Picture the scene: cold, frosty morning, plenty of low lying mist and the warm sun trying to break through. Sounds like a perfect excuse to shoot some landscapes on the way to work. Again, this was shot with a pretty simple setup, comprising of: Nikon D300 Sigma 10-20mm Manfrotto monopod. I originally shot a 1 [...]
Well, it’s certainly been a while since I last updated my blog and seeing as I spent an enjoyable hour in the frosty garden this morning taking some macro photographs, I thought it may be a good idea to start posting them again. All these are shot with a pretty simple setup, comprising of: Nikon [...]
Well, our photography studio is almost completed and we took delivery of our Elemental triple head lighting kit (with a few modified and custom options) just before Christmas. Being a pretty new experience photographing in a studio environment, we’ve taken any opportunity to learn the daunting range of new skills required to create some eye [...]
Wales GB Rally 2010 – Resolven stages was my first trip to the rally since I was a small child and used to attend the Lombard RAC rally at the early hours in the morning. A good few years have passed since then and with my love of motorsport photography and a healthy obsession with camera gear (to the detriment of my pocket!) it was innevitable that a trip was on the cards.
A quick photography session of my lovely girlfriend, LJ, to test out lighting a subject with a single light and reflector. The photograph was taken using a single Nikon SB600 through a softbox and a large gold reflector was used to bounce light back onto the subject and avoid some harsh shadows. The photographs were [...]