Jacob James is a UK based internationally published travel and cultural documentary photographer. Jacob’s work has been published in well known photography publications both in the UK and worldwide such as Digital Camera, Amateur Photographer, Tutti Fotografi and N-Photo. His work has also appeared in numerous exhibitions and books. Jacob has worked with a number of clients across Europe and Asia including the Austrian and Hungarian tourism boards and is available for assignment globally.
Jacob has worked with some of the biggest names in the photography world and is currently working as an ambassador for Panasonic UK, Manfrotto and X-Rite as a part of their Coloratti. He also has partnerships with brands such as Paramo, Eagle Creek and Phottix.
Jacob is also an active photo educator and keynote speaker. He has presented talks and seminars at some of the biggest photographic exhibitions and events in the world. He also runs workshops across the world teaching other photographers. Jacob is also a writer and regularly contributes photography tutorials, tips and travel writing to websites such as DigitalRev Learn, Manfrotto Image More Blog and many others.
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G80/G85: Panasonic’s Perfect Hybrid Camera?
It’s odd how life comes back around in circles. Just over two years ago I started my journey with Panasonic and the Lumix GX7 in Romania. It was a journey of firsts for many reasons. My first time in the country, first time shooting M43 and first trip with my fixer and now good friend […]
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Panasonic GX8: An Evolving Review
16th July: So far I have had this pre-production camera for just over a week or so. This is by no means a full in-depth review but it is going to evolve over the coming weeks. At the moment there is quite an in-depth run down of the new features of the GX8 and how […]
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GH4: An Exciting New Medium
Over the last few blog posts I’ve been delving into the reasons behind my recent move to micro 4/3, specifically with using both the Panasonic GX7 and GH4. I’ve written extensively about the reasons why I love the GX7 for still imagery but I haven’t really explored my views on the GH4 . For the […]
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Finding a Reliable Photography Fixer
The topic of photography fixers crops up a lot in my emails. Finding a reliable fixer can be somewhat difficult and whether you can justify the cost depends entirely on your style of photography. I’ve been burnt a number of times by hiring the wrong people. People who are either completely useless or who just don’t share my ethos […]
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Color Theory
Colour is something that haunted me for the first few years of my photography life. No matter what I tried I could never get great colour images. Most of the time I ended up reverting to black and white to get something out of the image. It wasn’t until I consciously started to learn about […]
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Visual Mass
When composing an image it is important to balance each element to make sure you are directing the viewer to the correct elements in your images. The visual draw that an element has is often referred to as its visual mass. In this article I want to briefly outline what factors affect the visual mass […]
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