Hand straps are great! Your camera’s always on hand (literally!) without it swinging around you neck, constantly trying to saw your head off. Canon make the E1 which attaches to the eye on the bottom of its higher end models or its battery grips. However you can get cheap and just as effective ones from eBay that attach using the tripod mount. They lack one vital component though – instructions! Now I appreciate it’s a...

The Strobist and many others recommend using a black tile to place your subject on when doing close up studio photography. It’s great advice, providing you can find one that’s a) big enough and b) not in a pack of 5 for £20! I bought some black cardboard Kassett storage boxes from Ikea recently, and reached for one when testing a studio setup. I just wanted something matte black to stand my subject on but it wasn’t until...

Well, here we go. Every blog has to start somewhere and this one starts here. I can’t be certain where this is going to lead, but I do have some ideas, so let’s just roll with it. {lang: 'en-GB'}