Take a look around a location which is popular with landscape photographers and the chances are, you will see some neutral density graduated filters being used. If you’re unfamiliar, their purpose is to balance the overall exposure, usually in a scene where there is bright sky and darker terrain. [...]
Last year, a visit to my local branch of London Camera Exchange in Newcastle-upon-Tyne resulted in an opportunity to use Fujifilm’s medium format GFX50s camera during one of our photography safaris in Kenya’s Masai Mara. Fujifilm’s longest telephoto lens in their medium format range, the GF250mm f/4, had just [...]
I am delighted to announce I have accepted an invitation from Formatt-Hitech to become one of their UK brand ambassadors. Not many people associate wildlife photography with filters but I often use a polariser and ND soft graduated filters when I photograph wider 'wildlife in the landscape / habitat' shots, [...]
INTRODUCTION Back in July, Fujifilm formerly announced their much anticipated 200mm f/2 telephoto lens. I'm very grateful to the lovely people at Fujifilm UK for giving me a chance to use a pre-production model of this lens and present my basic findings and opinions just before it leaves the [...]
Fujifilm officially launched their much anticipated 200mm f/2 lens a few days ago. It was no great secret having been included on their publically available ‘Lens Roadmap’ for sometime now. The lens will come with a newly designed 1.4x teleconverter and I am not sure of the details around any [...]
A camera with a rapid burst rate is a great advantage when photographing wildlife, especially if you're looking to capture action and behaviour. The best of the drama in wildlife action usually happens in fractions of a second. The moment a bird's wing or beak is open at its [...]
Yesterday (Monday 19th May) I had the pleasure of talking on BBC Radio Newcastle Jonathan Miles show about wildlife photography. BBC Radio Newcastle studio with Jonathan Miles I have to say I was a little nervous to be broadcasting live but I think I fared pretty well and [...]
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