BARNABY JACO SKINNER
Photographer & Artist
Award winning photography
Barnaby Jaco Skinner is a British photographer who has worked for a broad range of clients from British newspapers to the Chinese government, Russian ballerinas to travel magazines. He works as an international workshop leader, is the winner of three government-affiliated awards for his photographic work in Asia and has shot extensively in western China. This virtual place is home to some of his latest photographic work and acts as a portal for workshop students. Sometimes he writes stuff, too.
Latest Work
Gyor
GYOR Once across the fairly uneventful Austrian-Hungarian border, now considered a bonus 20-minute cigarette stop as police sweep the carriages, we briefly stop at Gyor, a picturesque collection of traditional Hungarian architecture co-existing with totalitarian...
Urban Whispers In Budapest
URBAN WHISPERS Budapest The walk from the Duna to Arany Janos only takes five minutes; slipping over tram lines we pass a holocaust memorial turned dog park, a 24/7 parking lot, a busy donut cafe, and one of the worst-kept secrets in the city - Zellas Bistro. Staring...
Huangyaguan Changcheng
Maurice is first to slip under the main gate, deftly ducking and rolling under the China-red wrought iron gate, and with an almighty creak unbolts the locked blockade from inside. The monolithic gateway gently swings outwards, leaving just enough space for us to slide through before locking it tight once again…
Gusshaustrasse
Gusshaustrasse Location shoot in central Vienna, utilising a rather attractive stairwell... As with most of my portrait images, the post tends to subtract rather than add, retaining hues and tones that lend themselves to the overall look, ensuring the subject retains...
Flashgun vs Shotgun
FLASHGUN VS SHOTGUN What started with an innocent purchase on the outskirts of Kashgar's bustling cattle market, ended with a full-frontal shotgun submission in the farthest reaches of China’s western borderlands. Growing up, I watched the Moomins on television, read...
The Great Wall
THE GREAT WALL Grey mists and a stiff breeze usher in a welcome morning, eye-lids rocking open to swirling cloud overhead, a rolling, tumbling viscous soup caressing the wooded landscape. The dense valley tree line acts as a natural filter, slowing the smothering...
Urban Whispers In Vienna
URBAN WHISPERS Vienna Text soon. 'Urban Whispers is an ongoing project to document some of the more eye-catching arrangements of urban art where ever I end up spending the night. I'm primarily interested in how graffiti interacts with its environment but also capture...
Bespoke photo-walk around Vienna
A Photo Walk Around Vienna Recently I had a great days' photo-walk around Vienna with two prosumer 'toggers from Columbus, Ohio. They knew their way around a camera and needed a guide to show them around the city centre, taking in some of the better angles and spots...
Jeffery L Peterson
Jeffery L PetersonPortfolio photoshoot. - More Portrait - I've worked and lived around the world, spending most of my adult life on the run from conformity and routine; it's a lifestyle that lends itself well to exploring this vast Earth we call home. This virtual...
Viennese Ballet with Joumana
BALLET @ JOUMANAOriental dancer, Katerina Joumana, trains hard for the forthcoming season of ballet classes in central vienna. Children and adults from all walks of life arrive early for lessons from some of the best teachers in Austria, if not the world. - More...
The Tool Bag
THE TOOL BAG Written 2015 & reviewed 2017 TLDR I talk about the products I actually use, they don't sponsor me and I get no money from them.Gear isn't everything, but let's get real, you need stuff to shoot with.35mm f1.4 lens is arguably the most versatile in my kit....
Urban Whispers In Brighton
URBAN WHISPERS Brighton Text soon. 'Urban Whispers is an ongoing project to document some of the more eye-catching arrangements of urban art where ever I end up spending the night. I'm primarily interested in how graffiti interacts with its environment but also...
The Romanian Redeye
The Romanian RedeyeTwo uniformed police officers slouch at the other end of the ruby-red interior first-class carriage, tapping screens diligently they half-listen to four Hungarian ticket officers telling stories of ticket-touts and stowaways. They all laugh politely...
Vienna Pride 2017
Vienna Pride 2017I recently had the privilege of walking the Vienna Pride march with over 130 diplomats representing 30 counties right here in Vienna. It was the first time in Vienna Pride history that diplomats congregated en-mass with the procession and the public...
Travel Photography – Part 4 – Getting There
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER Part 4 Travel / Getting thereCalm and Zen-like approach to customs A good packing technique A care-free attitude to traveling Adaptability Take it from one whose flown long haul around the world too many times; travelling...
Travel Photography – Part 3 – Respect
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER Part 3 Learn to respect local laws, then learn when to bend themStupid Stupid Stupid Don’t be ignorant. Different countries have different rules regarding what you can and can’t do as you travel, let alone shoot. It is...
Travel Photography – Part 2 – Assembling your gear
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER Part 2 Assembling your gear / Practice using your gearPractice Practice Practice In part 1 of this 10 part series, we looked at creating two or three projects to keep us motivated and focused when traveling with a camera. But...
Travel Photography – Part 1 – What is travel photography?
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER Part 1 What is travel photography / Planning your projects Research Imagination Planning Photographers of all ages and levels can find it hard to progress and develop their travel imagery, and for those just starting out,...
Tammy Hayano
Tammy Hayano Founder of Hanuman Yoga Retreat - Hatha Yoga, JourneyDance™, QiGong/Tai Chi, Inner Dance Energy School, TRE, Laughter Yoga, Biodynamic Craniosacral and more. - More Portrait - I've worked and lived around the world, spending most of my adult life on the...
Katerina Joumana
KATERINA JOUMANAKaterina Joumana has been a staple of the oriental dance scene in central Europe for some time now; a ballet prodigy at an early age, Katerina combined these classical steps with a traditional form of oriental belly dance and began her career...
Tuol Sleng
TUOL SLENG Tropical green foliage does little to hide the stark horror of a decaying concrete prison built by the bloody hands of Pol Pot and his Red Army. You can hear the screams echo still. Wandering the levels, one finds cells divided floor to ceiling by brick and...
Kep
KEP Scents of oak filter through the morning stream of sunlight, wisps of white wood smoke twirling and dancing to the heartbeat of another day in Kep's busy crab shacks.Not particularly interested in joining in the morning dance, I opt to sit as far away from the...
Shooting with a broken lens
Shooting with a broken lens The problem with taking you prized camera gear ‘on location’, is that sometimes, if you’re not careful (like me), you can do some serious damage to your ability to shoot. Last week I hit the slopes in the Austrian Alps, hoping to snap some...
Adobe Bridge font size on 4k monitors
Adobe Bridge font size on 4k monitors Having trouble seeing the fonts on Adobe Bridge when using your 4k+ monitor? Using Windows? Try this......
A Hidden Pack
A Hidden Pack A piercing howl shatters my early afternoon serenity as a monstrous alpha-male emerges from the grey-green undergrowth, a tangled curtain clinging to one of the many derelict concrete structures littering the coastline. Snarling, sharp ivory flashes in...
Stuck In The Mud
Stuck In The Mud With Bear and Ralph Somewhere on the outskirts of the Cambodian jungle I crossed a desolate railtrack, two black-iron beams nestled in to the green foliage adorning the forest floor. That was hours ago. The civilization of the twin iron-girders seems...
Angkor Wat
Magnificence encapsulated by hand-worked stoneColonnades corral the time-beaten fascia of Cambodia's most revered treasure, the faces of all-powerful Hindu gods now weathered away leaving raw stone and scaffolding in their wake. Thousands of pale white eyes look...
Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun Topping 60 and things get a little dicey as I traverse the mountain road to Bokor national park. It's not the speed however that upsets my balance, more so my limited attention span. In a split second, I'm riding shotgun, watching the grey tarmac and...
Karina
Karina Portrait photo shoot - More Portrait - I've worked and lived around the world, spending most of my adult life on the run from conformity and routine; it's a lifestyle that lends itself well to exploring this vast Earth we call home. This virtual place is...
The end of an era
The end of an era The D700 has finally been retired, a once glistening artifact it jumped out its golden box and took the world by storm. This particular copy took on China with the virtue of a Lion but filled with sand, pollution and over half a million images the...