Tom Oldham is a London-based portrait photographer, shooting portraits of musicians, sports stars and all sorts of talented folk in locations across the nation and worldwide. He admits ‘It’s a great gig’. In June 2017, Tom exhibited his project shot in Lesotho – ‘The Herder Boys of Lesotho’, at the White Space Gallery in London. The exhibition was a big …
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December 2017 ‘Moments’ Photography Competition Results
Out of the hundreds of entries that we received it was challenging to narrow down the winners. In the video above Karl gives critique on some of our finalists images and announces the top three entries. Below you can see the winning images alongside our lucky members and their prizes! It was great to have so many amazing entries, be …
Members Picture Critique
In this Live talk show will crop, critique and even retouch some members images to show how to improve them. This informative show will give our members and opportunity to submit their work and learn from a top professional on where improvements can be made. The critique will not only focus on the positives but also how to improve any …
Guest Fashion Photographer Daria Belikova
In this live talk show Karl will be joined by fashion photographer and rising star Daria Belikova. With a dark, edgy and distinctive style Daria’s work has become sought after internationally.With a growing reputation for exquisitely styled and executed work her unique and mature finesse has garnered significant attention. In this interview we will be talking about her approach, her technique and her rapid rise in the challenging world of fashion photography as well as answering your questions live.
Live Beauty Retouching Photography Show
In this Live show we concentrate on post production techniques for beauty retouching. Karl will run through his key post processing workflow and demonstrate colour, contrast, RAW file processing, Burn & Dodge, selective local contrast and sharpening techniques. Besides the specific techniques we will also look at the ‘where and why’ of retouching in relation to ‘where to lead the …
Live Beauty Lighting Techniques Photography Show
Working with a model, Karl will undertake a live beauty shoot with tips on preparation and lighting to reveal a superb final image. With tips also from our professional make up artist and an insight on lighting solutions that complement post production this will be a packed live show. Beauty lighting will often utilise a harder lighting formula than traditional …
Photographic Printing with Guest Expert John Fitzgerald
As well as being a successful portrait photographer John is best known as a master printer. With numerous industry awards for his printing skills John runs a busy Pro Lab, servicing the requirements of professional photographic printing and processing. With a 35-year career, John will join Karl for this Live Show, providing a wealth of tips for getting the best …
Bianca Swan, Fashion Stylist
Join Karl and special guest, fashion stylist Bianca Swan. Bianca is a professional fashion stylist who has worked with many of the big names in photography from Rankin to Max Oppenheim and even Karl Taylor : ) As well as photographers she’s styled for top brands such as Burberry, M&S and Lacoste. In this unique episode we will delve into …
Karl Taylor’s Recreation of ‘Dali Atomicus’ on the BBC
‘Dali Atomicus’. This iconic image has been a favourite of mine for as long as I remember and it is probably the root of my own interest and specialisation in photographing fast moving liquids and smashing objects. I have been a photographer professionally for 25 years, having started a career in photojournalism in the early to mid 90’s but then …
Live Sunglasses Product Shoot
Sunglasses product shoot – In this stunning product shoot Karl will walk you through the whole process of how to photograph a pair of sunglasses live, resulting in a high-end advertising image. Learn the process of using effective gradient lighting and tips for precise control of studio lights. Click here to learn more about Karl Taylor, his professional photography career …
Live photography talk show with Urs Recher
Join Karl and special guest photographer Urs Recher. Urs is a consultant and photographer to broncolor lighting company but he also has another life in photography with his own personal work. With an encyclopaedic knowledge on many aspects of photography we will look at Urs’s techniques and images. Karl and Urs also debate the latest industry news and topics as …
Wine bottle product lighting
Karl Taylor is known and commissioned by some of the world’s leading businesses for his exquisite product photography and lighting. In this fascinating tutorial Karl will demonstrate several techniques for effective and elegant wine photography. He will demonstrate his lighting techniques, preparation, background choices and answer your questions live with our interactive Q&A/ If you would like to view more …
Nature Photography with Chris Bale.
Chris Bale is a self-taught nature photographer and although his passion for wildlife can be easily traced back to his childhood he did not begin to share this publicly until he was in his mid thirties…..Now 43 and with a stunning portfolio there’s no turning back! Chris’s photography now features in a variety of nature journals, wildlife magazines and bird …
Portrait & Beauty Lighting Online Workshop
There’s was a huge amount of important hi-end photography techniques and studio knowledge to gain from Karl’s LIVE Portrait & Beauty Lighting workshop. Through interactive demonstration and results, Karl will help you transform your studio beauty and portraiture photography! You’ll see the step by step process needed to light and shoot professional portrait and beauty images. PLUS… Karl explains his …
Wedding Photography with David Stanbury
David is a Multi Award Winning Portrait & Wedding Photographer based in the North West of England with a career spanning over 20+ years & nearly 1400 weddings His accolades include over 200 National & Regional awards including UK Wedding Photographer of the Year, UK Portrait Photographer of the Year, UK Wedding Album of the Year and a 2 times …
Live Food Photography & Styling Show with Anna Pustynnikova
For the next live show Karl is joined by top food photographer Anna Pustynnikova for a range of in-depth & beautiful food photography lessons. Professional food photographer and blogger Anna will show you how you can create great food shots with simple gear and minimal lighting – so simple that you can easily replicate these professional shots in your own …
Alex Wallace Pro-Photographer Talk Show (round-up video)
Award winning landscape photographer Alex Wallace shared his landscape photography tips and much more with me on this photography talk show. My talk show with professional photographer Alex Wallace last week was extremely insightful. We discussed his top photography tips, we critique a selection of members’ work and answered many questions live online. Some of the topics covered included: location …
Phocus 3.0 Can work for you
You may be wondering why I am bothering to mention this software as most of you don’t use Hasselblad cameras?….. The software is similar in ways to Adobe Lightroom but instead of forking out to buy Lightroom you can simply download Phocus for free as a stand alone piece of software directly from the Hasselblad website. Whilst some of you …
A simple 2 light portrait set-up
In this short video I take pictures with an economic Olympus OMD-M10 Micro 4/3 sensor camera and some with the Canon Mk-III but just with a standard 50mm lens. Remember: The soft boxes I use are top quality and very decently priced broncolor soft boxes that also fit other studio light brands and even your Speedlite flashes (with the right …
lighting system
OK so lets go back over a decade and look at when I first started with Elinchrom lighting. At that time I would say they had a pretty comprehensive range of lights and accessories for the day, plus a great range of softboxes that still hold their own even today. Back then I was using a couple of Elinchrom 101 …
Landscape Photography Using a Standard 50mm Lens
Get more from your standard 50mm lens! Using this lens can often reveal new compositions and force you to think more about your images and composition! If we really strip it down landscape photography can be summarised into just three simple steps.
Food Photography: Discover the art of creating beautiful food photography.
My father was always very passionate about photography — he even had a small photo laboratory at home — so photography was essential part of my life all the time. I started in photography with shooting people, street photography, and taking part in different art projects. At that time, I was working as marketing manager for a restaurant company. The …
Alex Wallace Pro Photographer
On this live Photography Talk Show, Karl was joined by Alex Wallace, a commercial and industrial photographer from New Zealand who in just 8 years has managed to build a successful photography business from scratch. Karl and Alex traded tips and techniques for both natural light and speedlite flash photography. Alex was live on July 25th at 18:00 BST. – …
Professional techniques for red wine product photography.
I run you through each studio light (with modifiers) one by one and I explain my choice of materials and props. I also show you how I quickly identify and correct the common pitfalls that catch other photographers out. I hope you gain some new techniques to apply next time you’re shooting this type of hi-end product photography. If you …