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Should You Work For Free? Not Just For Photographers!

by Jeff Turnbull in Photography Business, Tips & Advice
Should You Work For Free? Recently I had a week where I had three inquiries for my photography and training services – A restaurant, a soon-to-be launched online magazine and a club. They all had one thing in common… They all wanted my services for free. When I replied with a “No thank you” they all [...]
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Street Photography: Photograph What Interests You At That Moment

by Jeff Turnbull in Landscape & Travel Photography, Tips & Advice
Hi. I love a good “Quote’ Recently I came across what I think is a great quote given by the advertising and documentary photographer Elliott Erwitt. “Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at [...]
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How to Photograph Moving Water

by Jeff Turnbull in Tips & Advice, Travel Photography
Learn How to Photograph Water and Create Stunning Photos As I write this I am currently in Iceland doing plenty of photography and researching for some new photography ideas. One thing that this amazing island has is water. Not just the surrounding sea but there are numerous lakes, lagoons, waterfalls, ice flows and geysers. A [...]
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Wedding Photography Courses Essex: Building a Portfolio

by Jeff Turnbull in Tips & Advice, Wedding Photography
Building Your Wedding Photography Portfolio All photographs on this page taken by attendees on a recent workshop If you’re starting out in wedding photography you will need to have a wedding portfolio, but where do you start? While, nothing is better than having photographs from a real wedding to show potential clients you do need [...]
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Essex Photography Training Tips: What is Aperture?

by Jeff Turnbull in Blog, Tips & Advice
Photography Training in Essex With all DSLR cameras and an increasing number of compact cameras you can control the aperture. But what is aperture exactly? Simply put, the aperture is an adjustable opening in your lens that by adjusting you limit or increase the amount of light getting to your camera sensor. Controlling the Aperture. [...]
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10 Winter Photography Projects

by Jeff Turnbull in Tips & Advice
10 Winter Photography Projects. Ideas to keep you inspired and motivated This time of the year can be a difficult time to keep yourself motivated with photography so here are 10 Winter Photography Projects & Ideas 1. Do A Self Portrait – And I’m not talking the typical selfie Ok, so you like to be [...]
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Start Your Own Photography Business

by Jeff Turnbull in Photography Business, Tips & Advice
How to Start Your Own Photography Business. If you have started a photography business or are thinking about turning your hobby into a business then one of my two business mentoring programmes will fast track you to success.  It’s not just about taking great photographs – that’s the straightforward part. Join either the 3-month or 12-month Business Mentoring Programme [...]
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Essex Photography Training Tips: Rule of Thirds

by Jeff Turnbull in Beginners Photography, Blog, Tips & Advice
Beginners Photography Course Tips: Composition On my Beginners Photography Course we look at composition and the Rule of Thirds is one of the first  techniques that a budding photographer can learn. But what exactly is the Rule of Thirds? When looking through your viewfinder imagine dividing the image that you see into thirds both vertically and [...]
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Studio Portraits Tips: Taking Great Head Shots

by Jeff Turnbull in Portrait Photography, Tips & Advice
Techniques for photographing head shots One of the questions I often get asked on my Portrait Photography Course is “I want to offer studio portraits but I don’t have a studio.” With this quick guide I will quickly take you through a recent shoot that I did for a construction company wanting their 40 employees [...]
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Wedding Portrait Tips: Using Off Camera Flash

by Jeff Turnbull in Portrait Photography, Tips & Advice, Wedding Photography
A simple way to set up Off Camera Flash Using off-camera flash is a very comprehensive subject so instead of attempting to cover it all I’m going to show you the way that I often use this technique. I will start by saying that I never suggest my way is the best way. But I [...]
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