Personal tuition – specialist photography topics

I get quite a few requests for personal photography tuition, covering specialist topics.
In the past I’ve only provided such services through Northlight Images to our commercial clients.
This is where I teach companies such things as colour management, or how to do their own product photography or for real estate professionals, how to take better house [...]

Architecture and the 7D

Some photos in the fog
Yesterday morning I was invited to visit to the new ‘digital media centre’ that’s just opened in Leicester. Phoenix Square has a mix of cinema, work places, production facilities and a range of apartments.
I was not officially wearing my ‘photographer hat’ this visit – since I was representing a local business [...]

July 4th, Liberty welcomes visitors

Happy July 4th to all our US visitors.
Here in Leicester, England, I was just looking at our own welcome to the city. The newly refurbished Statue of Liberty, Upperton Road, Leicester…
The Statue of Liberty used to rise above the nearby Liberty Shoes factory, which was demolished some time ago. The statue (17 foot high and 3.4 [...]

More TS-E 17mm photos of Leicester

Still no sign of the 24mm T/S lens (in the UK) from Canon…
I was invited to the launch of Design Leicestershire yesterday, and received a rather nice book extolling the virtues of design, and the rather large number of design related businesses we have in this county.
Walking into Leicester, I grabbed shots of two buildings that [...]

Hand held tilt/shift?

Perceived wisdom is that you only use tilt/shift lenses with the aid of a tripod.
I was out in Leicester yesterday, on my way to a business meeting, so I decided to take a few ’snaps’ using the TS-E 17mm hand held.
As I know from other work, it really helps having a ruled focusing screen.
I aim [...]