I’m Simon, an unabashed geek who enjoys writing about photography, graphic & web design, technology, productivity and all round hustle. In my spare time I fly 120km/h racing drones.
Sometimes my job sucks! I have to walk around Castle Combe taking photos of some incredible rally cars, chat with the drivers and owners, and stand trackside and shoot them in action from any angle I like. Then, to just to make matters worse, I am cajoled into...
It struck me recently that between my Tuesday Photo of the Week and Friday opinions and how-to posts I'm not sharing as much new work as I should be here on my blog. So, to correct this, here are some of the images I shot last weekend. I was lucky enough to be working...
Earlier in the summer I shot this tidy little Fiat 500 Abarth down on the banks of the river Severn facing towards the setting sun. I wanted to make the image a little different so I decided to capture the car from 2 angles in the same shot. To capture the colour and...
Have you ever noticed that when you don't get the shot you were trying for it's always because your gear let you down, but when you do nail it, it's all about your talent and gear had nothing to do with it? It's ridiculous when you see it in set out in black and white...
Today's image comes from a commercial job I did a while ago for a property developer. They wanted some bright and airy photos of one of their developments just outside London. I turned up to the job, as I usually do, with a car full of gear. When you don't really know...
Sharpness in your photos isn't everything but it is one of the most important things. Even if you are conveying motion or isolating your subject against an out of focus background your subject still needs to be sharp. Here are 5 tips to staying sharp: Hold it right...
Today's Photo of the Week is dedicated to Stephen Dowset who sent me a message on Facebook asking how this image was made. In camera or in Photoshop? The answer is: Both. I have a more detailed write up on light painting cars and to be honest, the technique on this...
There seems to be a sudden rush towards compact system cameras at the moment, at least if you follow some of the more social media savvy photographers. I can see why a smaller, lighter camera would be appealing but I find the cries that the DSLR is a dead a bit over...
I have been watching a lot of the free YouTube videos created by Aaron Nace and the Phlearn.com team recently and I’ve been feeling inspired to push what I do in Photoshop a bit further. My goal with this shot, taken this weekend, was to go full-on Hollywood sci-fi...
Cameras are everywhere now. Everyone has a pretty decent one in their phone or even an entry level DSLR and they are snapping away constantly. On Facebook alone there are 300,000,000 images uploaded each and every day. That's not a typo. Three. Hundred. Million....
