May 2, 2011

This is going to be a pretty short ‘How To’, but it’s a tip that I think can be really, really useful – and one that should make you think twice before deleting any of your photos. Basically, I think we should all be aware of just how much detail our fancy DSLRs record; all those megapixels at our disposal shouldn’t go to waste. So,...

Apr 12, 2011

Camera: Canon 7D Lens: Canon EF-S 17 – 55mm f/2.8 IS USM Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec ISO: 800 Flash: Bounced from wall on left, using a Canon 430 EX II Focal Length: 55 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Exposure Compensation: -1 step Photoshop: Lightroom 3; converted to black and white, increased contrast, cropped, and added vignette. Sorry...

Mar 30, 2011

Captured By The Light by David Ziser (available from Amazon US and UK) is the best wedding photography book I have read so far – and I’ve gone through a fair few, I can tell you! There are many reasons why I rate it so highly, but perhaps the overriding factor that makes it stand out from the rest is how it is written for the layman – simple to...

Mar 20, 2011

Camera: Canon 7D Lens: Canon EF-S 17 – 55mm f/2.8 IS USM Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec ISO: 800 Flash: Bounced from ceiling, using a Canon 430 EX II Focal Length: 37 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Exposure Compensation: -1 step Photoshop: Lightroom Preset ‘Stellar Guru GreenGold‘. I’ve been taking lots of shots in lowlight...

Aug 5, 2010

I recently had the pleasure of taking photos (lots of them!) at 2 friends’ weddings over 3 days. Yep, quite exhausting, but good fun and really good experience. Of course, I wasn’t the main photographer at either of the weddings – not even a ‘second shooter’, as both weddings actually had 2 pros at each. But I was more than happy to...

Feb 28, 2010

This is going to be the first of a regular feature, as I’m always browsing the hundreds of fantastic photography websites out there, and finding – and thus learning – more and more. I want to share these great features and articles with you – hopefully you’ll take as much from them as I do, and your photography knowledge – and...

Feb 14, 2010

I don’t know about you, but one of my greatest bug-bears about normal low-light photography, is the horrible flash present on most cameras. We’ve all seen those awful shots, full of red-eye, where people look like they’ve just been blasted by the most unflattering light possible. I’ve heard it said that if you’ve got an enemy, just...