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Simon Walden
FilmPhoto Academy
Cheltenham Film Studios
Hatherley Lane
Cheltenham
Glos, GL51 6PN

Tel: 01242 255000

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  Latest Podcast Studio Flash is Easy

You will learn how easy it is to setup and use studio flash - including how to set your camera and how to troubleshoot flash failures. It's time the mystery was taken out of studio flash.

 

 

ArchivedPodcasts

Understanding Shadow Contrast and Transitions

Helping you understand the difference between shadow contrasts, shadow transitions and lighting ratios, this guide will let you describe and re-create any lighting setup.

Rants

Some rants you can sympathise with (and learn from) about the state of photography, the state AND photography - how bad law's are affecting photographers and other grumbles.

Personal Heroes

Here are six inspirational photographers that helped me in my search for my personal style and have given me great, creative ideas that I have built on and you can too.

My Wedding Day

I'm going to talk you through my entire wedding timetable, so you can learn the sequence, timings and tricks for shooting great wedding photography.

The Making of the "Creative Nude" DVD's

We'll take you through the whole story of making the Creative Glamour and Creative Nude DVD's. How we developed the idea, how they were shot, how they were edited. The pitfalls of working with video as opposed to stills.

Making an Audio Visual Slideshow

The steps you need to go through to develop an idea for a audio-visual (AV) presentation and the software to use to create them. I'll explain the benefits of different packages as well as discussing how to storyboard a great visual.

Giving Pictures Punch

You can use the same tools, tricks and techniques I use in my commercial work to give your pictures punch suitable for commercial work or just making a more striking image.

Fifteen Project Ideas

Here's fifteen different ideas for projects for you to boost your creativity and your camera fluency and expertise.

Cost of Running a Studio

If you are thinking of starting your own studio, here's my guide to my actual costs of running my studio, no holds barred, get a real view of the expenses you can expect if you want to open your own studio space.

Understanding Layers and Layer Tips

Using layers in your photo manipulation package is easy. Here are seven simple layer tricks to add punch and tune-up your images

04 - Working with Models

Working with models: how to find models, how to choose which models to work with, how to direct models to achieve the images you want, how to pose models.

03 - Oblique Strategies

Some tricks and techniques for getting your creativity kick-started.

02 - A Different Approach to Software

Products I've found useful, not so useful and ideas for your Christmas Photography Presents

01 - Christmas Goodies

Find out about the different software solutions I use in the studio, that are not from Adobe.