Category: personality goes a long way

Please indulge me whilst I make a long drawn out comparison between mountain navigation, and keeping your career on track. When navigating in mountains, if you have lots

I often sound like a complete idiot when I’m shooting portraits.  With the camera pressed to my face there’s a steady stream of nonsense dribbling out of my

The second part of my podcast interview with Verginiya Yancheva has just gone live, and you can find it here.  We talk about good habits and consistency in

2016 was a funny year for work, mainly because I ignored my gut instinct on several occasions. My instinct for when a job is likely to be troublesome,

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

Very little practical advice to be had in this post I’m afraid, but I’m sure it will be quite amusing all the same.  The other week whilst clearing

A few weeks ago I spent an afternoon down in Leatherhead at the headquarters of Callaway Golf to photograph some competition winners from Golf Monthly. The prize they’d

‘Tis the season, again, as yet another clutch of expectant, optimistic and hopefully talented young graduates thrust themselves into the wide world of employment. The graduation shows are

I sit writing this piece just after having completed 10 years in business, first as an assistant, who also shot some stuff, and for the last 7 ½

I’ve been meaning to do this for ages, but was prompted by some recent questions at talks I’ve given, plus a post on the Pro/Semi-pro forum on Flickr.