I need 1/1600th Flash sync ! Why ? because I like to have choice when I’m shooting. The 3x images above are actually a screen grab from Capture One. So this is before any retouching, honestly. We always strive to … Continue reading
Each year I shoot a rugby calendar called ‘Rugby’s Finest’ This is possibly the most fun I have on a shoot all year. The players are a fantastic bunch of people, James Haskell pictured above has a wicked sense of … Continue reading
A couple of months ago I was having lunch with a great friend of mine, the excellent photographer Jim Marks. During lunch he asked the question: “Do you want to see what I’ve been shooting that glasses campaign with?” … Continue reading
I have always had a tilt/shift camera or lens in my arsenal of equipment. This started with portraits on 5×4″ film then I had a Hasselblad Flexbody, now it’s the Schneider Kreuznach lens TS 120mm for my Phase System. Phase … Continue reading
One of my clients Hardy Amies of Saville Row, asked me to light a fashion show for London Fashion Week. This isn’t the sort of thing I normally do, but it was great fun. The brief was to give the … Continue reading
Mark Wernham was the last photographer I interviewed and filmed for the ‘SanDisk Extreme Team’ videos. It was great meeting Mark and we have become good friends, he must have one of the most desirable jobs in motor sports photography. … Continue reading
After filming Dominique Daher I travelled further east to shoot, Marcel Lammerhirt another great extreme sports shooter, check out his video. I was very impressed with Marcel’s openness, he’s also a great guy:
Like many Photographers, I’ve started to shoot video in addition to stills. One of the things I love about this job is getting to meet some amazing people, check out this video I shot for SanDisk on the fantastic photographer … Continue reading
Peter Eastway a great landscape photographer and writer, interviewed me earlier in the year for Better Photography magazine. At the time I didn’t think that much of it, but he ran a six page feature on me and used one … Continue reading
Hot on the heels of the D300s, Nikon announced the D3s, It’s great to see Canon and Nikon offering very different products. Thereby giving photographers choice for their particular style or genre. Here’s a short list of links to this … Continue reading
Now we’re talking, PhaseOne (Crazy but Excellent Danish Company) today announced a new camera (looks like a serious revision) and most importantly a partnership with Schneider Kreuznach a name famous for the highest quality optics. The big news is we … Continue reading
Here’s a brief behind the scenes video from a recent shoot here in London. We mixed Sunlight and Flash, unusually for London there was almost too much Daylight! Fortunately we were able to get enough power out of our Elinchroms … Continue reading
What do you do when the weather goes really crap? Have a look at this to see how we dealt with it.
I’m a working commercial photographer, making my living creating both still and moving images. I use/own a lot of different gear, I love anything that makes the job easier or helps create a better outcome. Sometimes I’m loaned stuff to … Continue reading
Trawling the net over the years has given me great inspiration and excellent information. Now it’s my turn to share knowledge. The idea for this floated through my head at some point after one sake too many with Chase Jarvis … Continue reading
