A quick preamble As we draw to the end of the fair-weather camping season, it’s time to reflect on the tent which my family and I have used for each of this year’s week-long (and weekend) magazine feature trips – the Vango Capri 500XL AirBeam. This is a relatively spacious model in its most basic […]
It’s been a long time since I took a look at a rucksack smaller than around 35 litres capacity. For reference, the last was Vango’s Force Ten GR 35:40, which I wrote about last month here. With my outdoor geek hat on, you might forgive me for being a little excited at the thought of […]
In my quest to think broadly in a creative sense recently, I’ve been playing around a bit more with time-lapse video. Now, this is nothing new to me – for many years, I’ve used the technique when documenting photo shoots, to great effect. In these cases, I set a camera up in a convenient position […]
A quick preamble It’s been a busy summer and as we enter one of my favourite times of the year – autumn – I’m finally able to take a moment to a look back at some of my shenanigans and the kit which has served me well along the way. I’ve had quite a few […]
When I’m working on location – even in an improvised studio setup – it’s not all just about camera technique and keeping clients and subjects happy. Oh no, my outdoors skills are often brought into play, too. One of the most used of these? Knot-tying! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve turned […]
It’s that time of year when my family camping holiday articles are all but done – and with it comes the need to scan these features for my files as the magazines hit the news stands. From here on, my camping activities are mostly confined to solo / lightweight venture (now that I’m complaining, of […]
This week: I’m photographing more outdoor footwear using an improvised studio setup. As promised, this week’s podcast is a continuation of last week’s theme – that is, photography of outdoor footwear in an improvised studio setup. Just to quick recap, then… Over the past few weeks, I received a number of deliveries from various outdoor brands, covering […]
This week: I’m photographing outdoor footwear using an improvised studio setup. Over the past few weeks, I’ve received a number of deliveries from various outdoor brands, covering everything from tents to clothing. All of these are destined for the Test/Review treatment and, of course, in each case I need product shots to illustrate the write-ups. Of […]
This week: I’m talking you through a series of magazine feature pictures as I shoot them. If you look at the current edition of Camping Magazine here in the UK, you’ll see a couple of articles by me. One is a camping trip feature, whilst the other is a ‘how-to’ technique piece about tying knots. Well, […]
This week: I’m thinking about camera choice vs intended usage. Whilst I was filming and shooting at the Mind Over Mountains event in the Lake District a while back, I had a really nice chat with one of the attendees about camera choice. In many ways, it was a quite typical conversation, but what was interesting […]
This week: I’m talking through camera gear selection ahead of a camping trip. We all know that kit selection is a personal thing; what works for one person may not necessarily work for another. And, as I’ve said many times, my own choices are constantly evolving and even open to last-minute alterations at the packing stage. […]
This week: I’m talking about my trip to this year’s Outdoor Trade Show. Once again, I recently headed off to this yearly event which gives me a great opportunity to see many of the latest developments in the outdoors world and catch up with colleagues. As ever, I had a great, productive time – and in […]
