Author: Ed

  • Sony Rolly TV advert with Arri LED Light wall

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    In October I was asked to go and take stills on a TV advert set for an advert being produced for a Sony Competition, marking the launch of their new ‘Rolly’, (pictured above). Essentially it is an MP3 player with speakers that can also role around the table and open it’s speakers. Kinda cute if…

  • RideBMX Issue 121

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    I had a couple of photos in this months Ride BMX UK magazine. This one appeared in the Stephen Murray  fundriasing jam article which was held at Aliano’s trails. It was a fun jam and lots of money was raised for a good cause. Also the after party was at a bar called the ‘Mars…

  • Redditch skatepark trip

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    I went to Redditch skatepark on Saturday, got the camera and flashes out for some pictures with Poll and Local. It’s a really fun skatepark and the moody, cloudy (and very cold!) skies made for some nice backgrounds. I have done a proper write-up with some videos at BlewBMX, so go see that too if…

  • Trip to London

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    Yesterday I went on a trip up to London to see some galleries and a day out with the family. Didn’t take many photos, but here are a couple I did take. This second-hand book shop was under one of the bridges on the river Thames. The main thing I went to see in London…

  • The full moon

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    After finishing a job last week I noticed how big and bright the moon was, so got out the 70-200mm and put a 1.4x tele-extender on it and this was the result. I had never really looked at the moon in much detail before that, but it is pretty fascinating. For anyone who is interested…

  • Abi Penhale – Location shoot

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    Recently Abi and I went and shot some photos for her book, for once the English weather proved to be nice enough that we could shoot out side, in the sun! A rare treat this year… Rather than shoot in the studio got out on location around Oxfordshire. I shot using just a long lens…

  • Local shoot

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    I had a fun shoot with my friend Local in my studio the other day, trying to get some fun different shots, nothing too pretty! Went for quite an exagerated lighting setup and post processing. Always fun to get a few props involved, getting wild with an axe… Found a really small little chair which…

  • Sigma 10mm f/2.8 fisheye lens review and samples

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    For a long time there were simply no real options for Canon photographers using crop sensor digital SLRs if they wanted to shoot with fisheye lenses. Tokina was the first to address this with their Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5. I considered buying this lens, but it seemed to have some image quality issues, particularly with regard…

  • Blewbury Players – The Canterbury Tales

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    In July I went along to a local acting group to take some photos of them in action and also some portraits of the members of the cast. For those interested there are many more pictures here: Performance on 17/8/08, Performance on 19/8/08 and Portraits taken on 17/8/08 For those of you not familiar with…

  • Winner of the Microsoft Future Pro People & Portrait category

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    This image was my winning entry in the “People and Portrait” category of the Microsoft Future Pro global competition. The image is of break dancers posing on the side of the Students Union in Cardiff. Two off camera flashes were used to light the dancers, freeze their motion and separate them from the background. You…