Author: Photosmudger

  I’ve just started using shoulder rigs to mount my DSLR’s when shooting video, and have found, predictably, that there are lots of big advantages, and a few

After a bit of an absence, I’m teaching a couple of courses at the Nikon School again.  Both of them are on location portraiture, the first with the

Working in the field of commercial creativity, it can sometimes be very frustrating having to meet a client’s demands.  There’s often a huge temptation to think that if

It’s that time of year again, when I gather up my “BlackBox” and total everything up.  As I’ve mentioned in my recent series of posts (here, here, here

OK, geek time! This is perhaps a very y-chromosome thing to get excited about, but this year I’ve really benefitted from using checklists in several areas.  At least

I’ve talked briefly about copyright and licensing in the past, and have even promised a more in depth post about it (and where exactly is that post Tom?)

It’s taken me 38 years, but I think I’ve finally learnt the importance of breaking down big, ambitious goals and ideas into manageable chunks.  I’ve read several books

I want to end the year with a short series of posts detailing the main lessons I’ve learnt in 2015.  It’s been quite an interesting year really –

It’s not often I’ll just come out and unfailingly praise some camera kit or other, but for several years now I’ve been loving my Black Rapid’s.  Carrying a

I’d like to ramble today about a subject that I’ve had a lot of experience of, and which can sometimes cause HUGE headaches for us photographers.  I’m talking