Things I’ve learnt from photographing Marathons.
Marathons fascinate me. I was always a short-distance athlete at school and the coaches would regularly send me out on runs with the long-distance guys. I hated it but for some reason I really like being around marathon runners. There’s something very rewarding about being there when people of all ages and backgrounds battle to complete the challenge of 26.3 miles. It’s a very human endeavour. This shot is my favourite from a recent event and it started me thinking about life and the lessons I’ve learnt from photographing marathons: 1. Making a living out of photography is quite different…
Why it’s important to have your own website
Or more accurately “Why it’s more important to have your own website if you’re serious about photography”… 6 months ago I decided to host my website content via a relatively unknown site called 500px. It’s a great looking site for high-end and fine art photography, slightly out of my league but I loved the idea that someone else had put all the work in to designing and building a platform for me to use. They even promised to have blogging up and running soon (to individual ‘sites’ to be precise as they already have blogging within the 500px site). That…
