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Monthly Archives: March 2010
The Nikon SB – R1C1 Macro flash field tested. PHD
At the end of the post on lighting close up and macro work I promised a review of this system. It is Nikon-specific but there are also highly useable models available from Canon (MT-24EX Twin Lite) and from independents such … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged macro, Nikon SB-R1C1 macro flash, R1C1 review, SB 900 flash, SB-R200 flash, SU-800 commander unit
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Macro lighting – ways and means. PHD
Before diving into ways of getting larger than life images it struck me as important to deal with the ‘make or break’ element in all macro work – lighting. If one has decent lenses and firm supports this is the … Continue reading
Recurring themes. AP
It is always a benefit when engaged as we are in a creative business, to have honest and occasionally critical feedback of our work. Such critiqueing is for me at least invariably within the (assumed) remit of my wife Claire who … Continue reading
Posted in Notes from the field
Tagged appraisal, BBC Wildlife, Claire, feedback, great spotted woodpecker, honesty, inspiration, Niall Benvie, silver birch, wife
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Ways of getting really close. PHD
Here begins a series of posts on a subject area that fascinates me because the supply of images and opportunities is endless. This is the realm of what is sometimes called ‘true macro’ from life-size magnification up to around 20-25 … Continue reading
Progress on the new book. NB.
Progress? Well, it’s actually at the printers in HK now, for delivery in early June. It was a struggle to get it as I wanted it to look (note my prophetic post about designers, written weeks before I saw the … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged book, field studio, film, Outdoor Photography Masterclass, training DVD, white background
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Remembering Mull. AP
It’s been a number of weeks now since I arrived back from what was a delightful few days spent on the Isle of Mull in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. Though I had gone with the intention of working exclusively with the … Continue reading
The autumn colours that I prefer – Pier Luigi Pacetti
Lady Luck (or her niece Ms Serena Dippity) often gets an honourable mention in this blog. Yep, you can place yourself in the right place at the right time to optimize outcomes but things so often just come our way… … Continue reading
Posted in Guest photographers
Tagged colours, fungi, guest, Italian, Pier Luigi Pacetti, Pino Ratini, woodlands
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Some things can and do get better. PHD
Apologies to some for my absence from this blog (and maybe apologies for my return to others?)…I had intended to post when I returned to the UK but family commitments always mean I have to do my impersonation of Musca … Continue reading
Posted in Comment
Tagged Betws, Bryngarw House, Country Park, dipper, nostalgia, optimism, wagtails, Wales
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Inspiration. NB.
I like to call myself a writer, as well as a photographer. And having now published about half a million words of articles and books, I feel more comfortable making that claim than I did 10 years ago. But, of … Continue reading →