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12
Apr
Porthcurno at dawn
Here’s a shot from my recent trip to Cornwall. Taken at dawn at Porthcurno it’s very satisfying to have witnessed this light as it only lasted about two minutes before disappearing into thick over head cloud. I’ll be blogging in a few days on the technical side...
10
Apr
Neutral Density Filters-what’s their role in digital photography?
If you want to jump straight in and watch a short video of a dawn shoot unfolding on the Cornish coast where I discuss the use of ND filters click here. These filters are super popular: Lee, the market leader, are sold out until late 2012 and have been for some time. Prices too...
08
Apr
Behind the Lens-The Art of Staying Put
I spent last week in Cornwall producing some new landscapes. I’d been previously in May and enjoyed some good light but this time in April I hoped to catch some locations, new and old, in a different light. This shot at Porth Nanven was a particular highlight. The weather deteriorated...
22
Mar
Wedding Photography: Bridal Portraits Examined
Last weekend saw the start of my wedding season. I had two very photogenic people in Fi and Jerome, a pleasant location at Monkey Island in Berkshire, some Daffodils to work with, the ever present threat of rain and leaden skies and a very much shorter period to get through my shots than...
13
Feb
Studio Flash Set Up
This week I had an interesting job via an excellent design agency called myjoma for a media boss setting up a new blog for herself. She wanted the blog (called What's Pink Today) to have some strong visuals of herself with splashes of pink on a monochrome set of images. It turned...
10
Feb
Flash Lighting Remotely
A recent commission to produce some new photographs for House of Agnes, a wedding venue, led to a bit of fun at dusk outside. The hotel had a garden and a gazeebo that they were particularly proud of and I had an idea to shoot it at dusk with the couple posed inside. ...
09
Feb
Digital Photography Workflow-You gotta have a system!
I’ve been teaching degree students on the BA in Photography at one of the local Universities and one of the first lectures I gave them was on finding their own digital photography workflow. It seemed important that, in order to see photoshop editing (being any and all image adjustments made prior to...
07
Feb
Business Bunker Appearance
Nice to be back on the radio today with Business Bunker. I reminded listeners that anyone in business needs to look good and I'm here to take care of that! I provide flexible hourly rates for photography needed by businesses looking to illustrate anything from a new leaflet to updating their website...