Archive for March, 2012

BIPP Professional Photography Awards 2012 Bronze Winner - Fashion, Hair and Beauty - Paul Reiffer, Photographer - Head Above Water - Award

BIPP Professional Photography Awards 2012 – Bronze Winner

Cool – I won “bronze” in Fashion, Hair & Beauty at the 2012 Professional Photography Awards – held at BFI Southbank in London last night 🙂 Last year’s awards were held at Blenheim Palace, in Oxford, and while it was a fantastic location – I have to admit I’m not really the formal dinner suit type… So it was with an element of surprise, as well as relief, when I found out that not only […]

Portland Bill Dorset Lighthouse Skyline Sea After Sunset England - Neutral Density Filter - Paul Reiffer, Professional London Landscape Photographer

Neutral Density and ND-Grad Filters – what’s the use?

Quick question: What do the following images have in common? The simple answer? They’d be impossible shots to take without some form of filter – and in this particular case, a filter which many people misunderstand or simply don’t think they need. That is, until they understand the power that it can have when shooting landscapes. It’s also one of the most frequently asked questions of land/seascape photographers – “how did you manage to do […]