New York
I generally head to New York in the hot summer months, but always wanted to see the city at Christmas. New York at Christmas is cold but very magical, especially with the children, just seeing their faces light up – it’s what Christmas is all about. Of course we had to see the Rockettes at…
A gold Nikon
On a recent photo-shoot in Cologne I happen to stumble upon a rare breed: I had to kneel before it and glare with delight. The Nikon FA limited edition gold film camera! Only two thousand gold Nikons were produced, it’s plated with 24k gold and decorated with lizard skin and a snitch at around £15,000…
Hackney Wick urban shoot
On the boundary of London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium there’s a place called Hackney Wick, East London – where you will find some great ‘arty’ backgrounds all over brick buildings. I invited Barbara, a student from France to this location as she has very ‘arty’ short hair with tattoos to match the street urban look I…
Yong Nuo YN 560 iii Flash
Yong Nuo YN-560 III – After a recommendation by top photographer Scott Kelby, I went ahead and purchased two flash units for off camera portraits to compliment my Nikon SB900, all the way from… China!!! After a three week wait they have finally arrived – make way for the Yong Nuo YN-560 III Flashgun. Such…
St. Anne’s 300th Year in Pictures
After nearly three years and 17,000 photographs, my new book has now finaly been published. A project that I was asked to undertake by the Church of England PCC for a very prominent famous and historic church which sits on Kew Green next to the river Thames and of course Kew Gardens. The book is to celebrate…
Hyper Juice
I shoot tethered when I can: camera hooked up to my laptop when shooting with light. I love to see my shot on a bigger screen and so do my clients – I just love the instant feedback, but this takes power. Power on my Mac lasts about 4 to 5 hours when shooting with…
Colour chart
When you photograph most subjects, getting the colours 100% accurate isn’t usually critical, and if you shoot on Auto White Balance, nine times out 10 your digital will do a pretty good job of getting the white balance roughly right, so that whites actually look white, blacks look black, and all the colours in between…