Professional Business Portraits – How to Get the Best Photographs
Professional Business Portraits – How to Get the Best Photographs Everyone has a camera these days, be it on their phone or some fancier piece of kit, and I’d guess that 95% of all the images taken are of a friend, colleague or relative if Facebook is anything to go by. What is a professional...
Competition to Win a Sebastião Salgado’s Exhibition Book
Competition to Win a Sebastião Salgado’s Exhibition Book Piranha recently ran a popular competition based on… A ‘must see’ Exhibition at The Natural History Museum The world premiere of Sebastião Salgado: Genesis unveils extraordinary images of landscapes, wildlife and remote communities by this world-renowned photographer. Piranha Photography’s Competition – A free copy of the beautiful...
NEWS FLASH – New Canon Portrait 85mm F1.2 Lens
New Canon Portrait 85mm F1.2 Lens This is the fastest portrait lens currently in production by Canon. The lens is especially useful for shooting in low light or when a shallow depth of field is preferred. What makes it stand out is the lens’s exceptional colour rendition, sharpness from corner to corner and beautiful Bokeh,...
6 Things for Companies Commissioning Photography to Think About
Happy Valentine’s Day and 6 Things for Companies Commissioning Photography to Think About At this time of year many companies are thinking about commissioning photography for their Annual Report, or are consider rebranding, or perhaps want to update their website or refresh marketing material. In these austere times there is a temptation to reign in,...
Storing and Backing Up Photographs and Video for Clients
Storing and Backing Up Photographs and Video for Clients In this digital age, data management and backup takes a considerable amount of time. It takes careful consideration to have a workable and watertight backup solution, lots of computer equipment and hard drives are required, and have to be set up to work seamlessly together. We...
A Week Working in the Studio
A Week Working in the Studio Hi Sam, Just packing my things to head home tomorrow morning and just thought I’d drop you an email to thank you SO much for everything this week. I am totally shattered but wouldn’t want it any other way, this week has been rammed which has given me an...
New Top of the Range Colour Screen for Studio
New Top of the Range Colour Screen for Studio Great excitement in the studio this week when our new monitor arrived for one of the Mac Pros. The Eizo CG243W screen covers 98% of Adobe 1998 and 100% of sRGB colour spaces, basically its an extremely accurate monitor needed for colour critical applications like digital...
New High Quality Photographic Tripod for Cameras – Gitzo
New High Quality Photographic Tripod for Cameras – Gitzo We have just become the proud owners of a new top of the range photography tripod from Gitzo. These tripods are still hand made and designed for years of professional use. We opted for the aluminium rather than the carbon fibre version, as the weight...
Competition – ‘Win a Bottle of Pina Colada’
Competition – ‘Win a Bottle of Pina Colada’ To celebrate the arrival of summer and our recent success with Piranha’s many business photography and video projects, we held a competition for our clients, offering a free bottle of Bacardi Pina Colada to the wittiest one liner to finish the sentence below. “A meal without wine...
Elliott Erwitt in Conversation
Elliott Erwitt in Conversation Douglas was lucky enough to see the Great Elliott Erwitt at the Cochrane Theatre in Holborn, where he was describing his techniques for taking photographs, including many of his most well known images taken over the last 50 years. Elliott is a very quiet unassuming character but with an acerbic...
Photography of Paintings for the Artist Mark Fry
Photography of Paintings for the Artist Mark Fry These paintings were photographed at Mark Fry’s studio in Normandy, France. The images were for use in the art gallery’s exhibition catalogue to promote the show.
