When I have been photographing lots of clean images for clients, I find I need a change from the predictable and what is necessary commercially. That's when I break out my most extreme elements of the art creation process: trick lenses,[...]
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Creativity
I adore my Lensbaby lenses and Venice is one of my favourite cities in the world. I spent one of my days in Venice just using my 50mm double glass optic on the Composer Pro and my Nikon D610.[...]
I have asked myself this question so many times: "What is my style?" People often remark that they can tell if a photograph is mine, because they recognize my style. What style? What do they recognize? I[...]
I was recently asked to write an article for one of my favourite magazines. I would be photographing the restaurants the article featured as well. Now, as I'm sure you can understand, this was beyond daunting. Exciting, but scary. T[...]
This is not a cheery subject to approach as it causes so much turmoil in the mind and heart of creatives, but I promise you, this post has a happy ending... I have only been painting for about a year or so, but I am quite fami[...]
I dreamt about this blackberry yin yang smoothie bowl… I had it sitting in my list of ‘foods to make’ for over a week before all the conditions came together and I could spend some time on a blissful morning to sea[...]
I am going to share one of my passions with you today: food photography. I started photographing 7 years ago after changing industries from being a full-time chef to a full-time portrait photographer. I started with weddings and conceptu[...]
Every now and then we can experience a sweet spot: a perfect combination of factors that makes our experience sublime. For me as a professional food photographer, the freedom given to me by a client is vital. In addition, to that, it is par[...]
I am lucky enough to have just spent three weeks on holiday travelling for replenishment and new inspiration. I saw thousands of paintings, sculptures and genius architecture all over Italy and I went through waves of complete excitement t[...]
If you are a lover of creamy, shallow depth of field photography then you might shoot with lenses with an aperture of f2.8 - f1.4. If you are an adventurous type then you might have tried FREELENSING. This is where you remove the lens from[...]
These images were created very early on in my photographic explorations and this collection remains one of my most treasured. I dined at Haute Cabriere one evening when Chef Ryan Shell was heading up the kitchen team. The images were lit[...]
This lovely pink dish taught me lot. When I first garnished it, I used lots of strawberries dipped in chocolate and lots of red petals everywhere. Somehow the raspberry and rosebud got lost. I was thinking too much and trying too hard.[...]