Photography, video, lecturing and drone filming, it's what I've been doing for over 30 years. This isn't a showcase for my work, if you want to see what I do please visit my business website. This blog is about my views on the industry, new practices, reviewing products and offer help if you have questions. If you can contribute to the blog by writing articles offering advice and information to other photographers I'd love to hear from you.
This year marks the fifth year of The Photography Show at the NEC in Birmingham. For anyone unfamiliar with the event, it’s one of the biggest Photography trade shows in the UK and is the one you really don’t want to miss. The event takes place from Saturday the 17th March to Tuesday the 20th March where doors open each day from 10:00am to 17:00pm. The…
If you’re a photographer in 2018, you’re probably very familiar with the Adobe Creative Cloud service and the programs that come with it. The latest edition of Photoshop being Photoshop CC 2018. One of the best things about being a subscriber to the Creative Cloud is that you always get the latest updates for Photoshop on release. No more shelling out hundreds for the latest…
For many years I had three main requirements from professional photo labs; C41, E6 film processing and colour printing from negatives. I would source wedding albums and mounts from album manufacturers, film purchases from camera suppliers and frames would be ordered through professional framing companies. There were no one-stop-shops until fairly recently. Pro labs now offer almost everything the busy professional photographer needs; Sim…
If you’re looking to improve your Photography and Photoshop and have completed a Level 1 Course this is a great Level 2 Course. Start Date: 10th April 2018 (Tuesday evenings) Duration: 1 evening per week for 15 weeks Time: 6:45pm-9pm Location: Bedford Academy Course 2 is for those students who have completed Course 1 or Photography NCFE Levels 1 & 2 (or equivalent). You will…
A few years ago I was asked by a magazine for a top tip on anyone wanting to become a photographer, so rather than go through the obvious ones like getting qualifications, training with a professional etc etc my top tip was the importance of keeping fit if you want to last in the industry. As professional photographers our roles now encompass more than ever…
I’m a bit of a gadget geek, I love looking at new products and seeing if they’ll work for my team and I. By ‘working for me’ I mean will they improve on what we already have and will it make the job easier? For a lot of our video jobs my team use Canon C100 Mark 2 camera, www.canon it’s a large, solid camera…
This is a really difficult question as there really is no right or wrong answer, Should you display your wedding package prices on your website? I would think if you ask any number of photographers this question they wouldn’t be able to give you a definitive answer because nobody really know what works best. Over the years I’ve spoken to several marketing experts and website…
Many years ago when shooting weddings I and most other photographers would arrive at the bride’s house an hour before the ceremony and be finished just after arriving at the reception to take the posed cake cutting shot. There were no informal/reportage images, it was all formal and we’d walk away with our medium format Bronica’s, Hasselblads, Metz flashguns and tripods with 5 or 6…
Here’s an article written by expert image retoucher Rob Boud; If you’d like to contribute an article you think would be useful for photographers and videographers please send it through and I’ll be happy to take a look. If you’re a photographer then you’ll know that when it comes to running your business the actual photography is often a small part of your weekly routine. …
So this is the latest product from Sim Imaging launching January 2018; The Classic Box with USB Key & 6×4 prints” which describes it pretty accurately. It’s a box that holds a USB drive together with a depth to hold 100x 6×4 prints (these are priced separately). If you’re looking for detailed technical specs on the material and how it’s made I’d suggest contacting…
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