly) Friday

With a post ready to go online tomorrow I realised I’d not put together a ‘Photoshop Friday’ Technique, but never fear my Buddy A.J. Wood yet again has pulled out a little gem that if you haven’t seen already, you’re gonna love. The technique A.J. goes through in this tutorial makes use of the Background...

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One camera, one light and 2 minutes of editing…

It doesn’t get much easier than this; one camera, one light and no more than 2 minutes of editing… Step 1: Expose for the sky (Set the scene) You have to start somewhere so: Camera in Manual, iso 100, Shutter Speed set to 1/250th second and an initial Aperture of f/5.6. The result of these...

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Photo Pro Magazine: September 2010

Back in April of this year I was contacted by Photo Pro Magazine and asked if I would write a short article about a photograph I had taken (over 2 years previously) and that David Hobby of Strobist fame had seen posted on Flickr. Nearly 5 months later the article is finally in print in...

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