
Registrations are now open for the June Intro to Digital Photography classes: Intro to Digital Photography Friday 1st June – 22nd June 2012 3 pm – 7 pm Studio on Al Wasl Road, Al Manara Area - OPEN FOR REGISTRATONS! Intro to Digital Photography Saturday 2nd June – 23rd June 2012 2 pm – 6 pm [...]

The use of negative space is an often overlooked element of composition. I consider it the most important one, however, and believe that if you can become aware of negative space you will drastically improve your image composition. In our day-to-day life we generally don’t pay any amount of concentrated attention tothe objects that surround us. We [...]

It would be a crime to embark on an overview of the great masters of photography without including Ansel Adams among the top three. Not only as inspiration for those landscape photography enthusiasts out there, but for anyone with an interest or passion for the art of black and white photography. His incredible landscape photographs [...]

INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP STARTING 18th November 2011 Are you completely daunted by all the settings on your new DSLR camera? Not sure where to start? Or have you been shooting on Auto and are keen to explore the possibilities and use your camera to its full potential? This intro to digital shooting with [...]

Portraiture with Ambient Light Intermediate Workshop Ibn Batutta Gate Hotel 26th Nov 2011 9am-6pm This intermediate workshop follows on from the Intro to Digital Photography and looks at portraiture in depth with a focus on using ambient or available light. It is a fully hands-on, practical, one day workshop where you will be able to [...]

In addition to the usual Friday class have introduced a weekday class on Tuesdays, due to start on the 18th Oct 2011. Are you completely daunted by all the settings on your new DSLR camera? Not sure where to start? Or have you been shooting on Auto and are keen to explore the possibilities and [...]

INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP STARTING 14TH OCTOBER 2011 Are you completely daunted by all the settings on your new DSLR camera? Not sure where to start? Or have you been shooting on Auto and are keen to explore the possibilities and use your camera to its full potential? This intro to digital shooting with [...]

The next workshops are due to start on the 9th and 10th Sept 2011. It is a four week course, four sessions of four hours each on either a Friday or a Saturday. Dates will be as follows: 9/10th September 16/17th September 23/24th September 30th September/1st October 2-6pm At the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts [...]

Take your photography to the next level with Adobe Lightroom, a powerful photo organising and editing program designed for professional photographers. Session 1: Library Module Session 2: Develop Module Session 3: Targeted editing tools Session 4: Web, Slideshow and Editing with Photoshop. This series of workshops, with Dubai photographer, Tiffany Schultz, will introduce you to [...]

I’m excited to announce the Intro to Digital Photography workshop Summer 2011! Fees are 1200 AED per person. Includes: 4 X 4 hour sessions (total 16 hours of tuition) Your course notes and homework projects with example images on disk Certificate of completion In order to secure your place on the course, you are required [...]

I recently installed Lightroom 3 on a new computer and after uploading and editing a couple of shoots, I realised that I had forgotten to set up my Lightoom correctly when I installed it and so my changes weren’t being saved to XMP files. I therefore I had to go through my library and save [...]

These images are a selection of my own photos of our model Tareq during the Portraiture with Ambient Light workshop. All the photos were taken on location at the Mugrudy’s Head offices utilising any natural light that was available throughout the day to demonstrate the abundance of beautiful light that is available and the creative [...]

Just bought your first digital SLR and are completely daunted by all the settings?Not sure where to start? Or have you been shooting on Auto and are keen to explore the possibilities and use your camera to its full potential? This intro to digital shooting will teach you the nuts and bolts of digital photography [...]

I am pleased to announce registrations for the next intermediate workshop “Portraiture with Ambient Light” taking place on the 4th March 2011. This may be the last time I am able to hold this particular workshop as it is very dependent on the venue, which is filled with natural light possibilities, and Magrudy’s is moving [...]

What Lens to buy? In my workshops probably the most frequent question I get asked is “what lens should I buy?”. As such I thought this would be a useful tip to write about. Many beginners who have just bought their DSLR camera’s and have been enthusiastically snapping away, get to the stage where the [...]

I have decided to title my newsletter ‘Chiaroscuro’ so I thought I’d explain a bit about why I’ve chosen this name and what it means. The term is from the Italian and is most often used in the Fine Art realm, specifically in oil painting, but also in etching and sketching. Leonardo Da Vinci was [...]

The first Portraiture with Ambient Light workshop was held on the 27th November 2010 with 14 participants and 2 models. It was an absolutely fantastic day of all-out shooting, outdoors, on the roof, in the hot morning sun, indoors using window light, in the basement and parking lot, sunset and sihouettes. We looked at lighting [...]

Registrations are now open for the Intro to Digital Photography Workshops starting on the 28th January 2011. It is a four week course, four sessions of four hours each. Dates will be as follows: 28th Jan 4th Feb 11th Feb 18th Feb 2-6pm At the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre, MoE. Please click on [...]

I just got back from a camping trip in the Dibba mountains. I was really looking forward to getting some decent star trails, as I have attempted it before on the roof of my building, but with the haze and city lights it is nearly impossible to see more than a handful of stars and [...]

DUCTAC, the venue where I hold the majority of my workshops, have a yearly event celebrating their anniversary and to spread the word about the wonderful facilities, shows and workshops they have on offer. This year I decided to set up a mini studio in the gallery area and let people stop and have a [...]

Lightroom Intensive Photo Editing Workshop 04 December · 14:00 – 18:00 Magrudy’s Education Centre, Jumeirah 1 Learn how to make good photos extraordinary! This workshop will explore Adobe Lightroom in depth as a powerful photo organizing and editing tool. We will look closely at Library functions and at how to use targeted editing tools effectively [...]

I will have a mini studio set up at DUCTAC Open Day tomorrow, Friday the 5th Nov. Come along to find out about the Into to Digital Photography Workshop and have a fun, funky, free portrait taken!

The October workshops started this weekend at DUCTAC, MoE, and I have two fantastic groups who are already showing their natural talent with some good assignment work. The next Intro to Digital Photography workshop dates have been set to start on the 19th November 2010 at the Magrudy’s Centre for Education in Jumeirah 1, please [...]

Snap Happy Switching from a simple point-and-shoot camera to a DSLR may seem quite daunting for amateur photographers. Professional photographer Tiffany Schultz, who works and teaches in Dubai, puts together some tips on upgrading your equipment Firstly, you should know why you are choosing a DSLR camera over a point and shoot. Here are the [...]