The Advances in Lightroom editing since 2012!

When I re-opened the presentation I had given previously I was (almost) disgusted with the images, the colours and how they were edited. SO. I went back to the original RAW files which were a mixture of X100 (mk1) & D700 images.

Worthing Beach: My Creative Retreat

I have lived in Worthing now for almost 20 years. During this time the beach has been a constant for me (obviously - it’s not going anywhere!). For many of those years, the first thing I would do each morning (when I was free), was walk down to the beach and catch the sunrise, or if middle of the summer when the sunrise was too early, at least catch the beach and the sea when there was no-one else around; just me and the sea. Alone. Wonderful.

Fujifilm GFX100RF – First thoughts

So I have had this camera for a week and a bit now, using it in a number of situations - for the self portrat challenge, some client shoots and a couple of premieres. I'm going to deal with the negatives first..

Self Portrait – Day 4 of 7

Do you ever have one of those mornings where you are all "fingers and thumbs" (not being able to hold anything). Well this was one of those mornings

Challenging myself to reset.

I was recently reading a post by Don Giannatti (someone I have been reading on and off for years). The post extoled the virtues of going back to basics, reseting, giving yourself (as a photographer) some challenges to shoot in a way you are not at the moment.