Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Outdoor Flash
I love quick outdoor shoots like this one as in only a few minutes of shooting you can get a really good range of shots, and depending on the background give a really different feel to the shot.
It used to be really unusual for me to use flash (indoors or out), and only used it […]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Phone Cameras / Camera phones
As an inhabitant of various photography and camera gear communities, there is a lot of snobbishness about the cameras built into mobile phones. At the time I took this photo, I had my EOS 20D SLR with me, but I chose to shoot it on my phone (Sony Ericsson K800i).
Why?
Because I was busy, on my […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Chuggers, Go!
Every few years, there’s a new scourge on the streets of London out for your money.
I remember when there were gangs of beggers with babies which I found really quite disturbing - I’m sure there were some genuine ones amongst them all, but you couldn’t turn without seeing one.
Now, I’m a fan of the Big […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
Davina McCall
It’s a quiet day, so here’s just another shot from the Comic Relief launch a couple of weeks ago.
During the main photocall, I was in amongst the crowd of photographers, and whilst I was at the front, I was off to one side, which made it very difficult to get many decent shots. Those shots […]
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Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Daylight Portraits
I love daylight portraits - especially sidelit from a nice big window.
When David asked me to do a corporate portrait of him, I was glad to oblige, and delighted when he showed me this area with plenty of natural light.
I could have done with a reflector, or some fill flash, (and should have metered off […]
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Mummy’s Little Metalhead
Well, Bob originally got this for Jack, who (unsurprisingly) has now grown out of it.
I was really chuffed when it fitted Sonny, who is having a blast in it.
Sadly he doesn’t seem to have the same penchant for metal that Jack did at that age - System of A Down and AC/DC just don’t cut […]
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
GTI or. . . . ?
Jack loves watching airplanes, so whilst the baby was asleep, I was happy to oblige him on Sunday, and we went to the local airfield (not leaving the baby by himself, but at home with mummy!).
Whilst trying to stop him falling forwards into the chicken wire fence, and backwards onto the car we were standing […]
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
Radio Studio
Chris Moyles was raving about the new digital-only radio studio he now has, to Gordon Ramsay.I was fortunate enough to be asked to go and shoot one of these new studios (in the newly refurbished Broadcasting House).
They really are quite impressive - computers, and touch screens all over the place, though it’s nice to see […]
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Mark Thompson
I got to shoot Mark Thompson - Director General of the BBC, this afternon.
The BBC is going to have to make 3% year on year savings / cuts following a lower than expected license fee settlement (though still have to help fund the analog switch-off, and moving a load of staff to Manchester. . . […]
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
The Funniest Laugh in the World. . . . . Ever!
One of the funniest things I’ve seen in quite a while! It starts getting funny one and a half minutes in, but the last couple of minutes are quite superb. Will make you laugh even if you’ve had a terrible day!
