StartUp TV at The Mango Lab.

We had a visit today from startuptv. The folks who fill the niche of providing web content tv as a business resource. They were in to interview Alison Branagan, who was giving the Introduction to Business Start up workshop today. Wish I had a date for when it goes to “air” but watch this space […]

Introduction to Business Start Up for Creatives

Alison Branagan author of ‘Making Sense of Business’ will be leading this morning event at The Mango Lab. If you are a creative and would like to understand more about setting up as self-employed (aka freelance) or have been going a few months and would like to know more, then this seminar is for you. […]

Saturday Club – Alternative Processes and Emerging Nature workshop

What a fabulous weekend to have a workshop. The sun, the warmth and of course the emerging nature – all ripe for the picture taking. This month’s workshop brief was to work with the natural landscape as subject, and then, through the process of either photography or post production, express a reaction to the subject. […]

PhotoClub at Enjoy Work

Digital photography offers the opportunity to record many events and hardware storage allows for archiving those events, but a recent evolution has created redefined the printing stage. Print on Demand technology has enabled everyone who has a digital image/s to become their own publisher, fabric maker, product designer and even darkroom lab. Today’s workshop will […]

Great workshop — and the sun shined for us too!

yawn | karl grupe 2009 Working with flash is both stimulating and challenging. Creating your “own” light is certainly the next level up in photography. This weekend saw Karl Grupe leading the workshop “Introduction to Studio Flash”.  The morning covered terminology, danger points in handling lights, white balance and flash, mixed lighting, light modifiers and […]

Portrait One : Natural Light a successful day.

How lucky can we get with the weather? Given the deluge of rain falling in the UK lately, London certainly has not been excluded. But Saturday saw clear blue skies and gorgeous sunlight waiting for us to complete our outdoor exercises in natural light both in urban landscapes and natural landscapes. From The fine art […]

Mango goes to Lab

We took a group to a local lab to get a behind the scenes look at the how images are processed. For many attendees this was their first time discovering the power of the post production procedure and just what is involved in establishing quality prints. Thanks to John, Anthony and Rob for their time […]

Kite Nite was a great success.

There was a buzz in the air last night as The Mango Lab opened its doors to the Kite Studios Open House event. The courtyard looked fabulous lit up and a busy mass of people roamed in and out of galleries and studios shopping for local art. Our own Mango Lab sold 12 pieces of […]

Minimalism in the Urban Landscape.

This collection explores what happens when we move closer in on a city and listen to what it whispers. These photographs represent intimate conversations, an ear to the chest of the urban body. Photography by: Mikio Oba Beatriz Palma Ricardo Toledo Karl Grupe Julia Massey Stewart Janet Durrant Jen Kavanagh Nadja Sumichrast Paul Loades Marija […]