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Best ways to use RF lens control ring

Best ways to use RF lens control ring

RF lens control ring was one of many new features of the EOS R camera system and there are many possibilities for how to use them. In this post you …

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12-days of pictures from 2022, part 12

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 12

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 11

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 11

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 10

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 10

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 9

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 9

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 8

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 8

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 7

12-days of pictures from 2022, part 7

Workshops, training & events

Feb
13
Presentation for Princes Risborough Camera Club

Feb
15
Studio Portrait Event for Field End Photographic Society Ruislip London, England

Feb
16
Studio Portrait Event for Abingdon Camera Club Abingdon, OX14 2AQ

Mar
16-18
The Societies 2023 Convention Hammersmith International Centre, 1 Shortlands, London, W6 8DR, England

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As it’s Thursday there’s a fabulous opportunit

As it’s Thursday there’s a fabulous opportunity to share some pictures captured way back in time.
I took these pictures of Georgia at a Canon UK day held in a hotel at the NEC. Canon had given me the “task” of making photos of her for two days while explaining how I was working with the Speedlites in a bunch of different light modifiers from Lastolite.
Being a Canon event I also had some less common portrait lenses available. Two of these photos were taken with a 400mm f/2.8, one with a 300mm f/2.8 and the rest with 85mm f/1.8 or f/1.4 lenses on my EOS 5D Mark IV.
Looking at the raw files in Lightroom I’m simply blown away by Georgia’s skill at finding the light and her flawless makeup.
We are thinking of another portrait day this year, let me know if you’d be interested in joining a Speedlite portrait on location day with us.
#throwbackthursday

A perfect recipe for a fun filled shoot, the incre

A perfect recipe for a fun filled shoot, the incredible bubbly smiley pinup babe Miss Miniature and a studio full of neon lights and sparkles ✨

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When you have truly gorgeous people to photograph in stunning light then beauty is all that the camera can capture.
My amazing magical friend Xanthe Rose
All natural winter daylight, Canon EOS R6 with EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM lens

“Spider Goth of the South” Whoever said that

“Spider Goth of the South”
Whoever said that goths only venture out at night, was clearly wrong

As one year ends, it is time to open the next chap

As one year ends, it is time to open the next chapter

Happy New Year

My #TopNine for 2022 seems to have a recurring the

My #TopNine for 2022 seems to have a recurring theme of fine looking ladies, who I have so much to thank for all their skills and gorgeous faces in front of my camera.

Xanthe Rose
Emma
My Little Goth
Tasha
Savilenessa

Happy New Year I'm looking

Happy New Year
I'm looking forward to fabulous year of photography.

#happynewyear2023 #happynewyear23 #happynewyear

This shoot with Alex was quite simply one of the b

This shoot with Alex was quite simply one of the best I have had this year. We worked on location to create a whole set of different looks.
It may have been bright and sunny, warm even, but I worked the Godox AD200 pros hard in a battle with bright sun, wide aperture and high speed sync.
Alex, you’re truly a legend and I cannot wait to see what we get up to in 2023.
EOS R6 with RF 28-70mm F2L USM
2x Godox AD200 Pro lights
Lastolite Ezybox Speed Lite 2 & Lee Filters CTB gel

While taking a look through my photo archive I fou

While taking a look through my photo archive I found this picture of Miss L Ginge and decided to give it the monochrome treatment, and now I really love the intensity of the result.
Lit with flash and daylight, captured with the EOS R6 fitted with an RF 85mm F2 Macro IS STM lens

Looking out the window at this first day with more

Looking out the window at this first day with more light than yesterday.
Beautiful light for a truly magical person.
Magical Xanthe Rose in the 👗
All natural light because it was more than good enough for the picture I wanted to make

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Cold temperatures in the UK this last week, and so

Cold temperatures in the UK this last week, and some days where the fog just hung in the air too.
So #atmospheric #winter #bandw

Eye tracking on the latest generation of @canonuk

Eye tracking on the latest generation of @canonuk EOS R cameras is simply astonishing.
Red kites photographed Gigrin Farm in mid-Wales.
Settings:
Focus mode: SERVO AF
Subject to detect: Animals
Eye detection: Enabled
On an R5/R6 I’d use face detection & tracking AF method and have a manually chosen initial AF point for face detection and tracking to allow me to “choose” the bird I want
On an R3/R7/R10/R6 MkII I’d use a single AF point and enable subject tracking (R3/R7/R10) or whole area tracking Servo AF (R6 MkII)
Three of these shots were captured with an EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens and the one with the inverted kite used an EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

Let’s get through this chilly winter day with a

Let’s get through this chilly winter day with a warm summer evening of pictures with Abby in a wildflower meadow

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