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Milky Way over Maui, Hawaii

Sitting on a Hawaiian island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, looking at the Milky Way clearly stretch out across the sky with the naked eye is an incredible, awe inspiring and humbling experience. But getting an image of it certainly proved tricky, despite having a D3s. ISO 102,000 certainly came in handy though...

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...

Intervalometers (timer release cables)

What’s an intervalometer I hear you ask? Well, if you want to shoot time-lapse with your Nikon or Canon DSLR, then you need to be able to set your camera to take a photo at set intervals and/or for a set period of time. Depending on your model of Nikon you will have this function...

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...

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...

Miami skyline panoramic vantage points

The Miami skyline is truly spectacular and watching it come alive as day turns in to night is certainly an experience…as was shooting from one of the two locations I’m going to talk about here. But it was well worth it to finally get a better version of this beautiful skyline than the grab shot...