Evidence of Research

Throughout this project I have done a lot of research into different areas of photography to ensure that my final submission will be of a high standard. I am creating this post towards the end to show what resources I have found helpful. Books & Magazines I read a couple of photography books to help me get […]

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Softbox Workshop

I recently attended a workshop taken by Rob Luckins. Rob talked about using photography for print, showed examples of his work, and also gave a demo on how to use a flashgun and soft box for lighting. This workshop was very helpful as good practical advice was given in regards to photography lighting and manual camera […]

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Self Marketing: Samuel Ashley

While looking back through one of the Kingpin skateboarding magazines that I collected some time ago, I found some brilliant work by photographer Sam Ashley. I decided to study his work and look at how he goes about promoting himself as a photographer. I visited Sam’s website to see how he presents his work. His site is very simple […]

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A Helpful Read

Almost a year ago I bought a book online by Henry Carroll. It’s called Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs and has been a big help to me. I have been able to develop skills on both artistic and technical levels through reading this book because the author covers everything you need to know about taking photos, while saying it […]

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Test Photos

I took some photos yesterday as practice for this project. I know that I want to take some urban portraiture photos so I ceased the opportunity to get some practice shots while meeting a friend who came home from university for the weekend. Here are a couple of the photographs that I edited in VSCO Cam and […]

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Portfolio Initial Idea

I’ve been thinking ahead about how I may submit my final photographs at the end of this photography project. I have wanted to create and publish a magazine for quite a long time now so have decided that I will most likely use this unit to give this a go. I recently picked up a copy […]

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