Yes, I know it should be simple, but there’s something about taking photos of people that seems to fill every photographer with dread. Personally the only time I can recall it ever feeling easy was the day I got my first camera. That day, I went out with such complete wild abandon and was so [...]

Regular visitors to this site will already be familiar with the name David duChemin and the inspirational work he does with both the lens and the pen. Anyone else, where have you been hiding and is your name Osama!?!? You see, apart from being a great inspiration and thoroughly nice chap, David duChemin, when he’s [...]

There is a danger inherent in looking back at the work of those that have gone before us that I think can often be as much of a hindrance to progress as it can be an inspiration. We are photographers, and so, we naturally tend to look at images as photographers. That would be great [...]

After speaking a little the other day on post-production and choosing the best method for what you want to convey rather than sticking slavishly to one set routine, I wanted to expand that topic a little further with these variations. One of the things that I enjoy about writing this blog is that it gives [...]