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    Why a photographer should value their work

    A great video was sent to me from a photographer friend that details the reasons why a photographer should value their work and not devalue it. It also talks about negociating a middle ground on contracts and to work with your client, otherwise it can damage your long term business

    12m30s

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    WORKSHOP : 2-day On Location Lighting in London with Bert Stephani

    The Workshop:
    On Monday, we’ll start out by going over the basics of light. We’re going to learn to recognize good light and shape bad light into good light.
    In the afternoon we are going to learn how to MAKE the light with small flashes and mix ambient light with flash.
    Bert will also discuss equipment choices and will squeeze in lots of tricks of the trade. With lots of real life examples and mini-shoots, we’ll make the theoretical part easy to digest.

    On Tuesday, you’ll get the chance to put everything you’ve learned into practice on a location shooting day. You’ll get some fun assignments, that you will work on in small groups under Bert’s guidance.

    You don’t need any experience with flash, tons of expensive gear or a degree in photography to benefit from this workshop. A decent knowledge of the basics like shutter speed / aperture and the motivation to improve your photography, is all you need. If those attending are a bit more advanced with lighting then we’ll quickly progress to advanced techniques over the days.

    To register and for more information, go to this page:
    Bert Stephani UK Workshop September 7+8 2009

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    More food images …..

    More food images …..

    Woke up today with the image in my head …. 25 minutes in the oven and 30 minutes to set up and 30 minutes shooting and this is the result.

     

     Sticky Toffee Pudding and Custard 1Sticky Toffee Pudding and Custard 2

    Bad news is that it’s ‘apparently’ not the best way to start the day….and yes, I had to eat them 🙂
    One was more than enough, I now feel a bit sick 😛 🙁

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    Food Photography

    I decided to do some images of food today…. nothing too serious, but I just wanted to brush up on the basics of lighting reflective and non-reflective surfaces.
    I decided not to try and make these tests look mouth-wateringly tasty, but purely to cover the more technical aspects and have a bit of fun at the same time

    Below are some pictures I took from the session today.
    There would have been more, but I had to go and look at some exhibition space mid-evening which took longer than I expected.

    My objectives today were texture, transparency, reflective and quirky/fun
    Tomorrow is the mouth watering stuff 😀

     

     Fancy a Cuppa?Leaf it out How Do You Like Your Eggs in The Morning 2How Do You Like Your Eggs in The Morning?