Today we are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 Photoion Photography Awards. We began this awards book in 2013 as a way to recognise the amazing talents of our students, many of whom started their journey in photography with one of our courses. We have assembled our favourite 62 images submitted by students [...]
As anyone who follows me / us (our photography school) on Facebook will know, I recently purchased a new photographic camera system – camera body and lenses. However, it wasn’t an “upgrade”, it was, in fact a “downgrade” so I got myself a Canon 100D (Rebel SL1), which is the smallest, cheapest, lightest entry-level [...]
City Academy is excited to announce that the Photoion Photography School is now a part of City Academy. City Academy is one of London's leading creative and performing arts academies, running courses in a large range of subjects including acting, singing, dance, musical theatre, screen acting, writing, filmmaking, photography, art and much more, in [...]
What is photography if not a nostalgic experience? It is so many other things - chemistry, cues and nuances, concepts and patterns, thoughts and feelings. Photography is present tense, history, memories, vision - freedom and rules at the same time! And it’s fun! :) We might not be out there for a while, but our [...]
Over the last weeks our tutor Ion Paciu has been working on a collection of image of several Praying Mantis. It was challenging photographic project, with many barriers and difficult moments. In the end he managed to capture a few images of these wonderful creatures, here are a few of them. Parablepharis Kuhlii Praying [...]
Greetings Photion students and photography fans, today we are incredibly pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Photoion Photography awards. Each year we make the Photoion Awards book that celebrates the incredible work of our students. Every year is a more difficult challenge to try and narrow down the entrants and pick our final [...]
Our February Student of the Month is Daria Nagaytseva, who first joined us for our studio lighting workshop, and has continued to improve and inspire us since then. It was an obvious choice to pick Daria for the student of the month, and we think you’ll easily see why when you see the images. We [...]
Our Student of the Month for January is Carole Milligan. Carole first joined us for a beginners’ course last year and then advanced course this January, and some of you may have met her at our autumn meet-up. Carole receives a £50 voucher that can be used against any of our courses. We sat down [...]
Architecture is all around us. Whether we live and work amongst skyscrapers, museums, churches, or office buildings, each has its own story to tell and a creative photographer can tell that story through the camera’s lens, creating spectacular images in the process. Capture great architectural photography […]
Today we’ve got something very special for you; our Student of the Year 2019. Last year we began a new tradition that built on our Student of the Month competition and recognised one student who we felt stood out against all other across the entire year. The student of the year also wins a £100 [...]
Today we’re talking about the moon and what you can do to take the best images of it possible. There are some unique challenges, so let’s dive in! If you plan on photographing the moon, first of all make sure you have a long telephoto lens – at least 300mm. […]
