If you’ve been following me for a while, or working with me, you’ll know that I am obsessed with personal work as a vital part of a photographers practice. Not only because it’s a way to flex your creative muscles, push yourself harder and remind yourself why you did this in the first place. But
‘Are you going to Tania’s party this avo?’ My friend asked me. ‘Ummm…no.’ ‘You’re on the Facebook invite list’. ‘I am?’ I jumped into FB and checked in events, and yup there it was, together with some other things I’d missed, including 3 exhibition openings. Wait what? EXHIBITIONS! Here’s the thing. I hadn’t received invitations
In exactly a week’s time, all over Asia, the Chinese Lunar New Year is beginning, and I always love this time to actually stop and set goals. Let’s face it- there’s just so much stuff going on in December and January. This year is the year of the dragon, and often known as the year
If you’re a photographer who specialises in a certain genre, like fashion, food, sport, beer, automotive or adventure- whatever you’ve been pigeonholed into, it can be hard to imagine the possibility of changing direction. And yet changes can be thrust upon us, (hello editorials) or you might also be ‘over’ that genre and ready to
Well that Email last week about Guns and Lenses prompted a LOT of discussion. If you missed it you can read it here I’ve received many suggestions for new ways to say ‘shooting’, such as ‘creating’, ‘making’, ‘projects’, ‘releasing’, ‘pressing pause on time’, or for motion ‘replaying time’, ‘holding the camera’ or ‘holding the moment’.
OMG can we please invent a new word for ‘shooting’ this year ? ‘Lens-based-image-making’ is ridiculously long winded. ‘Photographing’ means stills only. ‘Filming’ means motion only. FFS. I looked online for alternatives to the word shoot. These were some of them: Execute Fire Launch Blast Explode Murder Bombard Hit Hurl None of them the focused,
Can I just say that even though we’re in summer, the Pacific ocean is freezing at the moment. It always starts off cold and in early autumn it’s warmest of all. I love the cold water so much. I like the contrast and how glowy I feel when I get out. The pain is worth
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