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Places to Visit - Hunstanton, Norfolk

06 Jul 2020
Places to visit- Hunstanton, Norfolk Hunstanton is a very well know location for holidaymakers, but for me, it has a couple of really nice spots for bagging a few good landscape shots. Its ideally suited for sunset due to facing the west in the county of Norfolk and ideally, you…

My most used Grad filter

20 Apr 2020
When asked what a grad filter is most people will have a good understanding of what that is, but I thought I would just pop together a post to explain in a little more detail what my favourite type of grad is, how to use, the benefits of using it…

The PermaJet Titanium Gloss 300

17 Apr 2020
To receive a message over social media from the team at Permajet saying… ‘As a thank you for being a loyal customer and regularly supporting us on social media, we would like you to be one of the 1st to try the new Titanium Gloss 300gsm paper’ was a lovely…

Desert Island filters

02 Apr 2020
Sorry, it has been a while again even though I said I wouldn’t be, so just like magic here is another post… Just like you, I have found myself wondering what to do now that getting out and about is not really an option. So far I have cleaned my…

Places to visit- Happisburgh, Norfolk

03 Feb 2020
Happisburgh is a very well know location by local photographers, it is my most visited location on the whole of the East Anglia coast as it is my closest beach, I often nip up here with the dog for a nice walk The popularity of this location with photographers comes…

The 85mm holder

15 Jan 2020
A few months ago I was lucky enough to receive the new Formatt Hitech 85mm Firecrest Holder The Firecrest 85mm ND Starter Kit comprises the following: Firecrest 85mm holder with polariser control wheel77mm Firecrest circular polariserCPL rotates using the unique geared system within the holder77mm, 72mm, 67mm, 58mm Step RingsLuxury…

What filter when

27 Dec 2019
I am often asked what filter should I use or buy or what is the best/handiest filter to have So here you have a little break down on a few recent images that explain the thoughts that went into what filter I used to take the shots, but also a…

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…