I know you’ve probably read a thousand of these same posts with all the clichéd, meaningless phrases that people tell you on how to be a successful photographer, like ‘follow your dreams’, ‘be unique’, ‘believe in yourself’ etc. These have no practical application in helping … Continue readingHow to become a successful photographer
Here’s an incredibly useful and inspiring video made by FStoppers, filmed by Lee Morris and Patrick Hall in Dubai at Gulf Photo Plus 2013. Photographers featured:Zack Arias, Joe McNally, David Burnett, Scott Hargis, Gregory Heisler, David Hobby, Peter Hurley, John Keatley
N-Photo Magazine, ‘Photo Stories’ section, February issue, 2013:
Love this inspiring video from the I AM NIKON Blog about Florian Schulz and his work as an adventure photographer and videographer:
Now that I’m doing more videography as well as photography I’ve redesigned my homepage using Adobe Muse so that it’s much easier to see both my portfolios, access my social media pages and get in touch. Highly recommend Muse, very easy to use if you’re … Continue readingNew homepage @ www.jon-w.com
During the filming event I did with Jamie Barrow in Verbier for his speed run attempt, we also did a few photo shoots in various locations around Switzerland. This pic is the latest to be used, highlighting all Jamie’s sponsors: We shot the image down … Continue readingLatest commission…
My latest video of this past Winter out in the Alps to the soundtrack of Madeon’s “Minimix”…
A couple of shout-outs for an amazing website and podcast that I’m a big fan of: Pixoto.com – an awesome site that lets you rate photos against each other, you also upload your own pics to battle it out in the ImageDuel against other users’ … Continue readingPixoto and TWIP
Right then, I’ve done a bit of event photography now, definitely not anywhere near enough to consider myself an expert but enough so that I can probably give some advice on how to go about it. So as I have a video and photo-shoot coming … Continue readingEvent Photography Workflow Part 1 – Planning
Bethany from Hawke and Harlow, an interior design company, hired me to shoot one of her rooms. I’m completely new to that style and it was out of my comfort zone but I learnt a lot from it. Getting the lighting right was key and … Continue readingSomething different… interior design