strobist

July 12 2013

Feed Your Fire

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 become a sporadic series, I want to share with you a few photographers that never fail to give me an inspirational and motivational shove in the right direction. David Hobby (aka The Strobist) If you are into photography or lighting enough to be reading my blog, you are bound to have heard of The Strobist. David is the man […]

February 8 2013

Quick & Easy Location Lighting

It was David Hobby that made me realise you could use lighting to lift you photography in any circumstances.

January 31 2013

It’s Definitely Not About The Gear!

“If I had all the gear he had, I could take photos as good as him” – That’s crap!

October 11 2010

Death of a Cover Car

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 photo shoot treatment, I wanted to try something different. Enter Georgia Graham, Ash’s girlfriend, showing that hell really does hath no fury like a woman scorned! The plan here was to go for a dark and moody look so out came the Quadras again to enable me to stop down […]

August 16 2010

Shooting the Ripraw Girls at USC

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 your subjects are the Sextons Direct / Ripraw girls! You’ve got cluttered backgrounds, harsh mid afternoon light and crowds. First of all, I toured Santa Pod looking for a location without people, cars or fairground rides lurking in the background. Luckily Santa Pod is […]

June 30 2008

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 twice. The left is daylight white balanced and the right WB is set to Tungsten. In the original shot the orange tinged flash (1.5CTO gel, 1/64 power, grid spot, camera right) illuminates the model wind turbine with a tungsten coloured glow. The overcast sky outside looks as it did when the shot […]