A few months back I had a message from Canon USA Explorer of Light Rick Sammon inviting me to be on the Picturing Success Podcast. I readily took Rick up on his offer, and we had a great conversation over the internet a few weeks back. Today it’s polished and published on the Picturing Success …
Birds in flight are hard to photograph, particularly when they are close to you. The EOS 7D Mark II is a popular choice for wildlife photos, including birds in flight, so here’s my choice of AF settings. Birds in flight with the EOS 7D Mark II Step 1 – set the camera to AI …
I have had a couple of people ask about the winner of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk in Oxford. The winning picture was this one taken by Graham Jones. I am sure that this is the inside of the Natural History Museum in Oxford, the architecture and roof is quite stunning if you didn’t venture …
On Saturday I led my first Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk in Oxford, and had a great time with an awesome group of people. This is a huge thank you to them for coming out and joining me on the day. Being English we can talk about the weather, all week leading up to Saturday …
I love all kinds of motorsport, and I love bringing control of the light to my photos, so when Colin Brister of ImageMX announced one of his training days lighting motocross with flash I jumped at the chance. Wash brook Farm Motocross with Speedlites Early one morning I headed across from Oxfordshire to Washbrook Farm …
Over the weekend I visited ZSL Whipsnade Zoo with my camera in hand and time to stop and take photos as I went. Although I have been to Whipsnade many times, it is fairly rare to visit simply for the purpose of taking a walk with a camera and seeing what pictures could be found. …
This year I’m working through the light modifiers that I have that always seemed to be the first to be left behind. Right from the beginning of the year when I needed to shoot in a remarkably small space I’ve enjoyed rediscovering my strip box. Georgia – pictured right, is lit with a strip box …
This weekend was the Finnish round of the World Rally Championship aka The Finnish Grand Prix. I travelled north to go and see some of the spectacular action and amazing driving of the world’s best. On Thursday I got up early… 04:15am in Finland is 02:15 in the UK. With my host and Better Images …