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The face, the whole face, and nothing but the face !

Continuing on from recent posts relating to portraits here are some additional portraits which are nothing but the face.

Trying to remove any other distractions from the image apart from the subjects features. Some may feel that with out eye contact one of the images does not work, but do you really need eye contact for the

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Candid Portraits... Get them on the Hop

The last post displayed portraits taken in the home using a blank wall to produce a nice clean white background, however I do like to catch people enjoying themselves whilst at events or just during everyday life.

Here is a selection of images from various events ranging from Weddings, Parties to Festivals/Events. I enjoy waiting for a

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Portrait Photography a Definition !

Portrait photography is a popular commercial industry all over the world. Many people enjoy having professionally made family portraits to hang in their homes, or special portraits to commemorate certain events, such as graduations or weddings.

Since the dawn of photography, people have made portraits. The popularity of the daguerreotype in the middle of the 19th century was due

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Practice Makes Perfect.... One Would Hope!

Trying to keep up with Technology today is like trying to keep up with an Intercity 125 whilst dragging a pallet of bricks.

But one thing that everyone try’s to keep up with is new ideas and processes that help us to produce images. I am constantly reading every bit of material I can lay my hands

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The Two Face's of Photography.

When everything is just working as it should and what you saw in your minds eye is coming to life on the back of the camera that is the happy side of Photography. All the little issues just disappear as if they never existed……

But then we have a day when

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"Where Do You Shoot From…….."

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When I am out and about trying to find scenes and things to capture my imagination I come across countless people who I call “SSSB” shooters. The little ditty stands for See Stop Shoot Brigade….. I wonder how many of the images they take still reside in a digital dungeon never to be seen printed out

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