You can put a plastic bag over your lens and create fascinating images.

You know long before photoshop was invented photographers were always manipulating images - right from the very early days montage, HDR printing, camera trickery, double exposures all those tricks were in place.

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Model of the Day: 19/03/2026 - Carla Monaco

Our daily model photograph with Carla Monaco

Favourite accessory of 2009

This is shamelessly culled from the net-model website, but I thought it was interesting, the discussion was on favourite accessories, excluding lenses and cameras, here's the summary: "A large, round white/silver reflector.

Experimental Shoots: Motion Blur with Raphaella

Raphaella is very well known as a dance model, her moves are amazing. She is also a complete whirlwind - I'm a fast shooter and I struggled to keep up with her.

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Model of the Day: 18/03/2026 - Maja Stina

Our daily model photograph with Maja Stina

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Raphaella - Using lines and curves for best effect (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

Critique for Richard

Richard created these images at one of our RPS art nude workshops. Attendees on our workshops can send images to me afterwards for review and critique.

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You can pick up scaffold poles cheap and do interesting things with them.

This sequence of images is shot around a scaffold pole hanging horizontally from a ceiling fitting. The fitting is very secure to allow the model to really hang from the pole.

Q&A: Is a photography degree worthwhile?

Q: "I'm in my last year of school, want ot be a photographer as a career. My careers advisor has said I should get a degree.

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Looking at Pictures for Fun (video)

A short YouTube photography tip

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Model of the Day: 26/06/2020 - Leah Axl