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Naughties inspired shoot!
Naughties inspired shoot!
The early 2000's were the years I was in high school. Straight after the milenium, I turned  13 and the world was a totally different place. Full of futuristic awe, disconnected from technology unless you were sat at an actual computer, on dial up internet. The nostaglia I have for those...
One of my best purchases for studio portrait photography..
One of my best purchases for studio portrait photography..
Rarely does anything directly camera related become the best purchase for studio photography. Usually your camera and lens are good enough regardless of what you’re shooting. Even a basic camera and kit lens can create incredible shots. And often we can use natural light too. Getting the...
Removing a swollen battery from a camera
Removing a swollen battery from a camera
DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. 3rd Party camera batteries always feel like such a great deal. An official branded battery is around £60. Getting 3 batteries for £20 just feels like a massive saving and a much better investment. But it rarely is! In a pinch they can sometimes help us out...
Seller's remorse
Seller's remorse
We all know what buyers remorse is right? You make a purchase and instantly get that weird, sinking, gut punch feeling, then overthink for 2 days.. No? Just me? Well, one very similar topic that never seems to get much attention is sellers' remorse. Maybe this is an actual thing, or maybe I just...
So I did a thing..
So I did a thing..
This is another gear post so buckle in for a backwards and forwards ride. A few months ago I wanted to try a little project that required a macro lens. I didn’t want to pay the price for the Fuji 80mm macro, so I found a used Laowa 65mm 2.8 for a reasonable £350. Great little lens,...
Gels for bare bulb Godox AD200 flash
Gels for bare bulb Godox AD200 flash
I’ve had a couple of Godox Ad200s for a few years now and I have one with the Fresnel head attached and the other with the Godox H200R round head attached. My main reason for this is simply because they are just easier to gel. I have a couple of packs of Rouge flash gels and a couple of...
Godox CB17 roller camera bag first impressions
Godox CB17 roller camera bag first impressions
We’ve just had Black Friday deals popping up everywhere and I’ve been on a loose lookout for a new camera bag. I say loose because my old K&F concept backpack has been great for the past couple of years but is very limited in the amount of gear it can hold. (it can hold a decent...
Becoming a Viltrox prime lens shooter
Becoming a Viltrox prime lens shooter
I am definitely a huge gearhead when it comes to photography. It drives me crazy but I just love all the equipment, even if some of it I barely ever use. There was a point in time when I wanted a tonne of lenses, both primes and zooms, to cover every possible situation I may shoot. But luckily I...
Projector portrait photography with gels
Projector portrait photography with gels
Back in the day (about 7 years ago), I shot a few weddings. After one wedding I decided to just buy a projector from Amazon so I could quickly blast through a few shots during the wedding breakfast and have them projected onto a wall for the evening. It was a decent idea so feel free to take...
Using cheap LED modelling bulbs in studio strobes GONE WRONG
Using cheap LED modelling bulbs in studio strobes GONE WRONG
Just before Christmas, I decided I wanted a new studio strobe. Scrolling eBay, I came across a Godox DP1000 iii for a decent price. The user selling stated it was new in box and unused so I bought it straight away. As it turns out, it was listed as a DP1000 iv (with the built-in modelling bulb,...
Viltrox 27mm 1.2 Pro Fujifilm first impressions
Viltrox 27mm 1.2 Pro Fujifilm first impressions
Last year, when the Viltrox 75mm 1.2 was announced, I saw a few people getting early release copies and raving about how great the image quality coming from the lens was, especially at the price point. In short, I ended up preording a copy and fell in love! I already own the Viltrox 23mm 1.4 and...
RGB Portrait Photography: Three-Strobe Setup with Red, Green, and Blue Gels Additive Light
RGB Portrait Photography: Three-Strobe Setup with Red, Green, and Blue Gels Additive Light
I've been wanting to try an RGB gelled shoot for a while. RGB refers to the coloured gels I used. In light red green and blue mixed together (with the correct power levels) create neutral light. The plan was to have all 3 lights mix in a small area on the model's face and allow the gels to show...
Manual Mode Master - A Step By Step Guide To Unleashing Your Photography Potential
Manual Mode Master - A Step By Step Guide To Unleashing Your Photography Potential
Following on from my previous post last month, I have the live link for my Manual mode master Ebook up and running! This link will allow you to purchase my photography education, actions, books, and presets I create. I'm in the process of making the photography courses too which will allow...
Manual mode master - Learn to use manual mode E-Book
Manual mode master - Learn to use manual mode E-Book
I've been quite busy over the past few months, but somehow I've managed to find time to write a little E-book/online course type of thing. I wanted to create a guide on how to help teach people Manual mode, with each section being quite thorough, but also pretty quick to read through. I also...
I want to switch cameras again!!
I want to switch cameras again!!
I'm not someone who switches camera systems often. Let's face it, that would be a massively expensive hobby, and learning a completely new layout, let alone the need for lenses too would just be a constant stress. However, I did briefly start looking at Sony bodies today. Namely the A1. Until I...
I think I've found a new tethering software that's solved myFuji XH2 tethering issues!
I think I've found a new tethering software that's solved myFuji XH2 tethering issues!
When I ran my workshop the other week, I wanted to tether but I had just ended my CaptureOne and decided to use Lightroom instead. If you’ve read that blog you’ll know it just straight up didn’t work. Today I gave myself some time to play around and see if I could sort the...
Cloud Nine. AI inspiration into a cloudy woodland photoshoot!
Cloud Nine. AI inspiration into a cloudy woodland photoshoot!
My most recent shoot started off as a quick idea I threw into midjourney to see what kind of inspiration it’d feedback to me. This was the prompt I used: studio portrait with candyfloss colour palette and upstage lighting. From that, I half expected a very pink-orientated studio portrait....
First workshop complete!
First workshop complete!
Some of you may have seen in a previous post that I had set up a little  workshop on how to use gels in photography portraits. Well, last night was that day! And I'm pretty happy with how the whole thing ran! I allocated an hour setup time, 3 hours workshop, with the first hour being alot...
The best and most epic shoot ever!
The best and most epic shoot ever!
Last week I had my favourite shoot I’ve ever done with the best model! This shoot had it all - adventure, tiredness, epic views, sheep, coffee, and a drive up a super steep “hill” that made my mouth water..    Our original plan was to meet in Snowdonia for an epic...
Create stunning gelled portrait workshop!
Create stunning gelled portrait workshop!
I've been asked quite often how I "do gels", and have been told by my local studio owner that he's had quite a few people asking him how to "do gels" also.  After a little debating, this led me to start my own workshop and fufil these requests all in one go! The local studio is quite...
I'm just an imposter.
I'm just an imposter.
I don’t consider myself an artist or even artistic. I see many other photographers' work and I’m just blown away at how creative their stuff is. I look at my own and the process I go through and I feel that I struggle in comparison! Some people seemingly pull ideas out of thin air...
Neon pink with blue shadow
Neon pink with blue shadow
The weekend just gone I got to shoot with a local model who used to be part of the Suicide girls team. She hadn't done any gel work before and was super keen to experiment with it! Before our shoot, I had made a Pinterest board with literally just 5 ideas on (Usually I'd pin about 20), with the...
The real cost of upgrading
The real cost of upgrading
  I’m jumping straight in here. I upgraded from a Fuji XH1 to an XH2 about 7 months ago now. What was the real cost?   I got the XH2 on release day so paid full price for the body at £1899. I didn’t have any CF express type b cards (to use both slots and make full use...
Bathroom of horrors
Bathroom of horrors
Time just vanishes when you're an adult doesn't it! It's already been a week since I travelled to Staffordshire to shoot at a new location called Basfordhurst cottage with the incredible @Kateymodel (her instagram tag).  We've shot multiple times and for this shoot Katey had a Helmut Newton...
Chat gpt thinks this is the future..
Chat gpt thinks this is the future..
My previous post was about AI and this one is no different! In fact, I can see plenty of future posts will be too. Not to beat a dead horse, but constant updates on how it is going to affect things moving forward. Previously I touched upon the thinking that augmented and VR would be big parts of...
AI in photography is coming!
AI in photography is coming!
AI is getting SMART! We used to think augmented reality, then VR and the metaverse was the future. Not anymore.  A new version of Chat GPT has recently just launched and to say I’m blown away is an understatement. So much so I’m personally going to be investing more time and...
Mixing flash and ambient light - Purge mask shoot
Mixing flash and ambient light - Purge mask shoot
Halloween has just passed and for this year I wanted to do something a little different to the "douse a model in blood" type shoot. (I have already done one of those this year, but that's beside the point..). I just wanted something.. different. Not studio, not an abandoned house. Just...
New camera! Spoiler, it's a Fuji XH2!!
New camera! Spoiler, it's a Fuji XH2!!
These past few months have been insanely busy! I've been shooting so much in between work, and alot of them have required 8 or 9 hour round trips! The joys of being a distance from the people I want to work with! Usually, I'm not the type to jump on gear hype and get the latest and greatest. Up...
Focused intention project
Focused intention project
We're halfway throught the year already somehow, which clearly means that it's a great time for reflection on the goals I made for this year. I'm not a new years resolution type person though. This was a goal I was determined to hit. My goal(s) were simple. Learn to shoot gels and take some...
Into the clouds
Into the clouds
I'm definitely not a religious person but I absolutely love religious artwork. I have no idea why, but there's just a magic to them. With this in mind, I wanted to created some creative and dramatic gel photography inspired by it. The problem was how to go about it.Last year I shot a valentines...

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