Dream State This day 2 years ago I visited Cortona to see my exhibition in the Cortona On The Move photo festival. Cortona is a beautiful hill town above a plain between 2 ranges of hills. On the other side of the far range is our valley and it always surprises me how […]
Mars Attacks! Every year in the early summer, thousands of mobula rays congregate in the Sea of Cortez off the coast of La Paz in Mexico. On calm days at sea, a spectacular courting ritual unfolds during which the rays show off by jumping several metres out of the sea. It is one of […]
In Our Own Backyard Sometimes there are natural forms that approach perfection. The shape of this tree has spoken to me for the four years we’ve been coming to this place, and I realize now that I have been photographing it casually and repeatedly in all lights and seasons. While I was doing […]
Last week, we ran another photo competition on Instagram and on the Masters of Photography Photostream. Thank you to all those who entered! The theme of the competition was ‘Portrait of a Friend’ and, once again, it proved to be hugely popular with a very high standard of entries! Well done to all the winners. Here […]
The Long March Antarctica is a challenge to photograph in a way that is engaging to those that will never have the chance to visit – its enormity and its power are difficult to convey in one still image. Tight shots tend to work less well than wide-angle imagery that portray a sense of place. […]
Recently, we ran a photo competition on Instagram and on the Masters of Photography Photostream. Thank you to all those who entered! The theme of the competition was ‘Black & White’, allowing for a broad range of entries from photographers of all different disciplines and styles. The competition proved to be hugely popular with a […]
What Catches the Eye Who knows why any one stops any time, anywhere? Why this trough, which is probably a truck tire track, filled with rain water in a gravel-bedded parking area. But there it is, the puzzle that all photographers deal with all the time. Something catches the eye, with no rational […]
First Thought, Best Thought Driving on a back country road to visit a man who saves plant seeds from all over the world; someone who has resisted Monsanto and their ideas about patenting seeds so farmers must buy only from them, or be punished if they don’t, we came across this landscape. I […]
Colour photography has come a long way since Walker Evans once called it “vulgar”. No longer just the choice of holiday snappers and commercial campaigns, vibrant, popular and impactful colour photography is everywhere – reflecting the world in which we live. With innovations in tech meaning that cameras can record ever higher resolutions and outstanding […]
IT Every once in a while I find myself stopped by some indefinable sensation, as if a have just passed though a ‘locus point’, a zone of visual force that tingles in such a way that I look around to get my bearings. “What is here that is holding me”? Usually we respond […]
The Thing Itself Every once in a while I see some pure organic form; a tree, a rocky outcrop, a body of water, a hillside, which makes me pause to regard it just for its own sake. I read the history it suggests, look at the scale it has achieved, or lost, over […]
Coincidence I was going through the work from the 21st for today’s Blog and what do I discover but a funny coincidence. In among the 65 photographs I made, here, again, was another young woman with a glove hanging from her mouth! What are the odds of that happening? And it was even […]
Last year, our blog about great photography books was one of the most popular on our site, eliciting many comments and new suggestions. With 2020 now behind us, we wanted to share a list of 10 books that we enjoyed and were published in this strange and tumultuous year. The list is obviously subjective, nowhere […]
A Fresh Start All the celebrations are now over and reality makes its way back wherever we look, and looking is what we always return to to ground ourselves. Looking at our daily life, our family (just as crazy as everyone else) our politics, and politicians (what a ride we’re in for) our work, […]
Landscape photography is a wonderful way for an amateur to hone their skills without too much pressure to ‘get it right’. There’s no posing of subjects, special lighting or studio setups, and there’s not necessarily a need for special equipment –because if you’ve got a camera (or even a smartphone) you can record a beautiful […]
What is it that stands a great photographer apart from a good one? Certainly a lot of it comes down to technical prowess – understanding equipment, subject and environment and using all those to their full advantage – but there’s something else that’s very important as well. Creating memorable, moving images is an art that […]
Portrait photography is a very broad genre and can incorporate everything from studio images taken under highly controlled conditions, to corporate sittings, candid images and fine art. While there are many skills you’ll need to work on when you undertake this kind of photography, there’s one very important decision that underpins the success of any […]
In a recent survey conducted among users of our online photography courses, black and white came up as the main genre that they’d like to learn more about (62%), coming in just ahead of street (59%) and portrait (56%) photography. You can also see from a quick scan of websites and auction houses that black […]
There are few people in the world who wouldn’t have heard at least a passing reference to the painter Paul Cézanne, the Post-Impressionist artist acclaimed as being among the most influential in the history of modern painting. His unique approach and innovative brushstroke practices have been an enduring inspiration to successive painters for more than […]
For the aspiring photographer, there can be no better way to establish your own creative identity than by observing the techniques, tactics and intangible artistic visions of those who have become masters in their field. For anyone interested in portraiture, in order to develop your photographic eye and take better images, there’s a delicate balance […]
“A bear walks into a bar…” We will giving away 5 David Yarrow masterclasses to the 5 captions that we think are best… David may even help us judge. Use the comment box below to add your caption (you must be logged in to leave comments!). Alternatively, you can enter your caption on our Facebook […]
What’s your favourite photography book? Which photography books have inspired you? To improve as a photographer, all of our masters say how important it is to study the work of other great master photographers. Looking at photography books will often provide valuable insight into the author’s ideas, process and techniques, allowing you to build a library of concepts, compositions […]
See our next Master of Photography, David Yarrow, in this CBS News special feature that covers his explosion onto the world stage. David Yarrow’s pictures of wildlife in remote locations have garnered a huge amount of admiration from galleries, collectors and the public. In this video, CBS follow David on a couple of his […]
Master of Photography, David Yarrow, recently released a new book documenting wildlife and the natural world with his powerful, signature imagery. David was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1966. He took up photography at an early age and, as a 20-year-old, found himself working as a photographer for The London Times on the pitch at […]
Steve McCurry: A Life in Pictures, released in 2018 is the most comprehensive biographical story of how he became the Steve McCurry that we see in exhibitions, countless magazine covers and in his online course, with us at Masters of Photography.
David’s latest book is a 368 page monograph containing 150 of his strongest images. Use the code MASTERSOFPHOTOGRAPHY20 to get £20 off.
This new and expanded edition of Joel’s widely acclaimed photobook, Wild Flowers—now, in a larger format, features new and unpublished images. For nearly forty years Joel Meyerowitz has tended his visual garden in the streets and parks and cities he has visited or lived in.
Opens: May 12th, 2021
Waagnatie – Expo & Events
Rijnkaai 150
2000 Antwerpen
Now On, until September 5th, 2021
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion & Film
1600 Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Joel’s book, covering his entire career as one of America’s most influential photographers
