Guest post: Shooting film in Cambodia (Rocco)

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Note:  This post is written and all photos by Rocco Paduano who attended both our Street Photography and Cambodia workshop over a period of two weekends.  Rocco is partial to film cameras as well as his digital M9, this trip he took both, this is his story. - Gary Tyson, Director F8 Photography. (Playful children jump onto [...]

Guest Post: My Cambodia experience (Trevor)

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Note:  This post is written and all photos by Trevor Smith who attended both our Street Photography and Cambodia workshop over a period of two weekends.  Trevor works in Saudi Arabia so had a long journey to be with us, this is his story. - Gary Tyson, Director F8 Photography. (The eyes are the window to the [...]

Guest Post: RJ’s Cambodia (F8 Assistant)

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Note:  This post is written and all photos by RJ Gurung, assistant photographer/trainee with F8.  He has been training with F8 Photography for approximately 6 months, with little previous knowledge in photography before he started in September 2011.  His enthusiasm and passion for photography drives him and has helped him develop a unique and interesting [...]

Cambodia – Me & my Leica M9

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Note: This is not a technical review of the Leica M9 in any way shape or form, its purely my own view of the experience of using one in the field with the images I shot to support my views, I also comment here about some AMAZING Zeiss lenses that I have been using that [...]

Cambodia behind the scenes (VIDEO)

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This is just a short look behind the scenes on some of our shots from last trip to Cambodia. I apologise in advance for the quality of the editing, we didn’t film anywhere near enough clips, as video coverage was not part of the plan for this trip, so these are just thrown together clips [...]

Lighthouse Orphanage, Cambodia (VIDEO)

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We have recently visited an orphanage in Phnom Penh and are now trying to help them by selling prints through our online gallery here to raise money for them. This short video just outlines and shows where the kids come from and a little bit of footage from the orphanage itself, we hope you can [...]

F8 online print sales – with charity gallery

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We have been working together with our awesome web designer Andi over at brandedpixels to develop a print sales gallery on our website and are proud to annouce it is now live here. We are doing some charity work in Cambodia and many of the prints we are selling to aid an orphanage in Phnom [...]

Nurturing Passion – Creating Capability

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Arguably, in life, there are things that we either have or we don’t have… One of the key things that we look for in clients, when working with them to develop their skills in photography is a passion, a passion for the art and a passion for the subject. Easily developable are the skills associated [...]

Infrared Siem Reap – Cambodia

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So another trip to Cambodia is well underway, including a short visit back to Siem Reap and the famous temples. I have been using the Leica M8 for some personal work over the last few months and not really had a chance to test it to its full potential yet, so thought I would bring [...]

‘Som Tot Moy’ – F8 Exhibition in Soho, Hong Kong (VIDEO)

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We exhibited our images from recent trips to Cambodia in Soho in January & February of 2011, with the aim to raise money for a Cambodian children’s charity.  Here’s the video from the opening night.  Thanks for all the support, we really appreciate people taking the time to see our work.

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