I was lucky enough to attend the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP) Trade Show and Convention this month at the Novotel, Hammersmith London this month and had a great time. I saw lots of great new products for the social photographer, escpecially the new Nikon D300.
Also met loads of like minded photographers and swapped some hints and tips. Now looking forward to using some of the new products and ideas in 2008.
Never work with animals or children the saying goes. Well, I’ve got lots of experience trying to photograph children, but not so much of the four legged variety, so an opportunity to photograph a much loved pet recently was gratefully received. It was an experience, but I managed to get some pleasing results.
I have just taken delivery of a pair of Bowens (http://www.bowens.co.uk/) Esprit 500DX studio lights (monoblocs) for my event photography work (http://www.event-pics.co.uk/). We have been renting 2 pairs of lights for every event, which whilst not too expensive for each event, over time the costs soon mount up as we have got busier and busier. It made much more sense for us to invest in lighting now, and we went for the Bowens without any hesitation and purchased 2 pairs.
A recent shoot in a client’s conservatory at their home shows just how good natural light is and what a perfect studio a glass building can be.
I’ve spent some time this Christmas looking at other photographers examples of work on the net. There is an enormous amount of outstanding images out there to inspire.
One blog in particular I was greatly impressed with which I first saw referenced in the forums of www.dpreview.com is that of Brooks Ayola at blog.ayola.com/index.html Take a look for some excellent examples of portraiture.
More examples of photoblogs can be found at www.photoblogs.org/
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