http://www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian-maier/ This is a link to an incredible story. Vivian Maier took amazing photographs in and around the streets of New York & Chicago. She was a care worker and nanny who kept her passtime a secret. The story is best told by the website and not by me though. As with all photography, look deep into the images and take it all in. As you run through the archives, you'll click back once every so often because you'll realise you've missed deta

I'm a compulsive learner. I don't know when this happened, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Some photographers tend to shy away from using flashes bercause they're complicated at first becase they're not a constant light. More of this to come. Natural light has so many diferent qualities. We get the magic hour at the start and end of the day, we also have the harsh light either side of mid day that casts nasty shadows everywhere and to use it properly you need to underst

The two cameras in this photograph were a big part of my life growing up. My dad taught me how to use a camera with the Yashika on the right and would you believe it, his Dad taught him how to use a camera with the fold out Agfa on the left! I feel so lucky to still have both of them. I work as a family photographer in and around Henley on Thames & Marlow and my photographic journey started literally with the camera on the right. My Dad was the son of a coal miner from Manche