Over a decade of shoots It’s over 10 years since we first did a personal brand shoot for John Thompson, from Metropolis. Back then it wasn’t called a “personal brand” of course, it didn’t really have a name – I just called it something vague, like a Profile Shoot. That first shoot was in the
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Blog, Business, CASE STUDY, Commercial, People, PhotographyIs Miserable Telly Dragging You Down? The relentless negativity of broadcast media I don’t know if you’ve found this, but in the last few years, broadcast TV is filled with relentless negativity, pessimism, doom and gloom and general misery. Take channels like the BBC. I’ve long been a massive fan and advocate of theirs, watching
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Blog, Business, Discussion, Musings, Tips, TrainingThe Old Estate House Here is one of our work interior photography jobs for estate agents. This particular home is at Bretton, basically near the West Yorkshire Sculpture Park just off the M1 near Wakefield. It was the office for the Bretton Estate where you went to pay your rent and all the documents are
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Architecture, Blog, Business, CASE STUDY, PhotographyA New Website We first photographed, Isaac’s around six years ago, when they were getting their brand new website built. In 2022 we returned to see the team again, for you’ve guessed it, images for a new website! We discussed different looks for their team’s photography. The last time we shot the team members at
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Why I Use Manual Mode with Auto ISO for Event Photography Direct answer: Manual mode with Auto ISO is a practical way to photograph events in mixed light when you cannot use flash. You keep control of shutter speed and aperture, so motion blur and depth of field stay consistent, while the camera adjusts ISO
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Blog, Business, Commercial, Photography, Tips, TrainingCan you Photoshop me???? How Much £££ !!!!????? That’s our most commonly asked question and it’s only natural because everybody wants to look the very best and a little bit of tweaking goes a long way. But doing high-end retouching can take a long time, and end up costing an “absolute fortune”, which is something
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Business, Commercial, Lightroom, Luminar AI, PeopleCQR Factory Photoshoot Case Study This project was commissioned to make new marketing images for CQR, a company making certified security, alarm and network cables, on the Wirral peninsula. Here is the blog as a video, if you prefer watching to reading August 2021 – Blue skies! On a beautiful summers day, I met up
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Anybody who photographs “normal people” will hear this question – every single shoot! It’s our “question everyone asks”. People want to look their best and they put their trust in you, also a great Icebreaker. The answer is “Yes of course”, we always do “something” to the photograph, just how far and how long we
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How do you get started in this industry? I’m sure you’ve seen some of the amazing photos gracing magazine covers and advertisements. You might even have a few friends who’ve modelled for various modelling sites and agencies. But what do you really need to know about getting started? Before diving into the world of modeling,
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An Accidental Find So I was looking for a way to host and view 360-degree photos taken with my DJI mini 2 drone found this virtual tours software which allows you to upload many 360-degree photographs and then navigate around from photo to photo. How it’s done The way I created this was to let
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