Technology Explained, Practice
Daniela Bowker
Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! ...

When you hear the term 'high-res' thrown about with such abandon when it comes to images for web use, have you ever stopped to think just how big or how high quality and image meant for the web needs to be?

Resolution and pixels and image quality! Oh my! Saving images for the web
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring

There's an assumption that high-contrast images are more dynamic, more compelling, more inviting. Have a go at some low-contrast photography. You might surprise yourself with the results.

Low-contrast photographs don't have to be boring
Feature Articles, Theory
Daniela Bowker
Seeking balance in your photos

Balance doesn't mean symmetry; it means an internal consistency and tension within your photos. And it's a vital element of composition. 

Seeking balance in your photos
Feature Articles, Photography Theory
Haje Jan Kamps
Training your photographic luck

Great photos might be down to a little bit of luck, but most of that 'luck' you make yourself. Don't believe us? Read on...

Training your photographic luck
Feature Articles, Practice
Daniela Bowker
The ups and downs and ins and outs of ...

Photographing buildings doesn't have to mean wide-angle lenses and fretting about correcting for the keystone effect. Any lens, and angle. Don't believe us? Let us show you!

The ups and downs and ins and outs of photographing buildings

freddy mercury

The best thing about Movember...


Movember 2008

I participated in Movember again this year, which turned out to be a tricky one; they don't seem to have heard of Movember here in Argentina, which is awkward, because my deliriously ironic moustache really, really shouldn't be taken too seriously. When I'm wearing top-lip-fluff, I look more like a child molester than most, which clearly explains why I haven't been able to make that many new friends here in Buenos Aires.

Having said that, it's good for one thing; Photography! There's something rather refreshing about scarcely recognising your own face, which means that it's a lot easier to be inspired to partake in some photographic experiments...

So have a leaf through the gallery above. Feel free to laugh at me all you like, but if you as much as titter, you have to click on this link to learn a little bit more about Prostate cancer. Because, well, that's the whole point of walking around like Freddy Mercury's bastard son for a month...