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A better standard lens, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM

A better standard lens, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM

My EF 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens is my standard lens. What I like is the extreme compact size, light weight and silent operation coupled with super sharp results. 50mm …

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Using higher ISO improves your photos

Using higher ISO improves your photos

Second curtain sync for Canon Speedlites

Second curtain sync for Canon Speedlites

Discover how I use EOS R custom controls to the max

Discover how I use EOS R custom controls to the max

Fast access to EOS R autofocus settings especially when using the EVF

Fast access to EOS R autofocus settings especially when using the...

EOS R custom controls to simplify the M-Fn button

EOS R custom controls to simplify the M-Fn button

Canon USA software makes your EOS camera a webcam

Canon USA software makes your EOS camera a webcam

Workshops, training & events

Jul
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Presentation for Selby Camera Club Online

Jul
20
Presentation for Dorking Camera Club Online

Sep
19
Workshop: Optimise your EOS 5D Mark IV / EOS 7D Mark II London (Victoria)

Sep
22
Workshop: Optimise your EOS camera Banbury

Sep
23
Workshop: Optimise your EOS R & EOS RP Banbury

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Coming out of lockdown the world is a very differe

Coming out of lockdown the world is a very different place than it was, but fortunately some familiar beauty is still present. Wow have I missed photographing people SO much. And boy is it such a boost mentally and creatively to be exercising the creative conscience again. Taken at a local trail that I’ve newly discovered while out walking during lockdown.
So good to share the creative process with Emma too. Our first shoot of 2020, was more than photos it was a realisation that life is different yet still beautiful. In the frame @emsyloo24
📸 EOS R with EF135mm f/2L USM, Speedlite 600EX-RT and a Lastolite EzyBox Speed Lite went in to this. Then some colour adaptation in Lightroom

Summer is calling and I’m missing making photos

Summer is calling and I’m missing making photos even more. Bright light, fabulous people to share creative exploits with. But we will get back to it sometime.
So in the spirit of #throwbackthursday here’s a reminder, nay a pointer to better times.
New Forest early summer evening sun, Xanthe Rose, and a 135mm f/2L lens on the EOS R 😍

I S O L A T I O N Taken prior to lockdown, this i

I S O L A T I O N Taken prior to lockdown, this is a shot from a set of pictures I created in collaboration with Becky. We created a set of@monochrome images as well from this shoot and they’ve beenpublished in Mordant magazine May 2020 Volume 1

Throw back to the time I met with Saffron at Belt

Throw back to the time I met with Saffron at Belt Craft studios.

Sunday smiles… Hmm weather not so good

Sunday smiles… Hmm weather not so good

An all too short shoot with Charliee on a sunny Sa

An all too short shoot with Charliee on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Studio88.

Happy Birthday 🥳🎂to Xanthe Rose, one of the

Happy Birthday 🥳🎂to Xanthe Rose, one of the best indeed. Here’s three shots from the end of our first shoot almost three years ago. It was cold, actually raining but she proved to be truly magical in name and by nature. I have always enjoyed our shoots and hope for many more.
Happy Birthday 🥰

Happy Birthday Luba. You’re such a special gem.

Happy Birthday Luba. You’re such a special gem.
Hope you have a brilliant birthday 🎂 despite the lockdown.

An oldie for #throwbackthursday and one that still

An oldie for #throwbackthursday and one that still teaches a lesson in lighting. The size of the light in relation to your subject is so important for the size of the highlight on your subject. Here a huge soft box is the main light source on the left of the frame, just slightly in front of the model to put some light on the right of the face.

I really love the look of the light on Richard's f

I really love the look of the light on Richard's face. I took this as part of the lighting workshop I ran where we explored the possibilities of using less popular light modifiers as main lights. This one is a stripbox, some 2 meters x 40cm in size and it runs horizontally, not vertically. I have it to the right - obviously, and running at 90 degrees to the camera axis with the end of the soft box only just beyond Richard's ear.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The result is that the light is a huge soft light that wraps around his face, but it rapidly falls off as it dips below his chin.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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EOS 5D Mark III with EF 50mm f/1.2L USM⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
1/200s, f/4, ISO 100

Spring time walks along the pier are a memory of l

Spring time walks along the pier are a memory of last year. A great shoot with Amber Rose just reminding me that I do enjoy photographing people

Easter with a difference today. This bunny has bee

Easter with a difference today. This bunny has been delivering Easter eggs, posed like the Sphinx and now is tired and taking a nap. However he’s staying home, keeping safe and getting a few rays in the garden.
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#easter #easterbunny #rabbit #minilop

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