Mentoring ~ is it for you?

All through my professional career I have been inspired by other photographers and accepted guidance on creative and business direction from other professionals outside of photography. It is very rare that a talented creative is also a talented entrepreneur or...
Shooting for big prints ~ pictures & style

Shooting for big prints ~ pictures & style

As part of the Evolve training workshop on Wednesday I was teaching the delegates how to shoot for big pictures. A big product on a wall of a client’s home can make a dramatic impact on the mood of the place it is in. The bigger the mood change in the room, the...
The pros and cons of blogging

The pros and cons of blogging

I walked into a bookshop in Singapore back in August 2008 when I was returning from a holiday in Malaysia, and stumbled across a book called ‘Pro Blogger’ with a sub title ‘blog your way to a six figure income’ I was not really sure what a blog...
Do you own your business ~ or does it own you?

Do you own your business ~ or does it own you?

When I set out my plans to be a photographer over a decade ago I didn’t see the struggle that lay ahead. Now that struggle is behind me the future is bright. I learned a lot of lessons along the way and this is the most important one by far. The growing pains of...