It was very flattering that an action actress/stunt double who has appeared in films such as Scary Movie, The Walking Dead, Hunger Games, Talladega Nights, Need For Speed, etc., wanted to come 90 miles down from Atlanta for a photo session with me! Here’s one shot before and after Photoshop editing. The gun and the background […]
Nice idea but…
“I’ve got a great idea!”, said the Art Director of a candy firm I worked for regularly. “For our Company Christmas card let’s put a candle in each of the chocolate bars coming down the conveyor belt!”
Trying to be too clever.
Or could be subtitled: “Not everyone appreciates my sense of humour”! Marketing is the only way to spread the word about a business and I used to make my own flyers and adverts. I figured a humorous approach would attract more attention but my flyer for my portrait services “Amber Visual Shoots People!” met with […]
Specular Highlights
The term refers mainly to the pinpoints of light reflecting into the camera that make the subject look shiny or show the properties of the subject’s surface. For example it’s used to great effect in food photography to achieve that glistening appeal or to show perspiration on human skin and so on.
Kittens in a basket.
No, it’s not the latest fast food but a tip on how to photograph unruly felines. Pet photography is never easy as keeping the subjects still is always a challenge and never more so when kittens or puppies are involved. A lady asked me to photograph her prize-winning cat’s offspring so I happily said yes, whilst […]
Poop Proof Camera Bags.
Here’s a story from my days in Wales when I was hired by the Welsh Lamb industry to produce some advertising photos for a brochure. The art director wanted a beautiful valley and mountains in the background and a photogenic flock of sheep, a shepherd and his dog in the foreground. (The next part contains […]
Princess Diana and the Triffid
Yes it’s another random story from my photographic life in Wales, this one by by popular request – The Princes and the Triffid. (Note: For those of you who don’t know, a TRIFFID is a walking alien monster plant as featured in John Wyndham’s book “Day of the Triffids” which was also made into a […]
A degree in Photography
Studying photography at college in the 1970s was a lot different to what I’d expected. The three year course was science based to produce photographers for the industrial, scientific, engineering and manufacturing type environments. Photographers from the college went on to work in research institutes, forensics, military, laboratories and commercial companies. The first days were […]
Early Days
Does anyone ever say to themselves, “I want to be a professional Photographer”, instead of something useful like plumber, electrician or a car mechanic?
