First steps in setting up your DSLR

If you were one of the fortunate people that received a new camera for Christmas I would like to remind you that the time for playing is over, and that the time for picture taking has now started. As you start to explore the new features and functions, even read the manual, it’s great to …

Two exposures in one frame

When photographers put a flash on their camera, it seems all too often that they switch off the ambient or available light part of their brains and forget that in the majority of pictures there is an element of the frame lit by ambient light and an element lit by the flash. It is this …

Canon Speedlite flash photography on location

In a few days time i’ll be presenting a masterclass on behalf of Canon UK at the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers 2011 Convention. The masterclass is titled Better Pictures with the Canon EOS Speedlites. I’ll be presenting twice a day on the three days of the convention trade show.

At the start of 2010 I made a number of resolutions, looking back I’m pleased with how many of them turned out. First up was my desire to move from a very heavily work biased work-life balance to a life-work balance. This one took some brave steps but by year end I had completely changed …

Thanks for stopping by at p4pictures.com, I’m in the middle of a major site upgrade right now so things might be a little random for a few days, but it’s all going to be so much better when all this work is completed. If you want to keep in touch with me, i’m on twitter …

Cold weather batteries

With the onset of winter in the UK the temperatures drop which causes many photgraphers to seek solace and warmth inside, for the few that venture out photography becomes a game of battery switchovers. Keeping a ‘warm’ set of batteries in an inside pocket and switching it for the ones in the camera every few …