Portrait of my housemate (pictures inside)

On monday night we were all sat in our back garden (which is tiny by the way!) and I got my gear out to mess around. Took some photos of Jodie in about 2 minutes! It was a very similar setup to the portrait of took of Jonny. It was a shoot that literally only lasted 2/3 minutes, but it was fun! Good to get the camera gear out whenever you can! (more…)

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Strobist

I’m sure that alot of you have heard of this website before but if not, here it is!

http://strobist.blogspot.com/

It’s an excellent blog by David Hobby, containing posts about his day to day assignments, and also features “Lighting 101″ and “Lighting 102″ which are brilliant tutorials on how to get started with strobism!

(Strobism is using your regular flashes off camera to gain more flattering light)

Mike.

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Portrait of a road racing cyclist (pictures inside)

On the 28th May 2009 my friend and housemate Jonny Hines took part in a road cycling race in Exeter. The race took place before the “Tour of Britain” race. He asked me to come along to take some pictures of him racing - however it turned out that due to my complete lack of experience in any sports/action photography they didn’t turn out very well at all… So I made my way home and when he arrived back at the house later that evening I suggested we do some portraits of him - he agreed. (more…)

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