Istanbul, Blue Mosque timelapse [video]
If you’ve never been to Istanbul and heard the call to prayer that rings throughout the city five times a day, you must! It’s an amazing experience and so far removed from anything I am used to living in London, but something I very quickly grew to appreciate whilst there. So, I decided to take [...]
ThinkTank Photo: Hydrophobia 300-600 review [video]
Time to get wet (or, hopefully not)! If you shoot with a telephoto lens from 300mm upwards, and want to keep it dry in the rain, snow or even protect it from sand, then the Hydrophobia 300-600 from ThinkTank Photo is certainly worth looking at. I turned the hose on mine to give it a [...]
Panasonic Lumix TZ7/ZS3 HD samples [video]
It’s been out a while now but I’ve been asked by a few people on various sites, forums and emails how I find the HD video quality of the Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3 in the states) as at the time or writing, it’s my only form of video camera. So thought I’d put a rough [...]
Snow, searching for wildlife and a photo on tv [video]
It was -5 outside, I’d just updated to the latest D3 firmware (v2.02), had a couple of spare hours to get out in the snow for the first time AND the weather was perfect. Surely I was going to get loads of snowy wildlife shots…surely…? Nope! Just the one shot, but it did make a [...]
My first timelapse test [video]
If you’re not familiar with timelapse photography, it traditionally involves either speeding up film footage or taking lots of photos…in this case, 2353 photos to be exact. That’s two thousand three hundred and fifty three photos to give me roughly 1min 25 seconds of footage. For those of you that are familiar with timelapse, you’ll [...]
Beginners Guide: Basic Photoshop shortcuts [video]
If there is one thing I like, it’s to spend more time taking my photo’s than editing them. Of course some degree of processing IS part of the workflow that can’t be avoided…but…you can decrease your time sat in front of the PC by using a few keyboard shortcuts to speed up your Photoshop operation. [...]





