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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...
Gelled London hotel room shoot with light setup diagram
Gelled London hotel room shoot with light setup diagram
It had been around 6 months since I was last in London and I was having withdrawals from the manic pace of the city. Plus, in London, there are so many more models that I can choose from compared to my city. But was I going to go down just for the day or make a day of it..?I chose the latter. I...
Hollywood inspired 4 light setup with projector
Hollywood inspired 4 light setup with projector
I had been wanting to shoot with this model (who is also my friend), for a while now, and on Easter weekend we finally got around to it. The focus for me this year is gel photography, so I knew we'd be using gels, just I wasn't entirely sure the route we'd go. I had been eyeing the Wescott...
Instagrams
Instagrams "there was a problem saving your profile" issue finally sorted!
For FOREVER (it seems), my Instagram page wouldn't update the displayed website on my profile page and I had no idea why! I've finally figured it out! (this also could work when trying to change your Instagram username too!)I'd change everything, try and save the page and got the Instagram error...

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