Shooting the London Soundtrack Festival 2026

For the second year running, I spent 4 days in London shooting photographing the London Soundtrack Festival..This year my pelicase seemed even more packed..

Comic-Con past..

The obvious gallery to do today would be a set of images from last years event. However, I do not want to be influenced by what I shot last year; I like to approach each repeating job as though it is the first time I have shot it (not an easy task). With an event like the Soundtrack Festival, where the events and locations all change year on year, this is easier.

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....

Improving Black and White Photography Workflow

Those of you that have been following this blog for a while will know that for many (many) years I have been using Silver eEFex Pro (part of the Nik Collection, now by DxO) to produce my Monochrome images. I have created custom presets for Red Carpet and other subjects .....