Using the Godox AD600 on My First Post-Lockdown Model Photoshoot!
First Outing In Ages After what seems like a year, I finally met up with my old friend and model, Andy Taylor Boocock, for a photo shoot. As usual, we debated where to go. Having ...
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Storm Brewing in Leeds
Having I watched the most amazing spring from my garden during lockdown it seems a little bit unfair that the weather in June is dreadful for photography…. But one day last week the sky look ...
10 “Must SEE” Leeds Areas for Photographers
If you are planning a trip to photograph Leeds, where should you go? Like most cities, Leeds Centre and shopping areas are largely bland (with a few exceptions…) and many shopping centres actually ban you ...
Locked Down Leeds
9 weeks into lockdown and I finally decided to take my daily allocated exercise by walking around the city centre of Leeds. I had been putting it off because I didn’t really want to upset ...
Leeds 2019
Leeds Architecture in 2019 Winter’s a great time for Leeds architecture photography. The sun is low in the sky and sets around 5PM, so you’re not out waiting for ages in the evening. We’ve done ...
Night Photography at Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Night Photography at Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Ok, we’re really lucky to have a ruined abbey right on the edge of our city – and it’s got lots of free parking! So each year I take ...
Granary Wharf – Leeds
Granary Wharf and Wellington Street in Leeds Just a quick post with some shots from the train station/canal area of Leeds. Again these were all taken in the early days of testing the Tilt Shift ...
Tilt Shift Lens in Hunslet, South leeds
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 ...
Food Photography For Fire Lake, Radisson Blu Leeds
New Season – New Food Photography With summer arriving, the menus at Radisson in Leeds change – so they needed new Food Photography to promote it. I was invited down to work with the new ...
7 Top Tips for Low Light Photography
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 ...
13 Photos of New (Clarence) Dock – Leeds
Clarence Dock or New Dock Leeds? I’ve always referred to it as Clarence Dock, but the area was rebranded “New Dock Leeds” in 2012 according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Dock_(Leeds)). Either way, the blend of architecture and ...
Leeds Shopping – 9 Photos from Briggate and Beyond
Leeds Shopping – Knightsbridge of the North? Leeds does seem to have its fair share of shops. Posh shops. Harvey Nichols. Designer stuff. I like the shop in the Victoria Quarter with Panerai watches best ...
7 HDR Photos of Leeds
7 HDR Photos of Leeds – Swinegate & Calls In Leeds, where the canal and Aire merge, there’s The Calls and Swinegate. Streets on the inner ring road with some fantastic brick buildings to photograph, ...
30 Surreal Seconds in Leeds….
Surreal Leeds! You’d not normally bother with the camera on a day like this was, but here’s what I tried, making a surreal Leeds…. It’s mid-afternoon… The sun is bright There is a slight ...
Trinity Leeds – The New Shopping Centre Goes LIVE!
TRINITY LEEDS goes live! It’s been a few years in the creation – at last, the Trinity Leeds centre is open, so here are a few shots of the place for those who’ve not been ...
Flash Accessory Test
Flash Bender Accessories – New Toys! Always on the look out for new “light modifiers” of “flash accessories” to advance my off camera flash photography – I’d seen these flash benders around before, so thought ...
Claire’s Band Shoot…
Check out the amazing voice…. https://soundcloud.com/clairecolbran Had a fun shoot with Claire Colbran, jazz singer in these 2 bands, backing singer in the Chicago Blues Brothers and rather excellent on trombone too… a Colbran family thing apparently! ...