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I believe the job of a photographer is to tell a story with the images they take. But sometimes my photographic adventures have stories that go beyond the camera, and I enjoy writing about them.

The posts below are a mixture of those adventures, combined with tutorials on lighting and printing, and all are designed to make photography more accessible to those with a shared interest in creating impactful images.

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Adventures in Utah, part two

I found myself in the lobby of a hotel on the outskirts of Salt Lake City in Utah waiting for a chap called Dmitriy, that classic American name, to take me to meet Jenn, the lady who would be the model for our trip. I would later establish that Dmitriy was of Greek origin but born in the Ukraine. I love to travel and I truly enjoy meeting new people, but this was definitely out there, even for me. I was alone in Utah and about to meet two total strangers for a photography tour that specialises in art nude in the desert, how did that happen?

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