I’ve been planning to shoot the 5 planets in alignment for a while now but given the awful weather we have had during January and February it just hasn’t happened. The trouble with shooting the night sky is that you need good clarity and clear skies (obviously) so you have to wait the painful wait.…
I’ve been wanting to try making some dynamic time-lapse videos for a while now. I’ve done a few static ones on the GoPro before but having less control over the output and shooting quite wide-angle certainly has its limitations. The ability to shoot in RAW in high quality and make the adjustments you would do…
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of the A7RII (ICLE-7RM2) for a while now. I pre-ordered it and received it about 2 weeks ago now. Whilst I have not had a chance to test everything, I have read a lot of the reviews on the net, and agree with most of the non-biased ones. The…
This is a topic that keeps on surfacing on the inter-web, magazines, forums especially in the landscape photography community. I find it like many old arguments, like digital vs film. It takes many guises and also is often taken to inappropriate extremes: I always use graduated filters vs I always bracket my exposures I don’t…
I have pre-ordered the Sony A7RII (ILCE-7RM2) which I find pretty exciting for many reasons but I won’t go into the main advantages over my current A7R. You can find those pretty much everywhere but I intend on reviewing this camera with my A7R. However there are few things that I will need to chane in…
I’ve updated Lightroom 5.7 to version 6, although mine is a copy via the Creative Cloud subscription and released a few hours after the official release date/time form Adobe (just before their servers suffered from a bit of a swamp of requests). The download for the stand alone version however has been tricky to find.…
This is a continuation of my initial review of the B-Grip Uno Camera Holster. I have used it over the past few weeks either out scouting locations, macros but also on a few landscaping photography trips as well. I have to say I don’t use belt holsters for my work. I don’t wear a belt…
I’d been preparing by looking at the weather forecasts for the partial solar eclipse in the UK for a few weeks, booking off time from work to be sure I could get out. In South Devon the eclipse was forecast to start at just after 08:21 GMT and a maximum of 85 per cent at…
I’ve very recently bought a Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Lens (SEL55F18Z). As I am using Canon glass with a metabones I don’t have a nice fast auto-focusing prime for the A7R / A6000. I’d been looking around for a sharp, medium cost portrait lens for various reasons including upcoming weddings and events…
