Wedding photography tips: how to shoot wedding groups

Group wedding portraits can be challenging, but they don’t have to be restrictive to your creativity. Here, top wedding photographer Brett Harkness shares his tips….more here

Photojournalism links

This is a very interesting site full of articles and references concerning photojournalism, if you have an interest in this area of photography you will certainly find things here that interest you.  Photojournalismlinks

How to Shoot a Book Cover in 15 Minutes

Have you been offered a great assignment but been given a near impossible deadline? Read this interesting account of just such a commission by Jordan Matter

The article begins with “Photographer Jordan Matter had just such a dilemma recently when he was asked, at the very last minute, to shoot the cover photo for a new novel being published by Penguin entitled “The Grief of Others” by Leah Hager Cohen..…..more

What camera gear to take when going on holiday

It is more of a problem than anything else, what kit do I take when going on holiday or even just a weekend away. I can imagine living without almost everything else but not having the lens I really need is a big dilemma. I almost never get it right, this useful article by Dave Kennard approaches the conundrum,

“When you’re packing photography equipment for a holiday, it’s hard to decide what to take. You want to take enough to get good photos, but not so much that it weighs you down or takes up too much space in your luggage. If you’re going on a holiday with a specific photographic intent in mind, such as safari, then its relatively easy to decide what lenses to take. But if you’re going on a standard holiday to the city or country, where you’ll likely come across a multitude of different photographic situations, it can be hard to decide which lenses to take, and which to leave at home. This article covers a few different options you may want to consider.”.…more

There is more advice here jclarkson photography

and here discoverdigitalphotography

My main advice is whatever you take get a rucksack bag and have a day bag in which you can put a dslr body and street zoom lens

We discuss equipment on our Travel Photography course starting 9th June

Processing Perfection – a picture essay about making wine

This is a very nice essay on the production of wine by Kevin Cruff on the Photography Served site

Snapshot decisions: Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s Polaroids

This very interesting article in The Guardian by the excellent writer on photography, Sean O’Hagen is an introduction to the work and exhibition of Philip-Lorca diCorcia

A new exhibition at Spruth Mager’s gallery in London is an entree to PLC’s work.

This is the beginning of the press release for the exhibition

“Sprüth Magers London is delighted to present ‘Roid’ by American artist Philip-Lorca diCorcia. In his first show at the London gallery diCorcia reveals a series of over 100 never-before-seen Polaroids. Displayed along a rail that traces the contours of the gallery walls, the Polaroids span the 30-year career of one of the most influential photographers of his generation. “.…..more

DiCorcia used hidden lighting to snap unwitting New Yorkers. Photograph: Untitled, n.d., Polaroid, courtesy of the artist, Sprüth Magers Berlin London and David Zwirner

This is the start of the article by Sean O’Hagen “I have always considered Philip-Lorca diCorcia one of the great postmodernists of contemporary photography. Having received an MA in Fine Arts Photography at Yale in 1979, his reputation rests to a great degree on his moody and meticulous restaging of scenes from everyday life. Initially, he photographed close friends and family members in low-key, intimate situations that often look both real and strangely heightened, like stills from one of Gus Van Sant’s dreamier films.”..….more

NATURA SERIES Photographs by Carlos Plaza

• “Natura” is a series of images I have created in the past five years, using natural objects I find anywhere, anytime. It could be some banana leaves I found doing yard work, or a broken sea shell during my morning run on the beach, or a sunflower from an arrangement that dried out in the Florida heat.

  Whatever it is, I pick it up and make an image of it. I love Nature, and for the past 20 years have tried to stay in touch and close contact with her. These images are my tribute to the Mother of all Mothers…!

  “I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.” – Pablo Picasso

more of Plaza’a pictures here

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Best Camera Review Site

If you are thinking about buying a new camera I would encourage you to visit dp review, I think it is the best camera review site on the web

        

Learn Lightroom in a week parts 6 and 7

Learn Lightroom in a Week – Day 6: Printing, Slideshows and Web Galleries

Learn Lightroom in a Week – Day 7: Export and Publishing

The last 2 parts of the fantastic learn Lightroom in a week (7 parts, search the blog for the others if you haven’t seen them) from Photo Tuts

12 Unmissable Tutorials on High Key Photography

High key photography is a technique that can produce some stunning images, but it may not be self evident to many people how to get similar results. The trouble is, where do you start? If you are interested in creating beautiful high key shots, here are 12 unmissable tutorials to get you started and a few shots for inspiration. Brought to you by Lightstalking here

Jos van Zetten