Author: Nick k

  • Understanding the 3 points of the exposure triangle

    So, what is the exposure triangle? Well the exposure triangle is the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO.Each one affects the other. OHM’s Law Remember Ohm’s law? Well if you don’t (I’m not even sure they teach it at school these days). It’s basically an electrical equation V Volts (power) = R Ohms (resistance)…

  • 7 Ways Good Photography Equipment Can Help You Create Great Marketing Images

    7 ways good photography equipment can help you create great marketing images   I’ve said in a “Why selecting a new camera is like selecting a new date (or TV)” that it’s not the camera but the person with their finger on the shutter button that makes or breaks a great photo. Well just to…

  • How to take an ‘awesome’ selfie

    In Why You Need a Professional Selfie I talked about having the need to have a decent self-portrait or ‘selfie’ on your website, social media or publication to show the human face. Maybe you’ve decided to get this done but don’t want to use a professional photographer or Uncle Eric who has a good camera.…

  • How to get ahead of your competition? Get good images

    As a photographer and someone who has been involved in sales and marketing as a profession, I shake my head at the way some business’s view the use of images in marketing. Because image is everything!! I’ll say that again; “image is everything!!” It’s no longer about what your product is, it’s now about what…

  • 10 Vital Facts about Camera Aperture

    10 Vital Facts about Camera Aperture The aperture of a camera is the centre of the photographic universe. Well maybe, the other centre as some would argue, is the shutter. No matter, let’s continue as if we haven’t heard Mr ‘some would say’ and show you 10 Vital Facts about Camera Aperture. The Aperture and…

  • Why You Need a Professional Selfie.

    Why You Need a Professional Selfie. We all know that a picture paints a thousand words. And we know that images are important to our marketing, particularly our online presence. Why is it then that often the one image that we should have, is missing or at best average? Which image is that? The SELFIE or…

  • The 6 features you don’t need on your camera

    This is the last in my series features to have (or not have) on your camera The previous posts were: The essential feature to have on your camera 4 features you must have on your camera 8 more features to have on your camera If you haven’t had time to read them all whilst you…

  • 8 features to have on your camera

    “*I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” This follows on from my previous posts: The essential feature to have on your camera and 4 features you must have on your camera Over the next few weeks I’m going to suggest some essential features you need to consider having when you are in the market…

  • Why good photography is a great investment for any small business.

    Why good photography is a great investment for any small business. *“Don’t let nobody take care of your business better than you” In the game of marketing the big brands are winning hands down. They hire large marketing companies and/or specialist photographers to make their brands stand out in an increasingly crowded market. So does…

  • 4 features you must have on your camera

    “*Been dazed and confused for so long it’s not true” This follows on from my previous post The essential feature to have on your camera Over the next few weeks I’m going to suggest some essential features you need to consider having when you are in the market for a new camera or even mobile phone…

  • 8 reasons to post your Travel Images online

    8 reasons to post Travel Images online *Imagine no internet, I wonder if you can. I wonder if John Lennon was to write Imagine today whether this wouldn’t be an extra verse. When I first started photography the only Travel images in the public domain was either in print or as part of a TV…

  • Our last full day was spent just aimlessly wondering down the alleys and streets of Stone town, stopping to browse the bazaars, have a coffee or something to eat. We finished off the day with a meal at the Stone town bistro in the old dispensary building. The old dispensary building was in fact a…

  • After that sad little story (see the last post) we went further into depression and visited the Anglican Cathedral, site of the slave market. Apparently a group of missionaries came out to Africa to oppose the slave trade. They eventually found their way to Zanzibar and after its abolition of the slave trade, built a…

  • We awoke the next morning, still shell-shocked after the events of the last 24 hours; our next challenge to catch the boat to Zanzibar. First however we had to change some money. The hotel didn’t accept travelers cheque’s or US$ or change money and the nearest bank didn’t change travelers cheque’s either. So leaving Sue behind…

  • And so the events leading to bus ride from hell number three started to unfold. The bus wasn’t due to arrive until 11.30 pm but Leonard, who was not as friendly and as obliging now that we were leaving, would only give us a lift to Mzuzu at 12.30 in the afternoon and charged us…