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Following on from the recent movies on creativity by John Cleese and Aaron Draplin comes a video from Michael Wolff. Michael is co-founder of design consultancy Wolff Olins and Intel recently put together a short video about the his three key ingredients to seeing more and finding inspiration. As usual I have made some no...

When I launched Old Maps of New York a few months ago it only had a handful of maps, today I have uploaded 3 more maps onto the site which you can pan and zoom into as you would with Google Maps. The three newly added maps are shown below. New York 1756 The 1756 Tobias Conrad Lotter’s map of the Middle Atlantic and New England re...

I recently attended the Fashion Shoot Experience run by Miss Aniela which I highly recommend. The event is run every month or so around the globe and provides attendees with a unique opportunity to experience photographing a location fashion shoot and working with a large creative team. Rather than being instructional, your are p...

Veteran Graphic Designer Aaron James Draplin recently shared 50 things in 50 minutes that he lives by. The video is not only funny and inspiring but also contains some excellent advise. Although aimed at graphic designers a lot of what he says can equally be applied to photographers and artists in general. It is worth watching (below...

I came across a great video the other day where John Cleese shares his wisdom and research on how to be more creative. You can watch the video below and if you don't have 30mins to spare, you can glance at my notes on his talk below.

I often blog about how the internet is changing how we create and experience art works. I came across an interesting video the other day by PBS Arts: Off Book that takes a look at how three Internet based companies (Kickstarter, Creative Commons, and The Creators Project) are helping artists fund their project and gain recognitio...

I created this image in dedication to Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) the French fashion photographer whose fashion photography broke the mould with it's surreal narrative. During his career he created many collections of themes in his images but a reoccurring theme was women's legs, which came about initially from his work with French shoe design...

Late last week Adobe released the public beta of Photoshop CS6 to the world. I have now had a chance to create an image from start to finish and wanted to share my thoughts. Overall, I love the new Photoshop. The darker interface is much easier on the eye, allowing you to focus on your work. Not only that the interface is more co...