Matthew Harding gave up his job to dance around the world. 14 months, 42 countries, and thousands of new friends later, this video is the result. It might not be strictly photographic (although some of the locations are amazing) it certainly is a heart warming, feelgood masterpiece. {lang:...
Read MoreThe world might be alright after all
101 Photoshop tips in 5 mins – in style!
He should be so annoying, but he’s not and boy does Deke McClelland know his PS keyboard shortcuts! 101 tips in a Hip Hop music video parody. {lang:...
Read MoreWorking 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)...
Read MoreThe War on Photography
A great piece of film making by Rajesh Thind, highlighting the confusion around just when and where you can and can’t take photographs. {lang:...
Read MoreHow to fit a hand strap (without asking your girlfriend to sew it on for you)
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...
Read MoreA black tile alternative
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...
Read MoreThe saga begins
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'}
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Sunset is my favourite time to shoot, not just because of the “magic hour” light you get, but because it’s the time adding flash to an image can change it the most. You can take a photo of your subject under what looks to the naked eye to be pretty dull conditions and then flip the camera around and show them something on...
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...
Ultimate Street Car is one of the biggest weekenders on the modified car show scene and title sponsor, Marangoni Tyres had the busiest stand at the show. And on their stand they had Jen and Sarah who you may have seen on the blog before along with Torrs. I’d spoken with Sarah in the week leading up to the show and arranged to make a few...
Is it just me, or is everyone a photographer these days?
I don’t mean everyone has a camera or that photography is a popular hobby, I mean I’m seeing more and more people proclaiming to be a bone fide, card carrying professional photographer.
They have a large black camera, the kit lens and maybe a flash, a web site and...
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