A very quick post with a few images of the BAFTAS – why? Because I was told today by a follower (a fellow photographer in Berlin) that I am not writing enoughβ¦β¦..
(I am writing this from the Berlin Film festival looking forward to photographing Cate Blanchett on the red Carpet tonight)
For me the BAFTAs this year were the start of a long trip away, with a number of different jobs that have very different requirements⦠so I spent Saturday away from my studio packing, then unpacking and re-packing..

So this trip covers 3 countries on 2 continents, which of course means 3 different power outlets.. UK, Euro and US.. Why canβt the world agree on a format for power sockets?? Sometimes I feel half my case is taken up with leads and adaptors to enable me to charge my kitβ¦
However, I digress. Space at this years (new venue) BAFTA awards was in short supply and unlike in the past where the distance has required the 50-140mm plus the 100-400mm, this year I worked mostly with the 16-80mm/F4 (on the X-H2S) and the 90mm/F2 on a X-T3 with the main target being full length / fashion images.










The light was fine and with the clean backdrop (better than previous years) it made for nice, clean, if not a little boring, images.
I used the 90mm to try and get a little atmosphere (having positioned myself so that this would hopefully be possible). Unfortunately the set-up made this a little more tricky than in previous years with less of the queue visible. I did manage a few β¦







After the arrivals, it was off to the winners photo-call area, again with less space than previous years and my position was not great, I stuck to my original plan of staying tight, shooting on the 50-140 on the X-H2S








In the last week (and not having time to have it looked at before I traveled), my 50-140 has started βhuntingβ when in AF-C on the X-H2S / Face tracking. Itβs still way better than it would be on an X-T3 however it is a little annoying – all other lenses on this body are fine so as soo as I return it will be off to the service dept I think.
I have a few more days here before moving on to my next destination and set of jobs. Ill post about Berlin from thereβ¦
Until then, Verabschiedung β¦
Very interesting.. finally a new article!
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I dont meet many people who are good at what they do, but you are just ace!
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