Paul Wilkinson FMPA FBIPP FSWPP is a multi-award-winning international photographer and co-author of the best-selling book Mastering Portrait Photography, and shares his skills through the free companion site MasteringPortraitPhotography.com. In this monthly series he shares his experiences and stories as he talks about the trials and tribulations of becoming a pro photographer.
So I am sitting typing up this article from my Moleskine notebook, where I scatter my notes with my favourite pen – the mighty Staedtler 308 Pigment Fineliner, black, 0.4mm, if you must know – the combination of the Moleskine paper and those pens urge me to write (or distractedly doodle). There is my favourite mug (a gift from my beautiful wife) full of aromatic Nespresso Odacio coffee within reach, and my microscopic Sony headphones, whose dark art keeps the cacophony of my chaotic world at bay, are pumping in some deep house – please don’t judge me!
Love affair