Photographing London from the air

Photographing London from the air

The sun has just set and I’m staring at the lights of Canary Wharf through the viewfinder of my D3, The Thames leading the way towards the bright lights of the city…what’s so special about that? Well on any other day, not much…but on this occasion I’m 800ft in the air leaning out the side of a [...]

Welcome to my blogs new home.

Well, after days of fiddling with CSS and php files I’ve finally managed to get my new self hosted blog up and running. I’ve made a few small changes to the look and also as it’s now self hosted, the search feature should make it much easier to find exactly what your looking for. The [...]

Lowepro Lens Trekker 600 AW II

Lowepro Lens Trekker 600 AW II

I’ve just taken delivery of the new version of Lowepro’s very popular Lens Trekker 600…finally! When I picked up my Nikon 600/4 I tried to get the Lens Trekker to go with it but was annoyed to find it had been discontinued! I looked at various other solutions, none of which appealed and after several [...]

An early, misty morning with the Red Deer.

An early, misty morning with the Red Deer.

7 a.m., I’m standing in the middle of a field of bracken, the sun isn’t up yet, it’s foggy and all I can hear is the roar of unseen Stags coming from all directions…this is what nature and wildlife photography is all about…! Go back an hour and a half, it’s 5:30 a.m. and my alarm [...]

Fitting the 600/4 in the 200-400 bag.

Fitting the 600/4 in the 200-400 bag.

Whilst waiting for Lowepro to release an updated version of the Lens Trekker 600 (seems the older one isn’t quite big enough for a D3 & 600 VR so they are making the bag larger) I decided to see if I could get my non-VR 600 f4 in to my 200-400 bag as a stop gap [...]

Nikon D3X (MX?), more teasers…

Nikon D3X (MX?), more teasers...

After the recently posted ‘Something Big’ teaser…things are getting even more interesting with new adverts and pictures emerging further supporting the possible release of a medium format Nikon system.