
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 [...]

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 [...]

I recently held a workshop for Canon Middle East about profile photographs and social media, using their new Ixus range. It was a really fun, interesting day with great participation from the audience and good feedback. I thought I’d write a post on the subject and offer some advice on profile photography for social media [...]

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 [...]

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!

Performers’ Headshots Great, professional quality headshots are a vital part of any performer’s career, whether a musician, dancer, singer, actor, band, comedian, radio personality or TV presenter. They can determine whether or not you get that much desired job or gig. Headshots are also needed by business-people, executives and business owners for their websites and [...]

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 [...]

Recent environmental portrait shoot for DogWalk, a new company just opened their doors this week. For this shoot I unconsciously adhered to the advice given by Greg Papazian: “Use a short lens and get close”. We were after a fun, colourful look for the company’s website, so I wanted to get some of the setting [...]