Shooting stars
A brush with greatness: Professor Brian Cox Every once in a while, being a professional photographer comes with some neat perks. I was recently asked to cover an evening event featuring none other than Professor Brian Cox. For those having lived under a rock for the past few years, Brian is a particle physicist and ...
Read moreHigh Pass sharpening technique
Professional sharpening using High Pass filteration in Photoshop Here’s a recent video tutorial I put together for how to sharpening your images using the High Pass filter in Photoshop. It’s my favorite method of sharpening images prior to final output. The only addendum I would like to add to this video is that you ...
Read moreFlight cases for photographers
Protecting your photography kit from the baggage handlers I’m a sucker for a good bag, so when I visited HPRC (High Performance Resin Cases) at Focus on Imaging recently, I was intrigued by the build quality and durability of their cases. They’re an Italian company not yet established here in the UK, but I’m sure they soon will ...
Read moreMaking the background vanish
Lighting secrets from the Photographers’ Magic Circle This image was captured at a recent commercial pharmaceutical shoot. Not bad, eh? A pretty syringe, probably shot against black in a studio style setup? Well no, not quite. The cool thing about this picture (apart from the Hydris technology featured in the syringe), was that it was taken in ...
Read moreOvercoming the challenges of conference photography
Conference photography – hints and tips I was recently commissioned to photograph a large conference in Manchester, it’s by no means a new thing to me. I’ve photographed all sorts of conferences in my 20 years of photographic experience. But it got me thinking about the difficulties that photographers face when trying to provide good ...
Read moreCar Rig Test
Car Rig Photography These are some shots taken from a recent test shoot involved 2 car rigs; Manfrotto SM8 and SM11. It was an experimental shoot as I’d not used these rigs previously, so I was gaining valuable knowledge on different set-ups and honing down the camera settings prior to a full production shoot planned ...
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