A week on The Isle of Mull

A week on The Isle of Mull

Sea eagles, otters, seals, scenery and a stand off with a highland cow…plus rain, wind, fog and sun…all before lunch time! How could any photographer not want to visit Mull…

Spring Lamb, what did you photoshop out?

Spring Lamb, what did you photoshop out?

Wires, a big boot, a canon and even a catapult…they are some of the light hearted suggestions of what people think could have been removed from my Spring Lamb photo. Another popular question is ‘Did you not get bored sitting round for hours waiting for the photo…?’ Well, read on to see some outtakes and find out the [...]

Converting to mono

Converting to mono

The perfect mono conversion…its so subjective and down to personal taste does it even exist? Here is my quick 3 step process to having a go.

My First Wedding Shoot!

My First Wedding Shoot!

I’ve always said no in the past…now I’ve done one, is my mind swayed…?
Since being a guest with camera at a friends wedding during  2007 I’ve had several other friends see the results and ask if I would be the official photographer for them. I’ve always given the answer as a polite ‘no’, after all, I’ve never really [...]

200-400 + 1.7x TC test

200-400 + 1.7x TC test

I recently visited a newly discovered local nature reserve. Not the greatest weather so thought it would be a good chance to just scout it out. I had tried this lens with the 1.7tc on my old D2x and never had good results, images were always very soft to the point that they didn’t even [...]