If you have followed my on Facebook or Twitter, or been a read of this blog for a while, you’ll have seen Jen before. Last week we finally got the chance to work together properly on a Hollywood glamour-themed shoot in a local cinema. Once I had the location arranged it was obvious a mix Film Noir and classic Hollywood glamour was the way to go so I started researching. Google Images came up with the classic portraits of Dietrich and...

This is a stunning Behind The Scenes (or BTS) video shot and edited by Richie Thomassen of Wynn Ruji shooting the new Jaguar XJ. You won’t learn much about the shoot from watching it, but you will be inspired by the quality of video that can be achieved with a Canon 7D. Jaguar XJ | Behind the Scenes from Richie Thomassen on Vimeo. {lang:...

Interesting little clip of a Canon EOS 5D taking an exposure, filmed at 2000 frames per second. I’d always imagined my camera internals to be a little more solid! {lang:...

Joey Lawrence’s words, not mine, in his Hip Hop parody on the everlasting Canon/Nikon debate. Can’t wait to see Joe McNally’s take on this. {lang:...

Joey Lawrence’s words, not mine, in his Hip Hop parody on the everlasting Canon/Nikon debate. Can’t wait to see Joe McNally’s take on this. {lang:...

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 seen by the people we knew and saw on a regular basis or, if we were lucky, they’d be printed in a magazine. But now, we can get our work out there to millions of...

Whilst standing on the public platform in New York’s Penn Station, taking pictures of trains to enter Amtrak’s “Picture Our Trains” photography competition, photographer Duane Kerzic was arrested by Amtrak’s own security guards and charged with trespassing and refusing to delete his images. Trespassing? In a public place? Really? And why should Duane delete his photographs?  If photography is illegal, why ask...