ShareWho doesn’t like to travel. Certainly none of the photographers I know. New experiences, new opportunities, new photos with which to bore the relatives on your return home. But are they boring? Are they purely descriptive? This is where I went, this is what I saw, this is what I did. How many shots of [...]

ShareWhen most people think of Hawaii they think of sunshine, surfing, and lazy afternoons spent on a beach. Ask any astrophotgrapher that has photographed the stars from Big Island’s Mauna Kea and you will hear quite a different story. The two-million year old volcano expands over 30,000 feet from the ocean floor to it’s peak, [...]

ShareThere has a perception in the west that the former Soviet Union countries are drab, dreary places with nothing interest to photograph. The recent success of the Euro 2012 football championship in Poland and Ukraine has highlighted these often overlooked countries of Eastern Europe as tourist destinations and indeed, highly photogenic tourist destinations. In this [...]

ShareFans of the BBC series, Top Gear will recognize the Transfagarasen Pass as the greatest driving road in the world. It is a 93km stretch of alpine tarmac, ordered by the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1970, its construction cost the lives of 40 soldiers. It crosses the beautiful Fagaras mountains and at its highest [...]

ShareAlthough I have been driving for many years, I had never tried a 750 mile journey in one day and as it turned out, I didn’t get that far. By nine in the evening I had covered 650 miles from Cologne and was now on the Austrian/Hungarian border, some 100 miles from Budapest. I decided [...]

ShareGod laughs at those who make plans, or so the saying goes. In this case God was the DVLA, the British driver licensing department who lost my application to renew my drivers license and failed to recognize the fact when I first rang them. This unfortuately set me back by two weeks, crucial for two [...]

ShareRecently, I wrote an article about having a Plan B. The thing about having a Plan B is that it is important to have a Plan A as well. Today we are going to have a look at the preliminary planning involved in taking a photographic based trip. Some of you, who frequent my Facebook [...]

ShareI often find myself analyzing other photographers images which inspire me. This helps me to think creatively and technically when I’m not out shooting myself. When looking at other photographers photos I ask myself questions such as; Where is the light coming from? How did the photographer interact with the subject? What is it about [...]

ShareJust it’s name suggests cigars, 1950’s cars and of course Fidel Castro. Situated just 90 miles south of the Florida Keys, yet for all intents and purposes a different world, Havana is a photographer’s playground. From its people to its history, the city is so intensely rich in photographic possibilities, that it would be impossible [...]

ShareBeing on the road often limits the amount of gear we want to take with us as photographers. By learning and getting more comfortable with natural light we can not only help lighten our bags, but it’s one of the most powerful ways to create dramatic images. Depending on the time of day, natural light [...]