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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.

Serendipity

Serendipity

I'll be the first to admit that sometimes I get a bit caught up in planning. I like to pre-visualise the shot, plan a location and run though some lighting set ups in my mind. Yesterday reminded me to be ready to take advantage when a shot just happens in front of...

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Everyone’s a Photographer

Everyone’s a Photographer

Is it just me, or is everyone a photographer these days? I don't mean everyone has a camera or that photography is a popular hobby, I mean I'm seeing more and more people proclaiming to be a bone fide, card carrying professional photographer. They have a large black...

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Do Something Different

Do Something Different

It's advice you'll see over and over again, not just from photographers but from people in all walks of life: If you want to stand out from the crowd, do something different. Now while I am not lauding this as the great photograph ever taken, but I like to think it's...

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The Ripraw Girls at Modified Nationals 2011

The Ripraw Girls at Modified Nationals 2011

Last weekend saw Modified Nationals at Peterborough Showground roll around again and with it, a chance to see how far my photography had progressed since last year. It was a similar situation to last time - a case of shoot when you can where you can, make the best of...

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Photography Sucks!

Photography Sucks!

The fact you are here, reading this blog, probably means you are like me and you love photography. Not just like or enjoy, but love. Put a camera in my hands and I'm happy. I love being able to unleash my creative side that starts to scream from inside if I keep it...

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My pictures would be better if…

My pictures would be better if…

Chase Jarvis posted on his blog last week asking his readers to finish a sentence: "My pictures would be better if...". So I did. I thought about it carefully and put my reply out into the world amongst the huge stream of comments. My pictures would be better if I got...

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Anatomy of a Location Shoot

Anatomy of a Location Shoot

I've known Emma for a few years and while we've done a few things at car shows, we have never shot together properly. Last weekend we put that right. Not only did Emma make the trek up from the Portsmouth but I was lucky enough to have my long suffering...

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Quadra ECO Ring Flash – First Impressions

Quadra ECO Ring Flash – First Impressions

Focus On Imaging is the biggest photography trade show in the UK - think of it as our version of Photokina or Photo Plus. While it's not as large, you still get a few product launches there and this year I was particularly interested in The Flash Centre's launch of...

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Rallying in the Rain

Rallying in the Rain

Last month, I spent a weekend getting up close and personal with some classic rally cars as they hooned around a wet and muddy Stoneleigh Park. It was all relatively low speed stuff on a tight tarmac circuit full of 90 degree turns but Race Retro is a great...

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Shooting Michelle

Shooting Michelle

I've known Michelle Westby from the car show scene for quite a while now but it wasn't until Autosport in January that we finally set a date to shoot together - part of my "Actions, not though" motto for 2011. Unfortunately, the weather let us down a bit so a lot of...

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