October 4th, 2013 Is the 85mm F1.8 Canon Gods ultimate gift? Well, maybe to photographers! I have recently been rediscovering this lens, as well as the 28mm F1.8, (More on that later…) Sharp, (Unbelievably so…) fast, and it aint gonna cost you the GDP of the… Read More
October 4th, 2013 Fundraising Footy event for Seven! I recently spent a long Saturday photographing the Alliance Healthcare’s charity Football/Netball Event in Nottingham for Seven Publishing. It was an unexpectedly hot day, and the shoot involved a wide range of subjects, including action,… Read More
August 16th, 2013 Homage or Rip-off? If you spend any time reading the national newspapers, you will realise that there are very few new ideas in the photography they publish. On the whole they like nothing more than a nice safe… Read More
April 23rd, 2013 An interesting photography project for E.on We were asked recently by E.on to provide photography for their annual CHP yearbook. The work involved visiting all of their CHP sites across the UK and producing a range of images to illustrate that… Read More
January 14th, 2013 Cold weather can kill your camera! Now that winter has arrived proper, you need to be careful not to wreck your camera! The big problem is moisture. Moisture can get into your camera a couple of ways at this time of… Read More
December 29th, 2012 New Cameras! Canon 5d mk3 review. We have now added the Canon 5dmk3 to our fleet of cameras, so here is our initial review of the new cameras. The new cameras give us better video controls, adds much improved auto focus… Read More
March 27th, 2012 New iPad photography, post production and sending pictures. Occasionally there is a new bit of gear that comes along that really can change how we work as a photographer. The new iPad is one of them. In the field, we often produce pictures… Read More
March 16th, 2012 Showhome photography. Harder than it looks….. We do a lot of architectural and showhome photography, for clients ranging from The Sunday Times to Crest Nicholson and Oakdale homes. (In fact, you can see some of it on our home page!) The… Read More
March 16th, 2012 MORE POWER!!! Calumet’s Power Block 900 review… Photographers need Power. Without batteries photography doesn’t happen. Photo flashes, cameras, laptops, they all need power. It’s out Holy Grail on location. (As well as a good latte…) Probably the biggest need is to power… Read More
January 10th, 2012 Like Wow! Fuji X1-Pro! Looks like my rejection of the Fuji X10 was a lucky move, as Fuji have just announced the camera I have been waiting for since selling my Leica M4’s! The Fuji X1-Pro! A digital rangefinder… Read More
December 17th, 2011 Cold weather Photography Tips! Christmas is a great time of year for some outdoor photography, but keeping your cameras alive in the cold weather can prove a challenge! Farmer T has asked us how to keep his DSLR going,… Read More
December 7th, 2011 Italian Olympic swimming shoot for Speedo. Documentary Photography with the Italian National swimming squad! I recently did a couple of days documentary photography with members of the Italian Olympic swimming team as they tested the new “Fastskin3” gear at Speedo in… Read More