The importance of cleaning your lenses.
Photographers: hands up who routinely cleans their lenses? I admit it; I don't. If I spot something really obvious I'll give it a quick wipe with a lens cloth. After processing a recent shot though, I think I'll have to change my ways. For comparison, here is the shot before and after I'd cloaned out the muck and spots in Photoshop. The spots are quite visible across the top of the image. I was quite annoyed when I saw it to be honest and I'll make sure I don't make the same
Wedding photography - What's in my bag?
With wedding season upon us I thought I'd share what I pack and take with me when I shoot wedding photography. I carry a LowePro Versapack 200AW which, in my opinion, is an awesome and extremely practical camera bag. It serves as a camera bag and rucksack in one, is really comfortable and still small enough to be able to tuck away somewhere whilst I'm shooting the bulk of the wedding. Plus it’s side loading, which means when I do have it on my back with the camera packed away
Lessons learned: Concert photography
So, I shot my first concert/show/gig last week. Shooting bands for promo stuff and gigs is something I've been wanting to get into for a while. Local band Audience For A King asked me to cover their album launch show at Corporation, Sheffield and I jumped at the chance. I had some ideas in my head of the kind of shots I wanted. I arrived early to assess the venue (it had been years since I'd been in Corporation - playing guitar in a previous life) armed with my nifty fifty an
