Thursday, September 10, 2009

Monkey Business


No matter how good a photographer may be, the massive scope of the photography industry means that you can never know it all - either in technique, business know-how or just shoot ideas, so photographers regularly top-up their knowledge and skills by attending some of the many training days on offer.

In this instance, I went along to a Monkey Business training day hosted by well-known photographer, Mark Cleghorn. I've know Mark for a while through my position at Spicer Hallfield, the wedding album manufacturer that is unfortunately no more, and he always offers really simple but effective advice with regards to all things photography.

Held in Earls Court, London, this Monkey Business session focused on fashion photography, with Mark giving advice on how to not only market fashion photography services, but also going through effective lighting set-ups.

The great thing about this training day was that after seeing Mark demonstrate the lighting, the delegates were invited to have a go with their own cameras, which not only lets you have a go with the lighting set-up, but allows you to bring home samples to refer to at a later date.

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