I’ve been planning to shoot the 5 planets in alignment for a while now but given the awful weather we have had during January and February it just hasn’t happened. The trouble with shooting the night sky is that you need good clarity and clear skies (obviously) so you have to wait the painful wait.…
I don’t really go in for self-indulgence with my images at all. I love to try and capture lovely conditions and landscapes, and although I share my images that I am proud of, I tend not to share them again. The commercial side to it has always been a secondary benefit, and one which I…
I thought I’d write a quick blog on a recent trip, to try and capture an Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), from Dartmoor, as I have had a few questions about apps and camera settings. After installing a great little Android app when I was in Iceland this year (Aurora Alert) I often get periodic alerts…
I was happy contribute a photograph and short piece to the Go Outdoors blog – “Discover the Outdoors With Your DSLR ” – and sub-article about taking photographs with a DSLR/FF camera which also included using phone and actions cams to get the best out of why they can offer. I chose an image I…
I’ve been wanting to try making some dynamic time-lapse videos for a while now. I’ve done a few static ones on the GoPro before but having less control over the output and shooting quite wide-angle certainly has its limitations. The ability to shoot in RAW in high quality and make the adjustments you would do…
I had been planning to go storm chasing for my 40th birthday with my wife for a while and booked a tour with www.weatherholidays.com run by netweather.tv over a year ago. A fellow photographer, John Finney, had been with this company twice and highly recommended them and gave me a few useful tips before i…
I was kindly asked by Wex Photographic to write a blog on my recent entry of their weekly photographic competition on Twitter, entitled #Wexmondays. It is open to all, and submissions are open untill 12pm on the Monday. The image has to be taken during the past 7 days (they do check the EXIF). Each…
I have to say it is only recently, since I have become a photographer, that I have started to appreciate this plant more. For quite a few years, especially whilst out mountain biking or walking around I would pass it by. But now, like carpets of bluebells, wild garlic seems to be more common than…
I was asked by Carolyn, from Barnabas House Bed and Breakfast in Yelverton, if I could shoot the interior, bedrooms and bathrooms as well as the breakfast rooms to update their website after a recent refurbishment. Interiors are something that I have the least experience with but I explained what I could offer. We discussed…
