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The Slik Tripod

16 Aug 2019
Those of you that have either been on one of my workshops or been out photographing with me will know there are normally 3 or 4 different tripods in the boot of my car. I regularly lend them out to other photographers to try out, as well as support participants…

Choosing your 1st Grad filter

17 Jul 2019
One of the most frequent questions I get asked on the lead up to, during and after workshops is what type of grad should I get for my own setup. Well, long story short there is no right or wrong answer… Chances are you will use both the hard-edge and…

Formatt-Hitech Night filter

21 May 2019
A month ago I went to the Formatt Hitech Filters factory in Wales for a meeting and they also gave me this amazing filter to have a play with and feedback my thoughts good or bad. At the time it was still un-named and also the 1st one from the…

Formatt Hitech 77mm Multistop ND Filter

07 May 2019
When I was given this I did not know exactly how much use I would have for it in my landscape work, but I knew I would be giving it a go and I would 100% be using it for when filming some of my moving image pieces for projects…

My precious space

18 Mar 2019
I will try and keep this post short and to the point, this is not a rant, rather just an observation that hopefully opens up some discussion and makes people think I have been listening to a lot of photography podcasts over the last 4-5 months, shocking I know! I…

In the bag

12 Mar 2019
A few things I keep getting asked is what do I have in my bag, what bits do you recommend, what works best for this or that. So I have created this what’s in my bag page for you all. I have placed a hyperlink for you to get the…

Firecrest Pro ND Grad Filters

08 Dec 2018
Here we are with another of my hard to read blogs/reviews or whatever you like to call it. As always sorry about the poor grammar etc etc etc It was great to receive an email just after I had got back from a lovely trip around Wales and then the…

Grain Tower Battery - Kent

09 Jul 2018
Grain tower battery What can I say about this location… One I have wanted to get to for a fair while… So my wife had theatre tickets and myself and 2 mates decided to drive down to come and have a look as the tides looked in our favour time…

What filters do I use

27 Feb 2018
What are these landscape filters all about and why would I go out and spend a load of cash kitting myself out with some? Let me start this with a bit of a journey in my own photography equipment purchases and how I got to writing this today, so bear…

244 Days with the Fuji X-T2

22 Jun 2017
During this review, I will talk about the Fuji x-t2 and show plenty of images I have shot If you told me this time last year I would no longer be lumping around my 21kg camera bag full of Canon gear, I would have most likely have laughed at you.…