One of my favourite things to do in any small town, particularly in Europe, is to simply get lost. Just wander the small backstreets. If your first inclination is to turn right, turn left instead. Make the effort to climb that steep alley to see what's around the corner.
This carefully set cafe table and chairs were sitting at the back of a dead-end alleyway. Given the heavily weathered condition of the table and chairs, I doubt it was ...

There’s more to see and photograph in Provence than lavender and sunflowers. Wanting to find more than these clichéd images requires a willingness to go off the well-worn roads and onto the smaller side roads. While scouting for a workshop I was leading, and with no particular agenda in mind, I started down one of these roads and came upon this old Cabane. For some reason, if only subconsciously at the time, the small building and the surrounding ...

If you stand in front of the Hard Rock Café at the corner of West 43rd Street and 7th Avenue, in the heart of New York's Times Square, the US Military Recruiting Centre will be directly across the street. The side of that building sports a US Flag created with what appears to be thousands of multi-coloured LED lights. I watched with fascination as the passing traffic heading south on 7th Avenue reflected the light of the US ...

If ever there was an image that was simply a matter of "f/8 and be there," this would be it. Being there, at sunrise no less, means leaving the comfort of your hotel bed at about 4 am (depending on where you are staying) to drive 50-odd miles and 10,000 feet up the side of Haleakala on the island of Maui. All this to arrive in advance of sunrise, which on this day occurred around 6:30 am Arriving ...

Asking better questions will help you understand what you are trying to show your viewer. “Why this image? “Why right now?” “What made me pick up the camera and point it at this subject?” “What is it about this subject that I am trying to show the viewer?” There are also more questions than just those that start with, “Why?” or “What?” There is also “What if?” Asking “What if?” frees your imagination, allowing it to go in ...

The summer travel season is only a few short months ahead. It’s not too soon to think about capturing the best travel images of your life. As a photographer, the chance to travel and immerse myself in another culture while working to capture the essence of a place is a challenge I simply cannot turn down. But creating compelling travel pictures is no easy task. Perhaps you have had the tortuous “pleasure” of sitting through a friend’s travel ...