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 …
Speedlites are great for lighting smaller subjects like people and things, but when you get outside and need to light bigger subjects you need lots of Speedlites or maybe it’s time for studio pack, or a different approach. A full system + 3 more Speedlites I recently shot this quick picture of a Mini using …
Red kites are a common sight if you live in the Chiltern Hills, tonight after I’d finished my evening meal there were plenty of birds flying around and the late evening sunlight was catching the wings nicely. While the images in the post are crops from the full image, there is more than 8MP left …
Solar eclipse If you live in the UK then the 2015 Eclipse was big news, and all that was needed to make it readily accessible for viewers and photographers was a lack of clouds. Over the part of Oxfordshire where I live the clouds were not playing nice. After the main eclipse was over and …
Yesterday I was running through a couple of Speedlite product photo setups for a workshop I’m running next week for EOS Magazine and thought this one would make a good post. Speedlite + black perspex + large diffuser The setup is really simple I used a sheet of black perspex to stand the flash on, …
Image Stabilizer (IS) Lenses with an Image Stabilizer function help you to make better pictures in difficult conditions. A lens with an Image Stabilizer has three beneficial effects for you and your pictures. Pictures are sharper with less effect from camera shake You see the exact picture that the camera will capture in the viewfinder Autofocus …