The Photography Blog
Spoke CC Cycling cafe Video
A short video produced to promote a really great cycling cafe in Hertfordshire. Shot for social media use, video shorts and clips.
Too dark to take a photo?
What’s the point in pressing the shutter if it is so dark that you cannot see the subjects? Here's a photo I took in the dark, the location on the coast in north Norfolk in February
Interview with a food photographer
Food photographer Darrin Jenkins answers lots of questions about food photography from how he found his studio to claims of fame...
Food Photography in the studio
Great to be doing another 3 day food shoot in my Hertfordshire studio. This was for a national consumer brand that we all know of (at the present time I need to be keep the client secret). The studio space worked well with the fitted kitchen studio, I guess this set up makes it the best food studio in Hertfordshire....
Is composition enough to create great images?
Is ‘having an eye’ for composition enough to creating great images? A must read if you are interested in photography.
Top tips on how to think creatively
We call ourselves ‘creatives’ and we want to work creatively but as many creatives know it is not a case of sitting down and waiting for ideas to pop up, those ideas can be very elusive and not willing to show themselves on demand. No amount of brain storming sessions and staring at websites are going to make them flow in perpetuity.
Content Creation for Madame F Wine
This year I've been commissioned to make some new exciting content for a new wine brand called Madame F. The content had to be quirky, fun, eye-catching and true to brand but also with an 'honest' feel. Madame F is a creative collaboration with Queer Britain, a charity that is working to create the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum.
Things you need to know before a professional photography shoot. There are lots of things to consider before a professional photoshoot, find out more about some essentials.... The brief, Budget, Estimate, Locations, Lighting and composition, extra expert to hire.....etc...
Wine Bottle Photography
Occasionally I get hold of a particularly good looking wine label to photograph, this being one of the best but also one that needed more attention to the lighting that the average bottle
Rotating table
I like to try out different techniques from time to time, this one involved a set with a bottle of wine on a rotating table, the camera and lights were off the table and static. The table was rotated whilst the camera filmed the light falling on and off the subject.