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This blog is aimed at everything photography, and help you on your journey
Friday, 7 December 2012
Saturday, 17 November 2012
First 3 Months as CT Magazine Editor
Well it was way back in the hazy days of summer that the idea of CT or Creative Talent magazine was born, it came about due to my work as a fashion photographer and noticing that not enough new talent is coming into the industry. So I set it my task to change this and hence CT Magazine was born. The only problem I had was how do I publish a magazine, I found a great place to start was agreat E-Book by Ned Burke called How to be an Online Magazine. daft title but this is chock full of publishing...
Friday, 12 October 2012
CT Magazine and Darlington College
As you may have noticed recently one of my current projects is a new magazine publication called CT magazine or Creative Talent Magazine, now I have started a new partnership with Darlington College and I am really excited about it.
What is CT Magazine
CT Magazine is a new magazine which is aimed at showcasing the hidden talents behind the fashion photography that we seen everyday. The idea for the magazine came about after working on a variety of different shoots for clients and I noticed that although there is always a huge team of people...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
CT Magazine - get involved - get published
So there I was waiting in a meeting for my other side of my life, that of a business strategist and I started reading a magazine. There was a spark of inspiration as the photographer in me noticed that in most of these magazines there is not credit given to all the people involved in making the shots happen.
So I decided to change that and produce CT Magazine - a fashion magazine with a different. The aim of CT Magazine is not only to show you the latest fashion trends, but to showcase the talent...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Do you know your High Fashion from your Haute Couture
After being invited to watch the Burberry and the Yves Saint Laurent shows a few weeks back, I got to thinking about High Fashion and Haute Couture. So after searching online for ages and seeing loads of images and photographs posted all claiming to be High Fashion, I thought it was time to give an idea of what these are exactly.
So I thought I would write a blog post about just exactly what is High Fashion and what is Haute Couture.
Haute Couture
Haute Couture is the top end of the fashion tree, and it actually a licensed term in France due...
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Models Bringing Chaperones to Photo Shoots
Ok this is one of those subjects that pop up time and time again, the subject of chaperones, whether that is the model, mua, stylist or photographer bringing someone with them to a photoshoot.
First off I will start by saying as a photographer I don't have any problems with anyone bringing someone with them on the shoot, I would rather have someone happy on the shoot and if that means being having someone with them, thats cool with me.
Now the reason I don't have a problem with this is that on most of my shoots, there are normally a lot of people...
Saturday, 7 July 2012
New Online Fashion Collaboration Project
After getting inspired by the recent Fashion weeks worldwide everywhere from London, Leeds, Newcastle to Milan and Paris. I have decided to launch a fashion project with a bit of a difference.
I read alot of fashion related material and always wonder how the latest cat walk trends will end up on the high street. As we all know that in reality what we see on the catwalk never really gets anywhere near the high street, well not in the shape and style we see on in the shows anyway. So I got to thinking about a new kind of fashion magazine,...
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Burberry Prorsum Spring Summer 2013 Mens Collection
I was lucky enough to be invited to watch the latest lines to come out of Burberry for next Spring Summer season as part of Milan Fashion Week, and have to be honest I was pleasently surprised. In my head I was still picturing the Burberry line as being a very chav driven line with the traditional check pattern on caps. But to my surprise there was not a cap in sight.
Instead there was a whole load of colour and very smart looking lines, suits and formal work wear are very much on the agenda...
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Thank you for supporting my Blog
Just thought I would say a Huge thank you to everyone for reading, sharing and commenting on my blog. I always love sharing my knowledge with others and being social in general.
Now on the subject of being social I was thinking my readers must have their own blogs ro being on social media websites so why dont we share with each other our blogs, social network profiles, twitter handles, etc.
So I will start, you know the url of my blog already as this is what you are reading, but here are my other social networking presences.
Twitter - @SeanJC
FaceBook...
Monday, 28 May 2012
HDR (High Dynamic Range) - Good or Evil?
Ok as most of my work involves the fashion side of life, I dont really take many HDR shots. But I decided to try out some of a few places just to see if firstly I could get it right and secondly what it would look like. I would highly recommend the Expert Video Guide to help you improve your photography skills
So what is HDR or High Dynamic Range
If you dont know HDR standard for High Dynamic Range, and its a technique that by combining multiple of shots you get to have a broader range...
Monday, 30 April 2012
Being Social with Media
OK so we all use social media just about everyday, whether you are liking something on FaceBook, tweeting something on Twitter, +1'ng something on Google or Pinning something on Pinterest. The question I put to you is how many of you don't use if correctly?
Now I am not going to go into how to promote your stuff online or the best ways to increase your twitter followers or FaceBook likes, but the point of this post is that it has become apparent to me that their is an increasing amount of people who seem to think the point of social media is to...
Friday, 6 April 2012
How to Setup Canon 7D to take HDR shots / Bracketed Exposure
Ok so you have heard the word HDR, Bracketed Exposure and Auto Exposure Bracketing. But what do they mean and how can you use your Canon 7D to take these sorts of shots.
Ok first things first what is HDR, Bracketed Exposure and Auto Exposure Bracketing.
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, and it is a technique in which you merge several shots together all with a different dynamic range or exposure. HDR is mainly used in landscape photography as it allows you to show light at all levels of the image,...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Friday, 17 February 2012
Types of Photography
With this age of digital technology and the ever increasing advancement of photography. I thought I would touch on the main areas of photography as I see it. I am not going to cover every single type or area of photography, nor I am going to cover all techniques.
Its my intention to give you a bit of an overview of the key areas and why they are different in an aim to help you find success in your photography.
Fashion Photography
The area of fashion photography has to be one of the most popular...
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Whether to take Photo With or Without a Reflector
Although I have spoke of this in another post, loads of people have asked me if they really do need a reflector and why.
The first thing to remember is the most important thing in photography, and that is light. Without light you dont have any shot at all, so getting the right light is crucial. There are several ways of getting the light right, and playing around with it, everything from using the light available to you, known as the ambient light or using flashes and strobes, known as artificial...
