A conference in the RAW

Following on from my last post about H2 Raw files and the 2 day conference event I mentioned in that post... When working with a client, no matter the final use of the images (unless for speed is of the essence / press use only), I prefer to work with Raw images to ensure the … Continue reading A conference in the RAW →

Unleashing my inner Gru…

As I walked along the seafront just before the first sunrise of 2024, I looked up at the moon, thought about the film and it made me smile. It is just a constant we take for granted, having its every day impact on us and the seas. So I raised my camera to take a snap.

Just another sunrise

Although the cameras built into phones are quite brilliant and clever, as soon as you look at the images large on a calibrated photo monitor it becomes obvious how limited they are. ... Crouching down, I waited with the 14mm on the X-T3 which was set to underexpose using the Velvia film simulation to bring out the colours.

Editing to the Max

Recently I have been getting very frustrated with my 2018 MacBook-Pro. I say recently, actually it's been going on a while; I have never been that happy with the way it handled the external displays when editing in the office. Even with its Radeon Pro graphics and 16GB RAM is just really struggled in Lightroom Classic, imports and preview generation taking an age.

Photoshot with Luna

Luna and I had been talking about getting together for a photoshot for a couple of years now. We met working together at Frightfest where she is one of the presenters of Frightfest TV.