I was sitting in a dark theatre, entranced by the black and white portrait on the screen. A freckle-faced Irish child with wonky teeth and a cloth cap crinkled his eyes as he looked into the lens of Dorothea Lange. It was 1954 and Lange had been on assignment for Time Life Magazine when she
Yet another amazing outdoor lifestyle photographer followed me on Insta today. He was from New Zealand. And yesterday another in Scotland. Not surprising, that. Both countries have gorgeous mountains, lakes and ocean. What’s not to love? (Maybe the cold………but skiing!) These intrepid shooters keep emerging from the woodwork, (or more likely from the ice cave),
Happy new year! (Is it still OK to say that?) This summer in New Zealand we are enjoying being VIP’s of our own country and many of us are exploring places we haven’t been… partly because they’d usually have been swamped with tourists. Holidays are tricky. To take the camera or not to? Taking your
Well we’ve done it! We made it to the end of the year that will go into history books. 2020 brought with it a raft of change that revealed so much so fast. It’s as if it decided to shake us awake from whatever reverie we were in. Change is like that, accelerating existing situations
We stood on an almost empty parking lot outside a Rotorua hotel staring up at the distant windows, some with faces peering out, some of those offering a resigned wave to possible relatives or friends. Between us and the building were two soldiers and a 10ft high fence. We were collecting our daughter from her
There are 3 questions I ask photographers when I first meet them. What would your week look like if you were financially free and never had to work again? Would photography be a part of it? Describe your dream assignment. No limitations. (In 2019 I ran a free webinar on planning your year, where I
Today is Thanksgiving for the folk in US, so happy holidays if that’s you! It’s the perfect time, wherever you are, to take stock of what HAS worked this year, in spite of so much being so utterly awful. Things I know some of my clients are grateful for this year: Spending more time with
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