Canon 35L @ f3.2, 1/100, ISO1600. 580EXII flash in a Lastolite 54cm softbox with grid, triggered by Radio Poppers manually. This was the first proper live test of three new things together! A new lens (35L), Radio Poppers Px system and the Lastolite softbox with grid. I have of course used them all prior to …
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Canon 100L Macro f4 ISO800 1/100. Lit with a video light above and slightly left of camera. I always look forward to the ring shot at a wedding and try to come up with something different each time. Marie spotted the round handle on the door to the strong room at Peckforton Castle, Cheshire and …
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Sigma 50mm ISO400 f5.6 1/125. A pretty straightforward view of the River Dee from the Queens Park suspension bridge. The bridge was originally built in 1852 but when Chester Corporation accepted the responsibility for the bridge, they decided to demolish it. This happened in August 1922 and a new bridge took its place. The opening …
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After buying and being impressed with a 90cm Westcott softbox, I decided to try out a more portable version and ordered the Mini Apollo kit. These work in a similar way to the larger unit and the flash is fully contained within the softbox. Unfortunately, with any sort of hotshoe mounted trigger the flash will …
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Canon 24-70 f2.8L @ 35mm. ISO400 f5.6 1/160 Lit with a 60cm sq softbox with grid. We found this camera in amongst some of Marie’s gran’s things stored in an old suitcase from the 1950′s. There are loads of images from it from 1949-51 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), along with various newspapers, RAF papers, postcards …
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