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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 on my…

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. Thanks to…