Back in the warmer summer days I shot a short video with my mate “Aussie” Allan. He’d really been bitten by the macro photography bug, but was struggling to get the lighting he wanted on his small subjects. Over a few days we talked about the idea of using the Orbis ring flash adapter on his …
Joe McNally in London I got the best ever deal for a Black Friday, a free seminar in London with Joe McNally Last week on Wednesday I happened to see something online that led me to Amateur Photographers website and an article from late in October that said Joe McNally was giving a free seminar …
Canon Professional Services (CPS) provides priority service to photographers and videographers with the appropriate qualifying kit. Canon UK CPS also hold a number of events for the CPS members to attend. These events provide a way for Canon to get feedback from their professional users, and for the CPS members to try out new kit …
Quick post for Friday, the weekend is nearly upon us and the sun is shining 🙂 Earlier this morning I had a request from an important client – my daughter. She knows me so well. So cake and natural sunshine, what a great reason for a break from video editing. Food photographers often uses natural …
Big birds in the back garden Living in the Chilterns on the border of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire red kites are birds we see almost every day. Impressive masters of flight they soar around the skies and their piercing screech is a common sound. This weekend me and the kids decided we’d try something different – …
Brian’s 2012 review With the year nearly at an end, and the turkey almost all gone, it is time to look back at a few of my highlights of 2012. The p4pictures blog At the beginning of the year I set myself a goal to write 104 blog posts over the course of the year, …
Steve McCurry takes on the Pirelli 2013 Calendar Breaking with a tradition of striking nude calendars that have been the Pirelli Calendar since 1964. Steve McCurry has elevated the bar so high for the 2013 Pirelli Calendar that I almost pity the photographer challenged for the 2014 edition.
Each year the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition draws entries from the worlds finest wildlife photographers. The result is a series of winning images that are truly something special to see. Overall winner – Paul Nicklen Paul Nicklen from Canada has taken the overall honours for his picture entitled Bubble-jetting emperors. Taken …