Tilt Shift and 15 Stops… I always thought 10 stops was more than enough to create surreal exposures, but discovered the Nisi 15 stop filter (which multiplies your exposure time by 32000) and found a whole new world of experimentation. To test the filter on front of the 24mm tilt Shift lens and went for
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Architecture, Blog, Composition, Leeds, Tips
Back in Action with the Godox AD600: A Post-Lockdown Location Portrait Photography Session It’s been donkey’s years, but I finally got back behind the lens with my long-time collaborator and model, Andy Taylor Boocock. Picking a spot in Leeds was like choosing your favourite biscuit—difficult, but ultimately rewarding. So, I packed my Godox AD600 and
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Composition, Discussion, Musings, Photography, Strobist, Tips
Another series of photography workshops came to an end in Manchester on 26 September, and what a summer it turned out to be. It feels like ages since we started with the beginners’ evening in Leeds, which, in true Yorkshire fashion, was the only evening where it properly rained. 2018 was amazingly dry and hot,
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Blog, Composition, Discussion, Landscapes, Photography, Tips, Training, Workshop
Salford Quays Architecture If anyone wants to learn about shooting architecture “up north”, I can think of not better place than Media City at Salford Quays. This trip was a 1-2-1 with a fellow professional photographer who shoots gigs for a living – he wanted to spend an evening learning about architecture and tilt-shift lenses. So
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Composition, Lancashire, Manchester, Photography
What is Tilt Shift? If you don’t know what a Tilt Shift lens is, this chap explains it well. So take a look at this first if you’re interested. South Leeds Architecture There are some interesting new buildings in the south of Leeds these days – this first one is the Leeds College of buildings, created
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Architecture, Blog, Composition, Industrial, Leeds, Photography, Yorkshire
Landscapes and Waterscapes @ Stanley Ferry With a 17mm Tilt Shift Lens I’ve had a flurry of outings to get used to the new lenses – this trip was to the Stanley Ferry area just outside Wakefield, in West Yorkshire. I’d started out looking for decent wheat fields, but they were not lit that well with the
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Blog, Composition, Landscapes, Photography, Yorkshire
A 50 year wait – Tornado steam train scheduled service Ribblehead Viaduct is a 24-arch railway viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle line in the Yorkshire Dales. In February 2017 the steam locomotive Tornado hauled timetabled passenger trains across it, the first in Britain for about 50 years. I didn’t wait 50 years – but it was
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Composition, Industrial, Landscapes, Travel, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales
Low Light Photography for Beginners 2015’s summer looks to be ebbing away – certainly in the evenings as it’s dark by 8PM now! So last night we started our summer-winter transition and showed a group how to shoot at night. What we did… Kicking off at Clarence Dock, or New Dock Leeds, as the re-brand
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Composition, Tips, Training
A New Look Pays Off! Having recently opened an events space in Leeds, our client needed some fresh shots to promote it. So we created some of our “special HDR images” of Lambert’s Yard – using a mix of angles and styles to show the features, and sell the place as a modern, warm, fun, city centre venue to hold
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Business, CASE STUDY, Composition, HDR, Lightroom, Photography, Yorkshire
Last Ditch Pitstop! The Dales Experience workshop was somewhat spoiled by ice – the 3 roads to get to our favourite spots were impassible! So rather than panic, we grabbed loads of great shots elsewhere and on the way back to base, I remembered these trees on the side of the road near Airton I
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Composition, Landscapes, Photography, Training, Video Tutorials, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales