OK, so you’ve read strobist.com, and joined the Strobist Flickr group. You’ve gone on eBay and bought your “Cactus Triggers” or “Poverty Wizards”. Now it’s time to put it all together – Just how does tab A slot into tab B? Well here’s what I have settled on. I currently have the Phottix PT-04TM wireless flash triggers, bought from HKSupplies on eBay. These triggers may not be 100%...

As I was heading to Birmingham on Sunday for the Focus on Imaging exhibition at the NEC, I took the opportunity to arrange a shoot with a couple of local models; Jodine Lilly and Caitlin Boxwell We drove a few miles down the road to Hatton Locks, and with just some simple off-camera flash and the setting sun, came up with the following fashion/commercial...

Photo: Duane Kerzic Whilst standing on the public platform in New York’s Penn Station, taking pictures of trains to enter Amtrak’s “Picture Our Trains” photography competition, photographer Duane Kerzic was arrested by Amtrak’s own security guards and charged with trespassing and refusing to delete his images. Trespassing? In a public place? Really? And why should Duane delete his photographs?  If photography...

From PrisonPlanet.com: “New laws set to be passed in England and Canada would make it illegal to use bad language or take photographs of police officers, moving us further away from the idea of police as public servants and more towards the notion of cops assuming God-like status.” This is madness! The UK has more CCTV cameras than any other country (1 for every 14 people). If anyone objects to being filmed all day everyday...

I’m in Practical Photography this month… Almost. Adam Duckworth contacted me at the end of last year and asked if he could use my image in his off camera flash article in PP. I said ‘of course’ and keenly awaited Jan 2nd when the issue hit the shelves. Imagine my surprise when my image and my quote were accredited to Simon Llyodbottom! I think it’s this Simon. And for the doubters, my original...

Even if you’ve not heard the phrase “rig photography” before, you’ve almost certainly seen examples of it. It’s the technique used to capture those images of cars speeding down the open road you see in adverts. Only it’s not half as dramatic as it looks. The cars aren’t speeding for starters. They have a long metal boom attached with a camera on the end and they are being pushed to minimise...

A new gallery of some of my work is now online. Follow the link at the very top of the page to take you straight to the Portfolio page, or just click here. Just added: Images from my recent shoot with Jo and Caitlin in the “People” section Simon Pow's...