Form submitted successfully, thank you.

Error submitting form, please try again.

Category Archives: Photography Chat

Gloucestershire Portrait Photographer - Favourite Photos from 2009

2009 was a great year where I was lucky enough to photograph some wonderful people, plus even had time to shoot some landscapes. I’ve chosen a small selection below.
If you have a favourite please feel free to add a comment at the end. 
So here goes  ……….
#1 - Isobel

#2 - Ashleigh

#3 -...

View full post »

Kodak Zi8 Sample video at 60 frames per second

I love the simplicity of my £130 HD Video camera, the Kodak Zi8. Not only does it shoot at 1080p, if you drop to 720P there is a mode to shoot at 60 fps. With the snow on the ground today, it was too good an opportunity to miss testing the 60fps,...

View full post »

Confessions of a Photographer

A satirical video by Joe McNally, confessing to some of those sins of photography. Now say a dozen Hail Marys
All shot with Nikon D3S

View full post »

Gloucestershire Photographer - How to add a Welcome page to Facebook

I’ve been asked by several people how I managed to add a “WELCOME” page / tab to my Gloucestershire Portrait Photographer Biz page on Facebook. Well a welcome page is key to your Business page on Facebook, as the saying go “1st impressions count” !

If you want to see the Welcome page for Gloucestershire...

View full post »

Gloucestershire Portrait Photographer - New Marketing Theme

Working on a new marketing theme, along this line.  My daughter was kind enough to pose for all of 5 secs for the shot before getting bored

View full post »

Bowens LiteBook Q2 2009

Latest free Lighting magazine, that can be viewed online, from Bowens. Although it’s obviously Bowen orientated, there is lots of sound advice for anyone interested in Studio Lighting
Contents :-

Pro:File:-Steve Collinson: From heavyweight boxer to hot fashion photographer.
If you build it they will come:-Ian Shipley on building a studio from scratch from cowshed to commercial...

View full post »

Will an expensive camera improve my Photography ?

It’s the question I hear all the time. Well as an experiment instead of shooting with £3K worth of camera & lens, this following shoot was taken with a £100 second hand Fuji S9500. My thanks to Gemma and her two daughters (Rebecca and Jessica) for being such great models.

View some more shots...

View full post »

Bowens LiteBook Q1 2009

Latest free Lighting magazine, that can be viewed online, from Bowens.
Although it’s obviously Bowen orientated, there is lots of sound advice for anyone interested in Studio Lighting.
Click on the image to open magazine

View full post »

RadioPopper offically announce the X System - PX JrX

At long last the official announcement of the RadioPopper PX & Junior X series.  If you didn’t already know , the Junior / Jr has been renamed JrX.

View full post »

DIY Strobe mount for Softbox

Do you already have a softbox for your studio lights (Elinchrom, Interfit, Bowens etc) , but also want to use them with your strobes / flashes (Nikon, Canon, Sigma etc) ?? Well read on for a 5 minute DIY mount that only costs £1.48 !!!

View full post »