Benedict Brain

Benedict Brain

Benedict Brain is a UK based photographer, journalist and artist. He graduated with a degree in photography from the Derby School of Art in 1991 (now University of Derby), where he was tutored and inspired by photographers John Blakemore and Olivier Richon, amongst others. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and also sits on the society’s Distinctions Advisory Panel.

Until July 2018 Benedict was editor of Britain’s best-selling consumer photography magazine, Digital Camera Magazine. As a journalist he met and interviewed some of the world’s greatest photographers and produced articles on a wide range of photography related topics, presented technique videos, wrote in-depth features, curated and edited best-in-class content for a range of titles including; Amateur Photographer, PhotoPlus, N-Photo, Professional Photography and Practical Photoshop. He currently writes a regular column, The Art of Seeing, for Digital Camera magazine.

Latest articles by Benedict Brain

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Studio portrait lighting: essential tips and setups explained

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VIDEO Want to shoot professional-looking portraits? Here's how to get to grips with a basic home studio kit

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Fine art nude photography: tips and techniques

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VIDEO Everything you need to know to begin taking fine art nude photographs

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Light painting: tips for photographing light orbs
Backyard photography ideas: tips for shooting light orbs after dark

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VIDEO Goodness, gracious – create great balls of photographic fire with our light painting tips for shooting orbs in your backyard

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The art of seeing #24: A smaller world can be just as extraordinary

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain takes a voyage of visual discovery around his flat

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The art of seeing #23: Are we photographing what we should?

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain discusses a long-form pet project layered with questions and meaning

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The art of seeing #22: A journey around my room (and through the window)

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain develops his ‘camera vision’ for a shot taken without leaving home

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The art of seeing #21: When still images start moving

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain reimagines old photos into a fast-paced frame animation

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The art of seeing #20: Photography with the wrong chemicals and no lens

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain experiments with pinhole photography and reflects on the days of film

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The art of seeing #19: Are you a photographer or a kind of photographer?

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain grapples with defining and categorising photography

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The art of seeing #18: Illusion and allusion and the appeal of the negative

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Art of seeing Greek mythology informs this offering from Benedict Brain

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The art of seeing #17: What you actually see and experience

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain reflects on the art of travel photography

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The art of seeing #16: When contre-jour becomes exposure error

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain goes ‘contre-jour’ with succulents in a famous Barcelona park...

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The art of seeing #15: Fix your settings before you ask for a portrait

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Art of seeing In the remote islands of Papua New Guinea, Benedict Brain turns his eye to portraiture

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The art of seeing #14: Landscapes as geography, autobiography and metaphor

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain explores mountains and metaphors in North Wales

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The art of seeing #13: Working with less can help you see more

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain reflects on his recent switch to a medium-format camera system

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The art of seeing #12: The same subject but an endlessly changing appearance

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain meditates on the ocean and originality as he finds himself all at sea

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The art of seeing #11: You can see what you expect... or just see

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Art of seeing Back on the road, Benedict Brain travels to Borneo – where he finds beauty in the banal

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The art of seeing #10: Photography isn't always comfortable

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain gets up close and personal in Miami Beach as he makes portraits with a macro lens and ring flash

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The art of seeing #9: Taking a picture to capture an idea

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain gets down and dirty with metaphors and flash in the landscape

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The art of seeing #8: Making sense of a chaos of color is like making sense of jazz

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain finds more than a splash of colour while exploring in Costa Rica

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The art of seeing #7: Sometimes you have to look behind the scenes... literally

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain searches his home city of Bath for pictures that go beyond the postcard...

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The art of seeing #6: What you leave out is as important as what you include

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain travels to Costa Rica and finds inspiration in the tropical rain

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The art of seeing #5: What is it that you want to capture, or explain, or show?

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain heads south to Panama and shoots the world’s most famous canal

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The art of seeing #4: We are not always fascinated by the obvious things

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Art of seeing Ben Brain meditates on photographing stones and multiple exposures

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The art of seeing #3: When the obvious subjects leave you cold

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Art of seeing Benedict Brain heads north to Alaska, where he creates a small body of work from a different perspective

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