National Geographic Photographer Mark Seymour runs some of the Best Photography Workshops in the world thru Light & Land Most of their best photography workshops are based in Asia with regular trips held in India and Vietnam with courses also taking place in Cuba, and Sicily. The photography workshops will definitely take you off the beaten track, will have a street photography bias and a strong emphasis on small groups where Mark is with you most of the day. Attending photographers always comment afterwards about how they were taken to places that tourists generally don’t go to, and that ..read more

National Geographic Photographer Mark Seymour and Flavio Bosi run some of the Best Photography Workshops in the world. Most of their best photography workshops are based in Asia with regular trips held in India and Vietnam with courses also taking place in Cuba, Bolivia and Sicily. The photography workshops will definitely take you off the beaten track, will have a street photography bias and a strong emphasis on small groups where Mark and Flavio are with you most of the day. Attending photographers always comment afterwards about how they were taken to places that tourists generally don’t g ..read more

All monochrome images by Mark, all colour images by Flavio. A very early morning start from Kings Cross station in London, boarding the first Eurostar train of the morning, saw us making our way to the home of street photography and one of Europe’s most romantic cities: Paris. We dropped our luggage at our hotel and started exploring straight away. We booked the Hotel Meslay Republique, just a stone’s throw from the Place de la République Metro station and a great central location to explore the areas of Paris we had already earmarked as good potential locations through our research. The Best ..read more

A Street photography course in Blackpool, the iconic British seaside resort. Our street photography course in Blackpool this year coincided with the annual Rebellion Festival, the largest British Punk festival held here since 1996 and mainly in the Winter Gardens. With its new outdoor stage, slap bang in front of Blackpool Tower, it had now capacity for 15,000 fans and was featuring some iconic bands such as Gary Newman, The Stranglers, Jilted John and Squeeze. The holiday destination turned out to be a great place to be with so many colourful characters around. We parked at the Central Car P ..read more

Exploring Weston-Super-Mare for some seaside Street Photography Flavio and Mark took to the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare to capture the life of the busy traditional British holiday resort with some street photography with our trusty Sony A9 cameras. Mark used a 35mm lens, while Flavio preferred a 45mm. Mark took the direct train from Reading and arrived relaxed at the Weston-Super-Mare station, just a few mins walk from the beach. Arriving by train is a great option, worth considering. Flavio however took the car and, with a similar journey time, parked the car just a few mins walk from ..read more

The Technical Stuff The Leica Q2 Monochrom is definitely a boutique camera with the quality and craftsmanship of the finest products made. Id definitely consider it the Herme’s of the camera world with pure elegance in both its handling and its design The Monochrom is a beautifully compact camera weighing in at 734 g with battery and measuring just 130 x 80mm and just 91mm deep including the stunning fixed prime Summilux 28mm f1.7 ASPH. The bright clear 3.68 MP OLED viewfinder is a joy to use for both viewing your subject or reviewing the photograph you’ve just taken. The Leica Monochrom hosts ..read more

Varanasi, the City of Light, is a place like no other  Varanasi is the holiest of the seven holy cities in India Mark Twain famously said “Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Varanasi is truly unlike any other place in the world. One of the world’s oldest and holiest cities, you can really feel it in its atmosphere. The holy river, the ghats filled with life, the chaotic spirituality and so much more make this a city you can’t forget. From early morning to night, Varanasi is one magical place. A ..read more

Ranking Street photographs according to their complexity and discussing Street Photography Techniques A blog by Mark I thought we’d have a bit of fun when were out shooting the street and started naming our street compositions according to winning hands when playing cards. So from a truly exceptional hand to the simplest card, read on to discover how to score the winning hands! Mind you, to be a Royal Flush the photograph has to be pretty special! Royal Flush The photograph was taken in Kolkata at the famous flower market. I’d been going there most days during my week long stay in the city and ..read more

Exploring Weston-Super-Mare for some seaside Street Photography Flavio Bosi and Mark Seymour took to the seaside resort of Weston Super Mare to capture the life of this busy traditional British holiday town with some street photography with our trusty Sony A9 cameras. Mark used a 35mm lens, while Flavio preferred a 45mm. Mark took the direct train from Reading and arrived relaxed at the Weston-Super-Mare station, just a few mins walk from the beach. Arriving by train is a great option worth considering. Flavio however took the car and, with a similar journey time, parked the car just a few min ..read more

A post by Flavio Bolivia rarely comes as a first choice among travel destinations, but it’s an incredibly beautiful country and has a lot of history and traditions that are worth exploring. One of them is the Oruro Carnival, a unique blend of Christian and pagan traditions that coalesce in a visually spectacular and emotionally charged event. The Carnival is also the economic blood of this mining town, giving work to the artisans and craftsmen all year around to make the costumes for the dancers. The Oruro Carnival takes place on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, drawing to the small mining ..read more