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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Panasonic GH5 Firmware V2: What’s new?
Earlier in the year, Panasonic released the long awaited GH5. It’s a camera that has continued to blow me away as an example of what small DSLR-style cinema cameras can achieve. Since the launch there have been some features that have been asked for over and over again. Many of the ambassadors, myself included have […]
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FREE Travel Photography Workshops
It’s been a little while since my last blog post. I’ve been working hard to get some new content ready for the Intrepid Exposures blog and I wasn’t quite ready to push the publish button on those just yet, hence the lack of emails! In the meanwhile, I’ve been busy planning some events and for […]
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Aboard the Rhodope Mountain Train
Note: This post originally appeared on Intrepid Exposures Intrigue. That was my overwhelming feeling as I landed in Sofia in early January. Over the last few years, the east of Europe has captured both my travel and photographic interest. I’ve written at length in various places about my love of Romania, the rural lifestyle, and […]
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Natural Light Tips: Capturing Elusive Light
When travelling there are often times that we encounter certain lighting scenarios, those that present us with amazing photo opportunities but are rarely encountered in our day-to-day life. While elusive lighting scenarios present us with a great opportunity to create dramatic and memorable images they can also be tricky to handle if we haven’t experienced […]
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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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