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Your wedding day? The perfect day!

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This has been a great year for my wedding photography and I have been blessed with having so many wonderful couples … so much so that I decided to put together this short tribute to them all… View it by clicking here. 

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Respect other people’s space and privacy

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I am often asked, in the context of my travel photography, how I get my subjects looking relaxed and happy in front of my camera lens. The simple answer is to follow the golden rule which is to always respect somebody else's space and privacy. If you do that and ask permission before sticking your [...]

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Learn to shoot in Manual mode “M”

Most digital cameras these days – certainly Canons and Nikons – give you the option of shooting 4 or 5 different 'modes'. "P", "S", "A" & "M" and "Auto" mode (which doesn't, in fact, exist on my Nikon D300 but will be there on most DSLRs and every Digital compact). A quick rundown on what [...]

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Always carry a camera with you

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Cameras come in dozens of different sizes, shapes and formats these days. From the humblest mobile cameraphone to a large format Tachihara 4×5" which can only be used with a tripod. In my life I have used multiple Canons, a Minolta, a Ricoh (euuughhh) and now I shoot with Nikon. Ultimately it doesn't matter what you [...]

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Putting Your Logo on Images

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There are two ways to go about this.  Let’s talk first about our own work and putting it onto the internet.  To protect ourselves from others copying and pasting our work into their own albums without credit (yes, I have had this happen to me!) it is important to watermark our work, always.   If [...]

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Learn from the Old Masters

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  My training in photography started in 1987. I was 15 years old and at school. No cameras were involved. I had just walked into my first art history class with a wonderfully wizened tutor called William "Whippy" Winter. He didn't carry a whip around with him, (although there were rumours) but he did carry [...]

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Awesome iPhone APPs from Tego Interactive

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Some months ago I became excited by the possibility of working with the guys from Tego Interactive to develop an iPhone app for my photography business. In the past week I've previewed the beta version of the brand new Benjamin Arthur Photography App for iPhone 4 (it will also work on iPhone 3G but is [...]

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Visions of South East Asia coming to Brno from November 1st

After the success of my first show in Prague in April & May I've definitely got the exhibition bug. From November 1st I'll be taking over 40 images to the Travelers' Club in Brno. This is going to be an exciting show for me entitled Visions of Southeast Asia. This is the region where I [...]

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New facebook page launched

Facebook Page; Benjamin Arthur Photography

I have been running a facebook group for over a year now and, with 620 members and over 300 SHOTS OF THE DAY, it has been successful as a showcase for my work. However, the time has now come to move on. Facebook groups have serious limitations for businesses and, specifically, photographers – organisation of [...]

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A talent

Recently I was directed to the website of the Prague Daily Monitor and, specifically, their Photo Galleries segment. I was impressed with the quality of the work on display and, most particularly, the work of a Prague-based Canadian Photographer, Paul Pacey. I liked Paul's impressionistic style so much I looked him up on facebook – [...]

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