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One thing that could be missing from your work

I’m astonished at the number of photographers I meet who were musicians in their former lives. If not musicians it was their world. They lived and breathed music. Is that you? Very few of photographers fully harness it in their photography though. It’s a separate ‘thing’. But we’re no longer living in times where music

The only place where you get to be the curator

Are you sometimes guilty of being a ‘when I’ person? As in, ‘When I get some downtime I’ll contact that rep/ fix my website/ start that personal project/ go for a walk…..” The problem with this is you’re leaving your actions in the hands of fate (again). If you wait too long, opportunities pass, and

Are you a ‘when I’ person?

Are you sometimes guilty of being a ‘when I’ person? As in, ‘When I get some down time I’ll contact that rep/ fix my website/ start that personal project/ go for a walk…..” The problem with this is you’re leaving your actions in the hands of fate (again). If you wait too long, opportunities pass,

How to unleash your vision

I’m always talking about the importance of having a vision. But what if you can’t decide what you want? Or what if you’re so buried in getting through each day and week this just feels like ideology that’s not helping you right now? Even the most positive of us can sometimes struggle with seeing that

What kind of bus do you want to drive?

In August I talked A LOT about driving your own bus. So what kind of bus do you want to be driving? Is it a vintage model with loads of character and charm and a quirky crew? Or a slick stretch limo with a champagne bar for the celeb guests? Perhaps a Tesla vehicle with

You’re a hero

One weekend last month I found myself bawling my eyes out as I judged the IPA One Shot photo contest. I had to have serious time out to regain my composure. All up I, and I presume all the other jurors, judged at least 599 entries (yes, I counted them) depicting ‘Our times- Pandemic Perspectives’.

Shine like Lilli

Australian photographer Lilli Waters (who shot this image) contacted me a few years ago. She’d been advised by a consultant that she should be a food photographer and to show her ‘commercial’ work on her website. She was confused and conflicted. When I Blitzed her work, as I do with everyone I work with, I