From the trenches

From my perspective as a photography teacher, I see how aspirational professionals view photography, and I’m a part of how it’s taught. It’s a massively changing industry at the moment which makes it a moving target as far as teaching is concerned, but it keeps us on our toes.

At the end of the educational [...]

The Wind and the Sun

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Image courtesy http://www.flickr.com/photos/katmary/

I came across this little story watching one of the best episodes of Mad Men I’ve ever seen (Series 4, Episode 8). It impressed me so much I’ve transcribed it, and printed it out and stuck it to my fridge. Now a blog could be seen in some ways as a [...]

Zack Arias @ Creative Live

What are YOU doing this weekend?

If you like getting up at 3am, this is what I’d recommend….

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The acceleration of almost everything

I remember a book of the same name. I never read it, as I was too busy… (boom boom)

But I’m feeling the sentiment of late. There never seems to be enough time. Everything has to be done in a hurry. Or in my case, there is not enough [...]

influence

Here is a recent shot I took for a theatre company for an upcoming play by David Williamson, called Influence.

It was a pretty decent play.

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Pre-visualisation and pre-production

With many types of photography (studio and art photography particularly come to mind) the value of pre-visualisation and pre-production is enormous. Many photographers starting out don’t spend enough time on the preparation side of a shoot, and it’s often in that prep work that the value of a photograph is decided.

Too many times [...]

what is important?

I saw this photo on the web tonight (click for a larger version), and it arrested my thoughts immediately. I have had a really shitty day, but when I looked at this image of the Sombrero Galaxy, 28 million light years away (1 light year is roughly 10 trillion kilometres and we are talking [...]

DSLR Wireless Monitor

This DSLR wireless monitor takes the video or still photo feed from any DSLR camera or video camera and sends it wirelessly to a seven inch or 10″ portable, battery powered monitor.  Pretty cool really. Read about it at www.robertbenson.com/blog

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The role of ambiguity in visual communication

If I give this photo the title "Marriage" is suggests a story

I’ve been interested in all forms of communication for as long as I remember. From songs, stories, poems, books, movies, photographs and other visual arts, I was always engaging in art and story. But not all forms of communication [...]