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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 …

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 …

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 …

Canon 70-200 2.8L @ f3.5 ISO400 150mm. We had a photo shoot this week with a couple whose wedding is coming up soon and I grabbed a quick portrait of Marie during the session. I liked the slight over exposure on her face, the wind giving a bit of life to her hair and the …

Canon 24-70 at 35mm 1/50s f5.6 ISO200 Two 580EXii’s on lightstands moved around various locations and heights either side of the car, always equal on each side. 1/8th power. Then a flash composite created from 9 or 10 images, masked a little due to strong reflections on the number plate but mainly each layer just …

Canon 24-70 f14 ISO200 5 second exposure at 45mm. I picked up some battery powered LED lights this week and taped them to a piece of plastic tubing to have a go at a light painting effect we wanted to try and achieve. This was a first pass in the garden. Kaya is lit by …

Canon 100L Macro f5 1/40 ISO800 – lit with a video light. A slightly introspective start to the 2012 weekly images – the eye that will be working on the next 51 photographs It has had a slight contrast boost, tiny amount of sharpening (TRA web sharpen) and as I am full of cold I …

Canon 70-200 2.8L @ f4 1/60s approx 130mm. I appreciate my first three images are somewhat of a cheat – two from weddings and one I shot as a test. Not exactly shooting especially for the weekly image! I’ve no doubt I’ll pick a few from weddings as I go through next year, but I’ll …

Canon 24-105L at f5.6 1/160 Early in December, I bought a 90cm Westcott Apollo softbox for a speedlight. This was a test shot of my usual test subject . 580EXii camera left, triggered by a Yongnuo trigger. I think for serious outdoor use, I’m going to need a multihead adaptor to put more than one …

The first of my weekly images – an early practice start for 2012′s effort. Canon 100L Macro f5 ISO400 1/50 sec Flash bounced off wall to the left and snow provided by my assistant… Marie Lloyd. This shot was taken at a wedding we photographed at Hill Valley Hotel in Whitchurch last weekend