Many faces of Simon Callow

The person may have so many stories from over their lifetime that I really want to listen too, but the key is not to loose concentration on the image, the chat is there in your ears, in your head but it really just becomes a rhythm, a beat for the timing of the shutter.

Exploring New York: My Forgotten Photo Collection

This weekend I've started going through my archive tidying up my discs and making sure everything is backed up and I have multiple copies of everything (partly because I've subscribed to Backblaze and I've got my main archive currently backing up). During this process I was going through my working space for the year 2024 and came across two folders of images that I had totally forgotten about.......

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) gallery

Yesterday evening, I spent a little time in the garden with an AD200 flash, a stand, a beauty dish and the GFX

Mastering Photography Workflow with Filmpack

I have always found the only way to really trial software is to go “all-in” on a job. Theoretical workflows whilst sitting at home, taking time, with a coffee and biscuit (ok, no biscuit), are all well and good but its only under the pressure of a real job can quickly find the pitfalls. .. this first job was the HBO Max launch party arrivals ...

Gallery – First Filmpack8 edit

Last night I covered the HBO Max UK and Ireland Launch Party on Wednesday 25 March 2026 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London. The following images were edited from Fuji RAW files using DxO Filmpack8. I made lots of errors last night during the edit; new workflow and all that....