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Category: Event photography

Episode #117 - Shooting Trucks At Thruxton, Part 1

Episode #117 – Shooting Trucks At Thruxton, Part 1

This week: I’m in the car once again, travelling back from a day’s photography at  Thruxton Motor Circuit in Hampshire. Over the course of this weekend just gone, I took up an invitation to photograph some fast-paced truck racing action. On this occasion, I wasn’t under commission – so it made a really nice change […]

Episode #96 - A Very Victorian Festival Of Christmas

Episode #96 – A Very Victorian Festival Of Christmas

This week: I’m talking through a recent Christmas-themed commission. Every year, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard puts on its Victorian Festival Of Christmas event – and I was asked to document proceedings a couple of days ago, with the pictures destined for all manner of promotional opportunities in the coming weeks and further into the future. Some […]

Episode #95 - Photo Labs And Prints

Episode #95 – Photo Labs And Prints

This week: I’m following up the last week’s episode, relating to the conference I recently photographed for one of my corporate clients. In Episode #94, I told you about the technical considerations of the commission; this time, my thoughts turn to preparing the resulting prints, ready to be sent to the client. A couple of […]

More Goodwood Revival In Print

More Goodwood Revival In Print

I never get tired of seeing my work published in books and magazines. Here’s another quick example, further to this post… Ok, so you know that as ever, I was recently under commission from Goodwood at this year’s Revival event. The pictures I shot were destined to end up all over the world, in sponsor reports, […]

Episode #86 - Reflecting On The Revival

Episode #86 – Reflecting On The Revival

This week: It’s midnight and I’m in full editing mode, at the same time sharing a few thoughts about what I got up to whilst under commission from Goodwood once again this past weekend. The Goodwood Revival is always an excellent vintage-themed show, spanning 3 days, with opportunities for making great pictures everywhere you look. […]

Episode #79 - A Matter Of Time

Episode #79 – A Matter Of Time

This week: I’m on the road again, this time sharing a few thoughts about time. More precisely, I’m addressing the matter of just how much time is taken up during the course of undertaking an assignment, as well as in my day-to-day activities. People often forget about what goes on behind the scenes – all the […]

Episode #78 - Simply Does It In The FOS Paddock

Episode #78 – Simply Does It In The FOS Paddock

This week: I’m bringing you my third and final recording made live at this year’s Goodwood Festival Of Speed. On this particular occasion, I’m heading out into the motorsport paddock one blustery evening, to see what striking images I can get with a very simple setup – one camera, one super-wideangle lens and a tripod. […]

Episode #77 - Fast, Loud And Flashy At The Festival

Episode #77 – Fast, Loud And Flashy At The Festival

This week: I’m bringing you the second of my recordings made live at this year’s Goodwood Festival Of Speed. Once again, I’m stood in front of Goodwood House, photographing a fireworks display and fast, loud cars at night. Oh, and I also have an exciting announcement to make! Some quick links to things mentioned in […]

Episode #76 - Goodwood FOS 2012 Roundup

Episode #76 – Goodwood FOS 2012 Roundup

This week: I’m heading back from the Goodwood Festival Of Speed, sharing a few thoughts about this year’s motoring event. With fast-paced cars, motorbikes, extreme sports, display stands and more, it was a busy few days under commission from Goodwood once again, so my view of the event was a somewhat hectic one. Some quick […]

Episode #46 - Under Pressure At Goodwood

Episode #46 – Under Pressure At Goodwood

This week: I’m looking back on a somewhat high-pressured moment at last month’s Goodwood Revival, a vintage-themed event set within the beautiful West Sussex countryside. The Revival is an excellent 3-day event, something of a photographer’s dream – with opportunities for making great pictures everywhere you look. This episode finds me heading back from the […]

Episode #42 - Winding Down At Goodwood

Episode #42 – Winding Down At Goodwood

This week: I’m at this year’s Goodwood Revival, an vintage-themed event set within the beautiful West Sussex countryside. The Revival is an excellent 3-day event, something of a photographer’s dream – with opportunities for making great pictures everywhere you look. This episode finds me talking at the end of a productive day, thinking about my […]

Episode #32 – The Humble Camera Strap

Episode #32 – The Humble Camera Strap

This week: I am again joined by my friend and fellow photographer, Matt Sills, to get his take on the considerations we have to make when thinking about which is the best form of support to use on any given shoot. One of the fundamental requirements of photographing at events is the need to support […]