All images by Julia Gnatenko. I learned most of my photography skills by working with real people on various kinds of portrait projects. Having experience, I realized that good portrait photography is beyond the camera and the image. It is…
This past Monday, I attended the West Indian Carnival in Leeds. The most iconic version takes place in Notting Hill, London, but Leeds hosts the longest running Carnival in the UK, with this year marking its 59th instalment. Batteries charged,…
I’m certain some of you can relate to this. You have a period of time where you’re confident in your abilities to make good photographs, when all of a sudden, with no warning at all, something makes you question if…
Photo by Atlantic Ambience. I remember a time when people used social media to truly express themselves. It was a space where a person could tell the world who they are, and what they thought. All the digital spaces felt…
25,379. That’s the amount of photographs I currently have resting in cloud storage. I have my favorites, others have theirs, and there are many that, without looking at them, my mind forgets exist. All of them are important, they hold…
Since the moment I picked up photography, street photography became my thing. Part of that was ease of access, but most of it was due to my genuine interest in humanity, and how societies are formed. For 15 years it…
Photo by Kristina Chuprina. It has become the norm for me to wake up at 3am, feeling alert and awake. It’s usually at this time that I also have many ideas, thoughts or worries too. In my most recent edition of…
Earlier in June, popular video editing software, DaVinci Resolve, launched its latest update, which included photo editing capabilities. These new tools and features are free to use, which naturally sparks interest from photographers looking for a free photo editing app.…
Photo by Vitaly Gariev. If you’re new to professional photography, then you’ll likely be learning that clients are not interested in your workload or your commitments to other clients. All they care about is getting the images they paid for as…
Photo by Gary Barnes. Back in 2006, I was sitting in my college class, looking at the photos I made on a small point and shoot camera. I asked my tutor, “Can we learn Photoshop today?”. He laughed. “Photoshop is…
