Feb
12
One light setup at the Strobeam Product Launch
Yesterday I went to the launch of a couple of new portable strobist lighting products from Strobeam – the DL250 and EID G5. These are fairly compact and highly portable IGBT lighting kits which are both battery powered and in the case of the G5 can also be mains powered too.
Read More»Jan
21
Sinister
I was recently in London to see a Wedding Photography client. Whilst there I thought I’d meet up with my good friend and sometimes unpaid assistant Will Graham and do a quick visit into the city for some impromptu portrait photography…
Read More»Jan
21
Auburn Rose at Ariane Studio, Tamworth
It had been a while since I’d been in the studio, and as I’m doing a photo a day project this year I needed no real excuse to head over to Tamworth to see Geoff and the guys at Ariane Studio and take part in one of the fortnightly model group portrait photography shoots. Read on for more images – warning, NSFW content.
Read More»Nov
26
The Frio Cold Shoe adaptor in all its glory!
I’ve been doing a fair bit of work for a corporate client recently (which I’ll blog about when the job’s all done) which has involved using off camera flash. Speedlights, Pocketwizards, Umbrellas, Softboxes – the usual sort of thing.
Now, what people don’t give too much thought to is how the trigger or flash mounts to their light stands – you’ll usually use the cold shoe (so called because it doesn’t actually trigger your flash) that comes with your umbrella adaptor or softbox mount. They’re supplied with it, therefore they do the job – right?
You’d hope so, wouldn’t you… Read on!
Read More»Jul
17
I am delighted to announce that I was a shortlisted finalist in the Portraits round of the highly popular Digital Photo / Practical Photography POTY (Photographer of the Year) 2011 competition!
Read More»Jul
14
As ever so slightly teased yesterday evening, I spent all day yesterday on a workshop hosted by the super pairing of Damien Lovegrove and Martin Hill called ‘Into The Light’ which took place at Kingscote House in Gloucestershire.
Read More»Jul
13
Just home from a fantastic day out with Damien Lovegrove and Martin Hill shooting natural light and big flash portraits. Full writeup to come tomorrow, but to whet your appetite…
Read More»Jul
09
Following on from my previous posts about Lena and ERosanne at Smile Studio in Waddington it’s about time I posted about the third model of the day, Artemis.
Read More»Jul
09
Following on from my previous post about Lena at Smile Studio in Waddington I’ve now finally got round to processing some of the images from the other models who were at the studio (there’s the drawback of a packed schedule!)
The first model I photographed on the day was ERosanne (or Ros for short). She was a fantastic model who put me instantly at ease and was on hand to offer suggestions and inspiration throughout the shoot.
Read More»Jun
30
This weekend I was privileged to take part in an all day shoot at Smiles Studio near Lincoln. This post is about my shoot with one of the three models – Lena.
