Apr
20
Managing Risk In The Field

A big part of my day job is about managing risk and while I’ve learned to bring a lot of that discipline to my photography, it hasn’t been without hard lessons along the way. This piece isn’t going to focus in on data backups because others have more than covered that off, this is about how and why I buy the kit I do and what can happen when you haven’t entirely thought it all through. The is actually my 100th blog post on this site and while I should probably use that opportunity to fanfare some images or something I’m going to use it instead to pass on what I feel is some pretty sage advice…

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Nov
06
Damage Limitation – Nikon D810 Top Plate Repair

If you read my last blog post, you’ll know that I managed to fall over recently. This in itself isn’t unusual for me in the field, it’s a past time that is part and parcel of landscape photography – I’ve lost count of how many times it’s happened. This time was different however, I tripped on a cobbled path while my Nikon D810 and 70-200mm was hanging around my neck and managed to land on top of it face down on the stone…

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Jul
31
500cc – Revving Up With The Nikon D500

I’m always looking for ways to improve or evolve my photography. As much as the application of photographic technique very much depends on the individual, their interpretation and level of creativity, it is unfair to think all cameras are equal and offer the same opportunities. The D500 provides some complimentary options to a full-frame landscape kit that I wasn’t expecting and it’s now been in my hands for the last 24 hours…

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Jul
04
Project X – Lessons in futility with the Fuji system

We’d all like every photography discussion to be about art and personal interpretation (I’ll do another blog post soon on this subject to balance things up) but you can’t get around the fact that without cameras there is simply is no photography at all (unless you’re someone like Paul Kenny!) so to conveniently ignore this fact seems both futile and a bit silly. In fact you’d have to be blind to the equipment allegiances that we form as photographers, I maintain that my own quest is that of product and image quality over any particular brand – it just so happens to be that Nikon seem to provide almost everything I need in spades for landscape photography.

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Jan
10
What’s In The Bag 2016 – Part 1 of 4 – The Wides

I recently completed a small What’s In The Bag magazine feature for Amateur Photographer which is due for release shortly. Ordinarily I wouldn’t usually start the year with a post about hardware but I get so many emailed questions from budding photographers, students, former workshop attendees and via Twitter that I thought I would set out some insight as to what I shoot with and why. The Amateur Photographer piece I’ve illustrated reminds me of the level of interest people have in kit and although the best photography is absolutely made by great composition, use of light and most of all imagination, without having the right kit some of that just isn’t possible.

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