Adam Barker: Magic Hour Shooting – Part I

August 23, 2011 by  
Filed under Photography Basics, Stretch Yourself

“Magic Hour”—sounds like the next great soon-to-be-has-been tween punk band. Buuut, it’s actually much more than that. The magic hour is your most valuable cohort in creating imagery that earns keeper status, and stays out of the trash bin. Interestingly enough, this elusive “magic hour” can be more like a magic minute at times, or [...]

Michael Freeman: You’ve Got the Light, Now Where’s the Subject?

March 29, 2011 by  
Filed under Lighting, Photography Basics

I think we’ve all had the experience. Suddenly there’s wonderful light. It’s different, it’s exciting, and it probably isn’t going to last very long. You even have the camera all ready at hand, battery charged, so no excuses. The only thing is, we know the light is going to make a fantastic picture somewhere, but [...]

Teymur Madjderey – Street Photography in South Africa

June 29, 2010 by  
Filed under Experience

We were a group of four photographers having the joy of staying mainly in Durban while our short one week trip and we quickly decided to go out and shoot as much as we can and especially a lot of people.