Siddharth Siva- Award of Excellence

arabianEye photographer Siddharth Siva won the “Thirty First Edition- Award of Excellence” by The National in the category of “Photography/Single Photos-Portrait”

Tina Hager- “Transition to peace” exhibition

The collection of photos from Iraq range from the very first moment The United States went to war (photographed from the West Wing of the White house), to President George W. Bush’s first trip to Baghdad, US military embeds throughout Iraq and finally, the emergence of a new prospering Iraq.Tina served as a White House [...]

Matilde Gattoni at the Slidefest II

Dubai based photographers unveil personal work over an inspiring evening of photograhy slideshows at the Slidefest II on May 19, 2010. Matilde Gattoni will be presenting her work titled “Yemen, in search of water” The Slidefest II takes place on Wednesday , May 19, 2010 / 7:30pm at the Dubai Knowledge Village Auditorium.

Gerry O’Leary on shooting Emirates Terminal 3

From the moment I saw this image opportunity I was excited….and more than anything as every photographer knows ‘I’m paid to see’ – after all anyone can press the button! However it took me three different dusk evenings to get it right. The first evening, only half of the canopy lights came on in time. [...]

Sid Siva’s Lighting tip-Snoot on a speedlight

Sometimes, when lighting a portrait, I like to restrict the light to a small tight spot. To do this with studio lights you can use a tool called a snoot which is nothing more than a conical (or tubular) device which fits on to the front of the light which is used to keep the [...]

David Deveson on Photographing the Kingdom Centre

This particular shot was commissioned for a television commercial about ten years ago (so far back in time I can’t even remember the name of the client!). I do remember however that there was little or no time for post production and I was asked if I would shoot it in digital, something I had [...]

Patrick Eckersley on Monopods

One small problem with shooting in low light even after you have racked up your ISO to the limits is that digital doesn’t really like slow shutter speeds. obviously a tripod is the answer I hear you say. Well that’s great if you are doing static subjects , buildings and the like , or you [...]

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