“Photography sometimes provides a challenge for me, it offers a chance to work in challenging locations, facing extreme weather and circumstance, and I have learned to control this in my workflow.”…

Achieving a successful balance between artistic vision and financial savvy is essential for the photographic industry. If you combine your passion for the business of photography with sound business judgment, you may develop a long-lasting, fulfilling profession.

My 15 Minutes of Fake Fame – Archive StoryNewsletter #03 – 16/04/2020 No desire to be on TV, not even the need to be a TV reality star. Almost a…

These few examples of lighting involve using only one effective light source. Of course, you can add others if you like, and some of my later posts will show how this can work. Nothing stops you from adding more lights or reflectors into the mix to fill in shadows or just be adventurous with your studio lighting.

5 Reasons Why Photographers Shouldn’t Give Away Raw Files Raw files are the modern digital version of the negatives, so they hold value. It is far easier to pass these along, Dont give them away and i explain why!

The Ultimate Projector Photography Guide for Stunning Results Projector photography is an intriguing and creative method that enables you to project pictures onto different surfaces and produce captivating photographs. This…

As a professional photographer looking for ways to boost your online presence and marketing efforts, artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT can be a game changer. Discover five exciting ways that ChatGPT may transform and improve your photography business:

  50 Cameras Angles Every Film Maker and Photographer Needs to Know A camera shot refers to a series of frames composed from the moment the director goes “lights, camera,…

  TIPS ON PHOTOGRAPHERS INSTAGRAM MARKETING STRATEGY Photography platforms have been in a way a perfect way for any photographer to get seen and not just locally but globally. Instagram…

So many photographers ask themselves, “What am I doing wrong?” when they are having trouble getting clients.

This little light has 3 Color Mode Adjustable: The camera photo light provides 50 white light beads and 50 warm light beads, colour temperature 2500K-6500K. Warm light, Natural light and…

Fine Art Photography or is it just Getting noticed as a photographer? these days it's quite a difficult task, so many photographers are following the trends shooting almost the same…

The Best Ways To Utilise Adobe Express As A Photographer Photography can be an expensive and complicated endeavour, but it doesn’t have to be. Adobe Express is a budget-friendly alternative…

AI PHOTOGRAPHY List of 30 SOFTWARE programs & HOW AI IS CHANGING THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY The days of photographers being limited by the technical limitations of their gear are…

“This I not a pub, when you sit in the presence of Lord Bath you must adhere to what is called etiquette. I don’t suppose you know much about this…

The rise of AI art and the emergence of tools like Midjourney have enabled artists to explore new frontiers in creativity, unleashing the power of artificial intelligence to produce stunning and innovative works that challenge traditional notions of art.

Alternative Lebanon by James Nader – Archive Story Newsletter #03-2020 A few years back I was traversing the eastern European country of Lebanon, part of a commercial mission. Whilst on…

ANALOG FILM & PROCESSING BLACK AND WHITE PROCESS I started at University processing my own black and white film and prints this included later on colour prints C-types and Cibachrome prints from slides.…

I felt a real adrenaline rush in the darkroom once more. I immersed the film in the developer, agitating it gently, watching as the images materialised on the film strip;…

Angelica’s styling has that quirky edge appeal which I love and although working on campaigns internationally she manages to indulge in some fabulously eccentric imagery which piqued my interest. Some…

Seeing Angelina’s image for the first time gave me a wired sense of Deja Vous. I was certain her style of capture was familiar, and then after scrolling through her…

What is the Real Reason for an Elevator Pitch?   Everything you do with your brand should really communicate to the world to help people to remember who you are.…

Retouching and compositing have always been something we love to do at James Nader. I have done most of it and will keep on with the compositing work but finally,…

Fine Art Portraits and Monochrome Photography

A Client’s conceptual vision expectations and a producer’s visuals set in stone, being a creative photographer based on thin ground can set you up for failure based just from a…

Concrete Architecture, also known as Brutalist architecture, is a style which emerged in the 1950s and grew out of the early-20th century modernist movement. Brutalist buildings are characterised by their massive, monolithic, and…

LEARNING THE CORRECT PROCEDURES Celebrity Photography and a Celebrity Photographer will tell you that it is not what it al seems shooting celebrities. I don’t as a rule photograph too…

LAMBERTZ GODDESS OF EUROPE 2014 – CERRIDWEN Petra Nemcova SHOOTING DIANA by JAMES Ok So finally I get to work with a SuperModel, Petra Nemcova made it all go easily.…

Shooting with Gok Wan for Channel Four and How to Look Good Naked TV Show HTLGN was a challenge. Not just because of having to shoot so much bodywork but…

I learned early on that working with models can be extremely tricky, but super rewarding if you connect well with them. Depending on the type of model you work with, I explain more here.