All Rights Reserved ©Christopher Michael Tew Photographs & Words By Christopher Michael Tew On February 14th, 2014, I walked into a cluster of tents hidden in the bushes on the edge of my hometown Harlow, 33 miles northeast of London. Nothing could have prepared me for the journey I would embark on, or the friendships […]
10 Rookie Mistakes New Photographers Make
Being new to anything, whether you’re a web developer writing bad code or a new photographer trying to pose your first subject, you will certainly make mistakes. Humility is one of the greatest virtues when you’re trying to learn something new, especially when becoming a professional photographer. You might have expectations of being perfect right […]
The Tree That Bears Fruit: The Strikingly Beautiful Macro Photography of Anna Agoston
‘The Digital Edward Weston’ was what first thought that crossed my mind as I looked through Anna Agoston’s work, but I soon realized it wasn’t mimicry, in fact it was a modern ode to the beautiful simplicity and intricacy his work first showed us. Anna’s macro close-ups of living plants reveal an intricate world the […]
Is DxO ONE Future of Consumer Photography?
Release of DxO ONE a Game Changer What will the camera and photography landscape look like in a few years? Maybe we will see smaller, lighter, modular cameras that allow photographers to add optical hardware or cameras to mobile devices? Well, guess what, it already happened this week. DxO, a cutting-edge French camera software company […]
The Paradigm Shift of Modern Photography
What is The Future of Photography? Photography is the examination and the documentation of our world, and the photographs we make reflect human life and the Earth as it is. Photography has the ability to stop time and capture significant moments. These photographs, whether they are of a child starving to death while a vulture […]
Creating Visual Tension in Your Photographs
How Creating Visual Tension in Your Photographs Makes Better Images What the eye sees in a photograph, and how our mind perceives it, is affected by the composition and positioning of the elements in a frame. Overwhelming the eye with too much visual information runs the risk of alienating our viewers. By creating visual tension […]
10 Unwritten Photographic Rules
Some people wonder what some of the unwritten photographic rules are, and ultimately what makes a great photograph. Those who do not practice photography, haven’t been trained in the medium, and don’t know the history of photography often have questions as to why a photograph is famous, or often assume that by using the rule […]
How the Monetization of Instagram/Facebook Affects Your Web Presence
Photographers that have built a solid following via Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, 500px, Flickr, have started to face the reality that these photo-sharing hotspots and social media hubs are first and foremost a business — and their existence is to make profit and not to support your photography career. I’ve known photographers who have had hundreds […]
The Most Played Out, Overused Photographic Trends
Photographic trends are created by software or camera technologies that push the limits of what is optically possible, i.e., high dynamic range, ridiculously high ISO sensitivity to light, software mimicking a tilt-shift camera, instagram filters, film emulation presets, and the list goes on… Often new photographic techniques become trends when photographers, engineers, camera companies embrace […]
Jack Kerouac’s Rules For Writing Translated Into Photography
Jack Kerouac wrote the BELIEF & TECHNIQUE FOR MODERN PROSE, a 30-rule blueprint for writing that is more than a check list on how to approach writing — it’s a meditation and philosophy for an artist or creative. Rumor has it that these rules were nailed to the wall in Allen Ginsberg’s hotel room in […]