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Tales, techniques, tricks and tantrums from one of the UK’s top portrait photographers. Never just about photography but always about things that excite - or annoy - me as a full-time professional photographer, from histograms to history, from apertures to apathy, or motivation to megapixels. Essentially, anything and everything about the art, creativity and business of portrait photography. With some off-the-wall interviews thrown in for good measure!
Episodes
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
18 min
Someone asked me about developing your own distinctive portrait photography style: if I'm honest, I was never certain I had one but, well, I guess I probably have these days. These are just a few musings on the steps to developing your own style, selecting images for marketing and why it's often best to plough your own furrow (to use an old idiom!)
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
22 min
Your photography production workflow is supremely important, though it is often an overlooked component. Thinking it through, however, will bring benefits in the long run. Being kind to yourself is even harder - I talk about why I recommend it!
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
21 min
In this podcast, we muse a little on whether qualifications from the big photographic associations have any relevance in the current marketplace. Enjoy!
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
21 min
Still answering questions here at Mastering Portrait Photography - mostly about business factors and what it takes to make a successful photography business.
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
28 min
In this Mastering Portrait Photography podcast, I chat through a series of questions we were sent by a student in Maryland, USA (there are quite a few so it is split over two podcasts!) Hopefully she will find the answers illuminating!
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
12 min
Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast 007.
In this podcast, we discuss the merits of talking a lot. Oh, the irony.
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
14 min
This podcast talks about plagiarism - but of the right kind - and why it's a useful skill to think like a photography judge!
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
19 min
In this episode, I explain why truth is so important to me and what it was like to co-author the book Mastering Portrait Photography with Sarah Plater. Enjoy!
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
12 min
It's been one of those days when being a Profession Portrait Photography is both brilliant and frustrating: that list of things to do just seems to be running away with me!
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
10 min
This podcast concerns just one image: Bruno. Simple is always best (in my opinion at least) and this image epitomises that approach: simple light, simple pose, simple finish, simply gorgeous. A good day in the studio!
During the podcast I mention that is was originally intended to be used as part of a composite of the two brothers together - here is that composite: