It has to be said that being a photographer is not easy, and there are a few things we wouldn’t care to admit to either our clients, our friends, or even to ourselves. Some of what’s in this post may surprise you, and you may not agree with all of it, but I have carefully explained my reasons for each.

As of today, I am now focusing full time on ExpertPhotography. In the past I have worked four days a week for another website, while fitting in photography jobs, and working on this website on a monday and in the evenings. That’s right, everything that you have read on this website has been written in my spare time. All of that is now changing, and I will be focusing, full time, on this website.

If Ansel Adams was still alive, he would have turned 110 today. To commemorate the life of an amazing photographer, I’d like to share my top 10 Ansel Adams quotes. Usually I would say that I thought about each quote, and how you can learn something from it, but I thought today that I would try something different, and see what you think about them.

Quincy Jones is being sued by a photographer, who claims to have taken the photo of Quincy, which is now being used without his permission. The photo in question, was taken was used to help promote a line of headphones by AKG, showing Quincy in the studio, nearly 17 years ago, in 1995.

Taking photos is a natural progression for me, it’s not simply a case of seeing something, capturing it, and then moving on. A lot more goes into it than that, there’s a wealth of knowledge which guides my eyes, and the need to constantly better myself, which converts into better photos. Visualise Before you bring [...]

This is the perfect post for all you aspiring portrait and fashion photographers, because there’s one thing you can’t do without, and that’s models. Wannabe models are everywhere these days, you’ve just got to find them, and convince them to pose for you. Here’s what I recommend…

Photography fan pages are pretty common these days as they’re an excellent way of keeping up to date with clients, sharing current and past work, and finding potential customers. I pride myself on my fan page, which I update almost every day, and have grown for the past 10 months.

Composition is a funny old thing, because it’s common knowledge that learning composition will help your photography, but it’s also something you should never really pay too much consideration too. I always feel that it’s best to teach people composition under the guidance that it’s training a person’s eyes to look at a potential photo in a different way. You should never just blindly follow the ‘rules’, but you can use your new knowledge to shape your photos into something which is much more pleasing to the eye.

Here’s an article that you can send to all your future clients; just attach is to the contract and tell them that if they, or anyone else at their event says any of these, then they’re in breach of contract! Well, not really, that would probably be a bit of an over reaction, I’m merely highlighting the less attractive side of being a professional photographer.

A few weeks ago, I was in Slovenia, and taking some really great photos. But I wasn’t really feeling all that good about them. I don’t know if it was my mood, or whether I was a bit tired, but I was looking at my photos and I wanted to share none of them. I spoke about this on Facebook, and it seemed that this was a pretty common occurrence. I’ve done something recently that’s made me fall in love with my photography again, and I’m going to show you what I did.