Matthew Harding gave up his job to dance around the world. 14 months, 42 countries, and thousands of new friends later, this video is the result. It might not be strictly photographic (although some of the locations are amazing) it certainly is a heart warming, feelgood...

He should be so annoying, but he’s not and boy does Deke McClelland know his PS keyboard shortcuts! 101 tips in a Hip Hop music video parody....

Another of my Adventures in Strobism, as originally posted on my Flickr photostream. CTO, without and with changing the WB Using info about creatively using a CTO gel on your flash by David Hobby aka The Strobist I decided to do a bit of Sunday morning experimentation. What you have here is the same shot twice. The left is daylight white balanced and the right WB is set to Tungsten. In the original shot the orange tinged flash (1.5CTO gel,...

A great piece of film making by Rajesh Thind, highlighting the confusion around just when and where you can and can’t take...

Hand straps are great! Your camera’s always on hand (literally!) without it swinging around you neck, constantly trying to saw your head off. Canon make the E1 which attaches to the eye on the bottom of its higher end models or its battery grips. However you can get cheap and just as effective ones from eBay that attach using the tripod mount. They lack one vital component though – instructions! Now I appreciate it’s a...

The Strobist and many others recommend using a black tile to place your subject on when doing close up studio photography. It’s great advice, providing you can find one that’s a) big enough and b) not in a pack of 5 for £20! I bought some black cardboard Kassett storage boxes from Ikea recently, and reached for one when testing a studio setup. I just wanted something matte black to stand my subject on but it wasn’t...

Well, here we go. Every blog has to start somewhere and this one starts here. I can’t be certain where this is going to lead, but I do have some ideas, so let’s just roll with it.