How ‘mini-seeing’ projects can help your photography.
I was out with one of my dawn workshops a few weeks back teaching and chatting and demonstrating and I found myself alone for a moment; everyone had found something to shoot, so there I was with just...
View ArticleTutorial in the Art of Seeing – The Mini Project
One of the things I mention on my workshops to help photographers in how they see the world and bring efficiency to their work is my Mini-Project idea. This is an exercise in tuning your attention to...
View ArticleComposition tips: Love them lines
One of my favourite ways to compose is with the leading lines technique. This may be because the world is just chock full of lines and so it just can’t be helped – but I like to think it’s because it...
View ArticleHow to Plan a Photo Project
The morning after I sent out a blog post earlier this month about reviewing your work I woke up in a cold sweat. Something was deeply, deeply wrong…. I crept downstairs and turned on my computer. In a...
View ArticleTwo essential things you need to be a great photographer
This week a short post to say that Diana and I have got something super incredible to give you (and it’s totally free….gratis, nada pesos). We’ve been working on this for the past six months. I’m now...
View ArticleHow to Photograph London: Juxtaposition
I came to London in 2000 from Los Angeles. I followed a girl and a book deal, two excellent reasons to move continents, and I’ve lived here ever since. London is such a crazy, huge, messy city, and...
View ArticleFour ideas for inspiration
Joshua Tree Desert, California 1993 © Anthony Epes This week I’m exploring that really cool concept of ‘indirect inspiration’ that I quoted in my post about Ernst Haas. To be honest, it’s not...
View ArticleComposition tips: Love them lines
I wrote a short post last year about ‘leading lines’ but I wanted to come back to it and go more in depth as I use it all of the time in my photos – it’s one of my favourite compositional techniques....
View ArticleA challenge (with ideas)
The Thames at Richmond © Anthony Epes “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” Mortimer J. Adler In my little house in the far west of London, life is very quiet. My area...
View ArticleReflections
Time for Reflections Here in London the rains have come and autumn has truly pushed summer away. It’s my son’s favourite time of year, increasingly cold and dark days, time to be cosy at home. I must...
View ArticleHow to photograph dawn in London
On Waterloo Bridge, looking west “London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever...
View Article6 things Henri Cartier-Bresson can teach you about photography
© Henri Cartier-Bresson “To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life. ” Henri Cartier-Bresson I hope you are all doing well and you are doing some great...
View ArticleUsing natural framing in your compositons
Partial framing with two different elements I love the composition technique of natural framing, and although it doesn’t crop up that much in my images, when it is the right technique for the shot I...
View ArticlePhotographing Colour
Unsurprisingly my mind snaps awake very early. This morning I think it was about 5am. I slipped out of bed and sat by the window that faces my garden drinking dark, strong coffee. Outside in our garden...
View ArticleFree online photo feedback session with me this Sunday
Good day to you all, I hope life is good for you and you are doing some cool things with your photography. I’m doing well, enjoying this good summer in London and getting ready for a working trip to...
View ArticleHow to Photograph London: Juxtaposition
I came to London in 2000 from Los Angeles. I followed a girl and a book deal, two excellent reasons to move continents, and I’ve lived here ever since. London is such a crazy, huge, messy city, and...
View ArticleFour ideas for inspiration
Joshua Tree Desert, California 1993 © Anthony Epes This week I’m exploring that really cool concept of ‘indirect inspiration’ that I quoted in my post about Ernst Haas. To be honest, it’s not...
View ArticleComposition tips: Love them lines
I wrote a short post last year about ‘leading lines’ but I wanted to come back to it and go more in depth as I use it all of the time in my photos – it’s one of my favourite compositional techniques....
View ArticleA challenge (with ideas)
The Thames at Richmond © Anthony Epes “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” Mortimer J. Adler In my little house in the far west of London, life is very quiet. My area...
View ArticleReflections
Time for Reflections Here in London the rains have come and autumn has truly pushed summer away. It’s my son’s favourite time of year, increasingly cold and dark days, time to be cosy at home. I must...
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