Composition and Purpose

Rules have never been one of my favourite subjects, unless of course it’s the criticising of them. Maybe it’s my rebellious nature, maybe it’s just that adhering to them has always struck me as a lazy or mindless way out. Either way, there are many times that things like the rule of thirds have no [...]

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Zen And The Art of Seeing

Yeah I know it’s a cliché, but I can’t say ‘the art of’ without thinking it so you might as well suffer reading it! Monday afternoon this week was spent in the company of my dearest friend and mentor Minja, walking through the streets of Zemun, stopping occasionally to rehydrate, smoking far to many cigarettes, [...]

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Capturing The Moment

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 [...]

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Variations On A Theme

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 [...]

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010