Tag: professional

Us photographers can be quite a solitary bunch, and we often don’t seek out critique of our work, or ask for feedback.  So, I’m going to expand on

This is a really tough subject to talk about, and definitely something I’ve struggled with over the years – how to take criticism, and how to avoid honest

I was interviewed a couple of weeks ago for a podcast by Verginiya Yancheva of Jute and Neverland magazine.  We met up at the photography show after I’d

Almost a year ago I did a shoot for FS Magazine at the Foundry just down the road in Vauxhall, South East London.  Having shot lots of fitness

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,

Pro Bono Work OK, let’s get the U2 gag out the way first – Pro Bono doesn’t mean working for Bono, or being in favour of him, or

Working for Free – “Exposure” If you’ve never seen anything by the Oatmeal, then I highly recommend spending a couple of hours going through his work, and better

Ah, the old controversy of working for free. A guaranteed way to get any self-employed person’s blood flowing. I’ve read several posts and articles about this topic recently,

Long time readers of the blog will be familiar with my habit of creating a “Blackbox”.  Here’s the original post, here’s 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and here’s 2016:

You may or may not be aware, but a great deal of the “Content” you see nowadays is generated on media days. Much of the time, when you