Field notes, process and the occasional detour — a look at how the work comes together, one frame at a time.
On shooting in bad light, trusting the wrong lens, and why the frame you almost delete is often the one worth keeping.
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A photograph rarely ends when the shutter closes. The follow-through — the edit, the print test, the long look the next morning — is where a frame becomes a piece. This month we walk through the slow craft of finishing, and why we resist the urge to publish while the ink is still wet.
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Some of our favourite work has come from collaboration — a subject who trusts the room, a stylist with a stubborn idea, an assistant who spots the shot we missed. Here's a look at how the studio actually runs on a shoot day, and the small rituals that keep everyone loose enough to make something honest.
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We move constantly between the camera and the canvas. This piece is about what photography teaches painting and what painting teaches photography — how learning to build a portrait brushstroke by brushstroke changed the way we now see contrast, edges and skin through the lens.
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A rained-out car meet turned into one of the year's best shoots. Wet paint, a red tail-light and an hour of grey sky did more for us than any studio setup could. A short note on chasing weather instead of avoiding it, and letting the location set the palette.
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