Recent Portrait Work
October 26, 2019
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any portrait work so here are some recent images made using a mix of Fujifilm X-T3 and Olympus OM-D E-M1 cameras, in studio and on location.
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Street Portraits with the Godox V1
September 9, 2019
The Godox V1 is a new round head flash very similar to (some would say a blatant copy of) the Profoto A1 (but a third of the price). Coupled with a Godox XPro trigger this combination promises to be a great portable flash system for creating location portraits without having
Who do you think you are, David Bailey?
July 27, 2019
The documentary Fame, Fashion, Photography: Bailey’s 70s, first shown on BBC 4 to coincide with his exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery in 2014 provides a great insight into probably one of the best known names in photography. Bailey’s success, and endurance, as a photographer is as much down to his charm
Style with Silver Efex Pro 2 – Part I
August 25, 2018
I’ve written before about the importance of developing a photographic style as well as how not to be sidetracked when trying to do so. Being able to make photographs that are distinctively ‘you’ helps to set you apart from a very crowded world of images so it’s worthwhile thinking about
Portraits with the Olympus f/1.2 Pro Lens
April 8, 2018
The rule of thumb for the ideal lens for portrait photography is that the focal length should be about twice that of the ‘normal’ lens. For micro four thirds cameras that would amount to a focal length of 50mm. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.2 Pro lens pretty
Five Guys
February 13, 2017
No, not the burger chain. I’ve realised I don’t take enough portraits of guys and I’m not sure why this is? There are at least as many men out there as there are women right, so why doesn’t my portfolio reflect this? Men do pose particular challenges when facing up to
My Box of Postcards
December 12, 2016
One of my favourite photography ‘books’ is actually not a book but Bailey’s Box of Postcards by, yes you guessed it, David Bailey. The ‘box’ in question contains 36 (mainly black and white) postcard size images spanning much of Bailey’s career from his 60’s portraits of Jean Shrimpton and Michael Caine to
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How Ilford Black and White Film is Made
To any photographer who started out in black and white film photography the name Ilford Photo will always have a special place in their hearts. Ilford is a British black and white film, papers and chemicals company and has been manufacturing at various sites in the UK since 1879. It