Lighting
It takes a village…
…and an insane amount of trial, error, horrible failures to succeed and once you do, you have to do it all over again (preferably without the errors and the failures, but I’m almost certain they will happen!) However, these days, more than any time in history, amazing images don’t just happen - they are crafter, carefully and with the collaboration and support of a lot of people who sometimes don’t get enough of the credit. I wanted to do just that!
Read MoreThis is serious - or should I say, practical - gear talk. It’s the result of multiple successful and failed efforts to take light on location (and I do not mean a city centre - I’m talking rocky outcrops in the middle of the savannah and underground rocky tunnels), what worked and what didn't and, more importantly, why. And, finally, the final kit I am currently using for everything.
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Three generations of Hamer warriors, Omo Valley (1200ws at full power, 120cm octabox, camera right)
2020 has certainly been an insanely challenging year for all of us - for photographers a time for introspection, of rethinking a million billion things, of looking back and forward, of finding new creative avenues and pathways. Stuck inside our homes, cut off from our clients, our models and our muses, unable to collaborate with all those people who give life to our ideas we were forced to look back to our past work and, in more ways than one, reevaluate it. At least, that was what I did and it led me to, well, think differently.
Read MoreEven the best laid plans…(or why I completely failed during my last trip!)
…and yes, I am fully aware of what I’m saying: my last photographic foray was a failure. Maybe not complete in the absolute sense of the word, but certainly miles away from what I had plan, what I had envisaged and what I wanted to achieve. Even to this day, more than a month later, it fills me with anger and bitterness that I don’t know how to overcome. But maybe its better if I explain.
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