Blog

I believe the job of a photographer is to tell a story with the images they take. But sometimes my photographic adventures have stories that go beyond the camera, and I enjoy writing about them.

The posts below are a mixture of those adventures, combined with tutorials on lighting and printing, and all are designed to make photography more accessible to those with a shared interest in creating impactful images.

Sam Barton 17/09/2022 Sam Barton 17/09/2022

Adventures in Utah, part one

A few weeks back I got an email from work to say that I had a lot of holiday allowance left to use, the second most in the business and we are 750+ people. Use it or lose it! This was timed with me chatting with a model who I had worked with earlier in the year and she was planning a trip abroad, a photo tour of salt lakes and the Moab desert.

Sam Barton 05/09/2022 Sam Barton 05/09/2022

Contrast

I make no secret of the fact that I like contrast in my images. It’s always been a part of my photography since I first picked up a camera. Today when preparing for a shoot I often think about clothes and backgrounds knowing that I want that contrasting look.

Sam Barton 27/07/2022 Sam Barton 27/07/2022

Creating culture

I used to work in photography professionally, but today I work in software development. At first glance these two worlds seem very disparate. But in fact there is a lot of synergy, or at least there is for me.