The Calm Madness of Product Photography
One of the first things one learns about product photography is that 'grip' helps, massively. By grip I mean things that basically support and hold things, we've (probably) all tried to hold reflectors [...]
On Location Ceramics Photography
Sometimes the pragmatic choice is to pack a load of equipment in the car and take a studio to the client; well we hadn't planned anything else for the bank holiday. It's been [...]
Holiday Photos Madrid!
So we did it, we got to Madrid! Originally we'd planned to go at Christmas but Omicron hit the country and it didn't seem wise. And as we were preparing to leave recently [...]
From SLR to DSLR and Back Again.
The desk is getting a little full but frankly I'm enjoying the view! But there's a huge history to this view, both personally and for photography itself. The three cameras are all Nikon SLRs and [...]
Motorbike Photography
A while ago a friend, a fellow photographer described me as 'Andrew - The Motorbike Photographer.' At the time, though understandable this bugged me a little, I pointed out that by some order [...]
Location Antiques Photography
For some time I've been photographing a range of valuable antique items in the Exeter area. The items generally have values between thousands and tens of thousands of pounds and occasionally range into [...]
Product Photography – Backup Drives
The Background I hate buying hard-drives, there is nothing particularly exciting about it and every time one starts to go I know I will need two because I always back-up the drives. In [...]
Framing up for Professional Photography in 2021
In truth one could argue that any business purchases in a year like we've just had might seem reckless, and no, I'm not going to pretend it's been hunky-dory, it's been anything but. [...]
Lockdown Portrait Photography!
The things I get Karin to do during Lockdown 2020! Someone had challenged me to post something on the "Recreate artworks with things you find at home" Facebook page, so I did a bit of [...]