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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.
Social Media – Just How Important Is It?
In short: Very! The stats in this slick video are stunning. It took TV 13 years to reach 50 million users, it took the iPod 3 years, and it took Facebook just 9 months... to reach 100 million! This is great for photographers. There was a time when our images were only...
Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2009
The first weekend in August marks the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta... and 4 days of 5am starts! The morning launches are always the best and well worth getting down on the site for if you can. There less people around and it's more about the balloons rather...
The Importance of Being Reachable
The popularity of sites like Flickr and Facebook where you can quickly upload your photos for the world to see has made it easier than ever before to get your work seen by millions. Chances are though, it your image isn't titled, captioned or tagged it's not being...
Back In Print
I have a full page, 2 photo, spread in this months (May 2009) Practical Photography magazine. Deputy Ed, Ben Hawkins chose two images of Wells from my portfolio to illustrate "how a spark of inpiration and ingenious trouble shooting can keep you shooting through even...
How To Mount Your Wireless Off-Camera Flash
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...
I’ve been published!
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...
Rig photography – It`s OK to talk about it.
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...
Working the CTO
Another of my Adventures in Strobism, as originally posted on my Flickr photostream. 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...
