I’ve been wielding a camera for years, shooting everything from weddings and ad campaigns to standing in the rain trackside at Silverstone. These are some of the things I have done and learnt over the years.
Another weekend, another show at the NEC and another two days under horrific artificial lighting. The most popular way to work around it and get some good photos is to use on camera fill flash as you run and gun. But as each hall has a different flavour of lighting,...
After watching a couple of Chase Jarvis videos lately about his studios approach to data storage and backup, I thought I'd wade in and give you my smaller scale version. I might not work on assignments the size of Chase's (yet!) but loosing my images, even if it's...
Just a quick update today to showcase some of the photographs I took at the fashion show held at Clothes Show Live. A little bit of a break from the norm but surprisingly good fun! On the technical side, these were all shot with a 70-200mm f/4 lens so I had to take...
I've had a few questions on Twitter about just what I mean when I say I use my 70cm Elinchrom Deep Octa in "beauty dish mode", so this quick post is to show what I mean. This is the way you'd typically use a soft box with both layers of diffusion material in...
Ash Manton's Type R Civic has been part of the UK modified car scene for several seasons and keeps coming back with a fresh look each year. It's current stripped out, carbon clad, airbrushed look has just won it the cover feature in Max Power. As it's had the Max...
In a bit of a break from the norm, I was contracted to produce some images of a house recently. The owners wanted a package of photographs to hand to their estate agent to help with the sale.So out came the 17-40 f/4 lens and tripod. All the images (except the garden...
When you are at the World famous Silverstone circuit and you've got access to the pit lane, it's just plain rude not to use it as a location. Especially when you've got the lovely Sarah and her equally lovely VW Polo as your subject. The plan here was twofold -...
Last week I finally pulled the trigger on some more powerful lighting. Originally I was drawn to the Elinchrom Quadra's but the price and the reported issues (poor battery clips and no protective caps for the heads while in transit) put me off. So I looked into...
Another weekend, another car show and this time it was USC (Ultimate Street Car) at Santa Pod. I wasn't lucky enough to have any secluded barns to shoot in this time so it was a case of making the best of a bad lot. And at car shows, it's a very bad lot - even when...
If you have even a passing interest in cars or motorsport you can't help but love the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Every July, Lord March opens his grounds to tens of thousands of petrolheads. All the major car manufacturers build what can only be described as huge...
