I'm Edward Thompson and I've been a pro photographer for 24 years with 10 years teaching experience as a Senior Lecturer in universities in the U.K.
I've been published by National Geographic Magazine, The Guardian Weekend Magazine, BBC, CNN, Huck, The British Journal of Photography and VICE.
I've worked on around 3,000 professional photography assignments for some of the world's leading magazines, charities and organisations.
I'm a pro photographer pretending to be a YouTuber, not a YouTuber pretending to be a photographer! 🤣
If you like what I do and want me to keep making it please consider JOINING my channel as a member for £2.99.
Thank you
p.s
You've read this far so I think I can trust you.... this whole Youtube show thing is my crash course in film making! I figured by making a video a week I could improve my editing, lighting, sound recording and interview technique. The aim? To make a feature documentary film about photography! If you can help me PLEASE do
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I talked about taking some photographs for Erik in the last episode, https://youtu.be/8A9joNzFnpI here they are a little higher resolution than the video.
A very quick shoot, start to finish was only 30 minutes. Having a background in editorial photography allows you to work fast, try different compositions but also be focused on what works as you still want to give the photo editor choice.
The day after this shoot I had a portrait assignment for The Sunday Times, but this shoot was all for Erik and what he wanted for his business start-up. The video helps to explain.
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Hit me up with your questions! Q&A for Channel Members will be 8pm (UK) on Tuesday 17th March. I will be chatting through some recent revelations and course adjustments in my never ending ride into the sunset of Photoland! Stay misty, Ed
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I've written about the rise of the far right in the UK and 'far right photographers'. open.substack.com/pub/synchromancy/p/the-far-right…
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There's a live Channel Members Q&A with me tonight at 8pm (U.K time). There's still time to join my channel for £2.99 a month and catch it as well as access to all the other members only videos:
youtube.com/channel/UC_MGPuhal7u0-pgGVvxPxww/join
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I posted a video essay yesterday thats Awesome! But the algorithm didn't like it.
Maybe I should have stuck to the original thumbnail I made? See below.
WATCH ----> https://youtu.be/MXOQzWZPFpo
If you want to be guaranteed to see my videos when I post them please turn your notifications on for my channel.
Ta!
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If you're going to play then why not be a Sexy Thief Photographer?
A new mini essay on Substack now: synchromancy.substack.com/p/sexy-thief-photographe…
Happy New Year!
(I'm your Huckleberry)
Ed
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Hello Readers On My Mind! I've written a post on Substack about: Print Drops, Benefactors and trying to fund long-form photo projects. You can read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/synchromancy/p/how-to-photo-…
And yeah, it could have been a Youtube video, but I think I would have lost 90% of Youtube viewers at 'The Medici Family...'
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This week's video was about an A.I company paying photographers $60 an hour to generate content for them to train their A.I on.
I've thought about it a bit since and I've come to two conclusions:
1. They are already stealth training on all our data anyway.
My website analytics are swamped by views from China that have zero engagement. So at least this way photographers are getting compensated.
2. There is no shame in trying to earn a living as a photographer.
It is incredibly hard, especially if you are remote working or somewhere where there are little to no freelance opportunities.
If you missed the episode:
https://youtu.be/Lgzb6dZB6e8
The $60 per hour remote photography job is here:
work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAABmfNdlw2tlswfxR1JyZyl…
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