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Creating and shooting in a fake shower

Moving water can allow you to create a number of moods, from artistic to very glamourous and sexy. Lighting Diagram Obviously the main concern is safety - mains-powered strobes and water do not mix.

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Should You Take an Underpriced Job? (video)

A short YouTube photography tip

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Dust Storm

THINKING: Shooting with flour can be a random process, but that should not stop you going in with pre-visualised photographs in mind.

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Why you should walk away from some jobs (video)

A short YouTube video with some business advice

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Model of the Day: 23/07/2026 - Lizzie Bayliss

Our daily model photograph with Lizzie Bayliss

7 Tips to improve your portrait photography

1) Use Window Light Long before flash was invented artists used windows, in particular northern facing windows.

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What can you shoot in 5 minutes?

At a recent workshop I was being a bit mean and had a deliberately difficult setup - because let's face it, you don't learn from the easy stuff right?

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Critique for Rich

Rich is one of our regular studio users and we're just about to start some one-on-one tuition. As you will see below Rich has reach a reasonable level of competency and has some interesting ideas and puts some effort into settings this up, so...

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Homage to the Last Supper

THINKING: There is a saying amongst creatives, "if you're going to steal, steal from the best"! I suppose Leonardo's Last Supper must be one of the most well known paintings in the world.

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Model of the Day: 22/07/2026 - Leah Axl

Our daily model photograph with Leah Axl

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