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Zoom or Prime lenses for portraits with Fuji X?
XF16-55mm zoom at 16mm and f/2.8 – click on the picture to see it at 100% This is my real world comparison between the Fujifilm XF16-55mm zoom with the XF16mm f/1.4, XF23mm f/1.4, XF35mm f/1.4 and the...
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Spain 2015 ~ The recce with Mischkah Scott
01. Blaise, my PA chose Mischkah for this assignment because of her Mediterranean looks and effortless beauty. She made a great choice. In the pictures above I shot into the light using my Fuji X-T1...
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Chantelle Hole dans le boudoir
01. I let a hint of daylight glance into the room under the Roman blind to simulate moonlight. I gave the blue a bit of a boost in Lightroom too. The light on Chantelle comes from a Lupolux LED 1000...
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A guide to perfect panoramas using nodal shift
Multiframe panoramas have the added advantage of many more pixels than a standard frame shot taken with a single exposure and as a result lend themselves to the production of large prints. The pixel...
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Fuji X-T1 settings
My trusty Fuji X-T1 has been my principal camera for the past 16 months and in that time it has travelled the world with me to Cambodia, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, and...
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Prints and gifts now available here
Here are just a few of the frames and gifts now available on this site. Just click here, on the picture below or access our store via the shop tab above. Prices are very reasonable. You can choose to...
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Lighting demo with Fuji X at Wilkinson Cameras
On Friday I was in Liverpool to give two half day lighting demonstrations to the customers of Wilkinson Cameras. I divided the sessions into Hollywood style lighting using the Lupolux continuous...
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1 to 1 ~ foundations of studio lighting – pictures
01. One light is often all you need to make great studio portraits. All the shots in this grid were taken with just one light. Incidentally I love my Chinese fighter pilots helmet. What a great...
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Fujifilm X-T1 Firmware V4 review
When I was asked for my opinions on version 4 of the X-T1 firmware I was a little scared and excited in equal measure. Excited because the opportunity to shoot in a more dynamic style is quite...
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Pregnancy shoot ~ picture ideas
01. I started the session with a low key set lit with a pair of studio flashes. For the picture on the left and the one top right I used Rotalux 25cm x 130cm striplight softboxes in an upstage...
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Chantelle Hole ~ In and out of fashion
01. A single Lupolux LED 1000 created all the drama needed for this simple shot of Chantelle. See how the crisp hard Lupolux light defines Chantelle’s cheek bones. This kind of simple styling is...
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Scattergels – pictures and inspiration
A lighting style defined by a £40 accessory It was just under three years ago that I decided to create a set of gobo (go between) filter gels. I wanted to utilise the clips on the barn doors of the...
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Amber Tutton ~ Fuji X-T10
01. The colour pallette on the Fuji X-T10 is sublime. Delicate brilliance straight out of the camera. Here are 28 photographs taken with the new Fuji X-T10 at the Amateur Photographer reader day event...
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Fuji X-T10 ~ A mini marvel – My first 80 portraits
Ooh La La My first workshops in France for over 10 years got off to an amazing start. The Fuji X-T10 arrived the day before we left and that gave me the time needed to set it up just how I wanted (or...
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72 hours in Rome
01. A postcard from Rome: St Peter’s Basilica, the colonnade by Bernini, and a 3,300 year old obelisk from Aswan in Egypt. The Vatican city has it all. I recently read two tips on how to become a...
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