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.
There is a boat load of of great photography gear coming out all the time. Some of it is genuine technical advancement, some is cynical marketing and some is just cool stuff you have to have. But when should you upgrade and what should you buy? I...
For this weeks photo of the week I've gone back a few years to pull this from my archive. It might look like a long exposure rig shot but this is actually my first ever car-to-car shot. In principle it's simple - you drive the camera car at the same speed as the...
To be a good photographer, you have to be a good editor. I'm not talking about photoshop skills, I mean you need to be able to ruthlessly separate the wheat from the chaff. I keep seeing photographers post a solid image online on Facebook or 500px only to...
This is one of the most popular images I have ever shared online. It was taken as part of a location shoot with Cassie in a body building gym a week before she took part in a national competition. This was supposed to be a three light set up. A gridded Elinchrom...
I have never understood why DSLRs are set to shoot in JPG mode out of the box. It's like Usain Bolt lining up for the Olympic 100 meters final in clogs! If your DSLR is still set to JPG and not RAW format I hope this post will convince you to change it. A RAW...
A couple of years ago I got the opportunity shoot in a local cinema's luxury screening room. As testament to my recent post about when working for free works I shot some images of the cinema foyer while it was bustling for the management and in return...
Ever since Adobe released Lightroom in 2007 to take on Apple's Aperture, I have been an avid user of Adobe's digital asset management and RAW processing app. I downloaded trial versions of both and despite being an Apple fan, I just didn't...
Being inspired is a crucial part of being creative. The more things you feed your brain with, the more chance a great idea will bubble to the surface. I try to take inspiration from many sources but in this first instalment of what will probably...
Time for another Photo of the Week. This time an Aston Martin taken during the public grid walk before the Britcar 24 hour endurance race at Silverstone. I've published images with this ghostly crowd effect before but they are generally created...
I have a pet hate, a real bug bear. It's when fledgeling aspiring photographers forget why they picked up a camera in the first place. They've bought the gear, practised for a year or two and have now decided that they should be paid for their services on the weekend....
