Work with award winning wildlife, travel and landscape photographer Adriaan van Heerden on the 36exp Nature Photography Workshop at the London Wetland Centre. The Centre is a haven for wildlife right …
Off Camera Flash Photography
by Andrew Mason Last Saturday saw our Flash Photography Workshop take place in and around Borough. Amita Sethi arrived from Cyprus with a relatively new camera and a very large newly found suitcase …
Lightroom Technique for Subtle Skin Retouching
Most of us don't live in a world where our subjects are perfectly made up and fed on a diet of wheatgrass and alpine mineral water to cultivate perfect skin. We do though have cameras and lenses which …
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12 reasons why a top photographer has the easiest job in the world
12 reasons why a top photographer has the easiest job in the world. 1 You have endlessly interesting subjects to photograph. Once you've made it to the top, you can forget about having to think up …
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Flash – Nikon vs Canon
When it comes to comparing the two biggest digital SLR camera brands, Nikon and Canon, it is almost impossible to separate them in terms of camera quality. We're often asked to recommend one over the …
Strobist Technique – Background Light
One of the advantages of using flash when shooting on location is that they are small and portable, yet powerful enough to light a good portrait. Being small and portable means we can take them to …
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Lighting Technique – Accent Light
Good portrait lighting is as much about lighting the back of your subject, or what's being it, as the front. In most cases it's obviously important that your subject is lit so that you can see who it …
Somewhere Up There, Watching the Shard Climbers
While the iPhone lacks an 800mm zoom lens to capture the vertigo inducing action of the Greenpeace climbers going up the Shard today, it is more than capable of capturing the unusual site of lunchtime …
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Money Off Nikon Lenses, Flashes and Grips
After you buy a Nikon DSLR (this applies at least to the Nikon D600 and D800 bought from London Camera Exchange), Nikon UK sends you a list of vouchers with discounts on various accessories, e.g. Buy …
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Behind the Scenes at a Portrait Photography Workshop in East London
The summer solstice brought us the longest possible day of cloud that the fabulous British weather could muster, plus a few showers, to notify us that we had reached mid-summer here in London. Models, …
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Strobist Technique for Rim Light
One light is good, but two are better. Here's a strobist technique for using off camera flash to create rim light. Using a second off camera flash to create a rim light is a technique which …
Final Cut Pro Training
Our Video Course also includes Final Cut Pro Training, so in one workshop you can learn how to shoot great footage, and how to put it all together in Final Cut Pro to create outstanding video. The …
Buy the Canon 100D if you want a Small ‘Proper’ Camera
DSLRs are what you might call 'proper' cameras because you get easy access to all of their controls which makes them quick and easy to use. They also have the widest range of lenses and other …
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Same Scene, Lit Three Ways
In certain fancy restaurants you see things on the menu such as 'Organic Rare Breed Worcester Old Spot Pig Three Ways'. On the plate you'll get that unusual pig turned into a flavoursome sausage, it's …
The Woman in the Red Beret
An image here by Adrian Gallop taken on our Creative and Street Photography Workshop. There is a lot to like about this photo. Firstly, notice the contrast in texture, colour, vibrancy and …
Strobist Course
Strobist, off camera flash, or however you refer to it, is the technique of using speedlights removed from your camera and triggered remotely. It is an established and highly effective way of …
Lighting a Black Studio Background to Give it Some Colour
This sounds counter-intuitive, but you can light a black background and give it some colour. Here’s an example by John Jennings taken on our Studio Lighting Workshop. You might not believe it, …
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Street Photography – from London to Vietnam
Matt Whitbourne attended the 36exp Creative & Street Photography Workshop in October, and then applied some of what he learned during a trip to Vietnam. One of Matt's images is shared here, and …
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A 36exp Wedding
The first ever 36exp Wedding Photography Workshop took place on Monday 25th February. It should have been obvious, but organising a Wedding Photography Workshop, is basically the same as organising a …
Press Release from 36exp Photography Ltd Regarding Horse Meat in our Courses
Earlier this week, 36exp became aware of a allegations that some of our courses contain horse meat. As a result we undertook rigorous scientific testing of our entire product range and are pleased to …