How to shoot like master photographers

 

This series will look at how the great photographers shoot and what you can learn from them. Learn techniques by analysing the work of Micheal Kenna, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Arnold Newman

  • Although the title to this post is how to photograph like Steve McCurry, it should be subtitled “How to make an image in the Steve McCurry style”.  When it comes to colour travel journalism photography, there is one photographer who stands head and shoulders above...

  • How to photograph like Arnold Newman “But Tim, he is an environmental portrait photographer you know. What is he doing in a travel blog and why would you want to show us how to photograph like Arnold Newman?” Yes, okay, you got us! We know...

  • How to photograph like Ansel Adams I, Tim, have 2 favourite photographers. I could sit and contemplate their work for hours on end. Both these photographers are landscape master craftsmen and artists of the highest order and their images bring me untold joy. One of...

  • How to photograph like Michael Kenna Learn from the Masters Some days we look at well-known photographers images and something in us just cries out “I wish I could create images like that”! At first I thought it was just me but I have discovered...

  • How to photograph like Edward Weston So you’re out travelling and all prepared to go out to photograph that amazing landscape you noticed on the drive to the hotel yesterday. Unfortunately, the weather has other ideas and it’s pouring with rain. What can you do?...