http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog A Studio Photographer Writes Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:23:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My name is Lucia - I'm aged 16 and I live in Brighton. This week I'm doing photography work experience with Jon Silver at Southdown Studio. I get to spend my week here with Jon, asking silly questions, eating left over Chinese and taking a few photos every once in ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/01/how-lucky-am-i/ Hello, this is Ellie, Ella and Jaz. We're doing work experience at Southdown Studios for the week. And so far it's been GREAT! So far we have... DAY 1 On our first day we met Jon and sat on his selection of sofas. There we talked  about all aspects of photography and the ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/24/work-exp-with-mr-jon-silver/ Here at Southdown Studio we place enormous importance on education, and we're just about the only photographic studio or photographers in the Brighton & Sussex areas who offer placements to school work experience students. So far we've played host to students from loads of different schools around the area, including ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/06/24/photographic-work-experience-at-southdown-studio/ If you're considering modelling as a career or just a fun hobby, it's important to know what it all entails. Many people think modelling is just standing in front of a camera looking pretty (or manly) and having your photo taken, but to be a good model there's so much ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/06/modelling-skills-what-skills-do-models-need/ Women want to feel beautiful. That's different from being beautiful, looking beautiful or being seen as beautiful. It's also different from feeling, looking or being seen as "sexy". Feeling beautiful is something that comes very much from within. Most women don't feel beautiful most of the time. Men see this a ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/02/09/makeovers-confidence-self-esteem-and-the-true-nature-of-beauty/ If you want to brush up your photographic knowledge or camera skills, and you can travel to the vicinity of Brighton, East Sussex, UK... I may be able to help. People always reckoned I'd make a good teacher all the time I was growing up, so I started to teach ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/12/11/photographic-tuition-photography-courses/ If you're one of the many professional photographers who have no studio of their own, or indeed an amateur who'd sometimes like to use a studio for family or model shoots, then Southdown Studio Hire may be just what you're looking for. Southdown Studio is the biggest photo studio for ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/brand-new-studio-hire-web-site/ Blokes and Christmas - what a terrible combination that makes. I'm awful at buying presents for my loves ones, especially my girlfriend, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Most men are completely stuck for ideas when it comes to finding and buying a gift for a woman. Ironically my studio ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/11/23/the-perfect-gift/ Brighton Pride 2007 was a fabulous event for both the gay and straight people of Brighton. For once the sun was shining, and apart from some strange people protesting about something or other, it was all as friendly and exuberant as usual. Southdown Studio had two photographers there covering the ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/08/03/brighton-pride-2007-photo-gallery/ My old freelance photographer's insurance from E&L (Equine & Livestock - so which one am I?) wouldn't cover the public liability and studio contents, so I decided to switch. I chose Morgan Richardson. I now wish I hadn't. Of course, accidents happen. It's a busy working studio, and the equipment's expensive. ... http://www.southdownstudio.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/07/28/morgan-richardson-trigger-happy-insurance/