PhotoCamp Leeds Presentation

Phew – what a day! Well PhotoCamp Leeds is now over and I think the presentation on Travel Photography I gave, along with Ade went down well. A few people asked for a copy of my presentation but I thought the easiest way would be to just post it here. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) you [...]

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Canon 5D Mark II vs. Nikon D700 Review Shoot-Out

Gizmodo has just posted a great comparision review between the Canon 5D Mk II and the Nikon D700. They conducted several real-world tests on both cameras and outline the pros and cons of each. Overall they plump for the 5D, mainly due to the ability to switch between still and HD 1080p video using a [...]

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Not so wild life

Dave, a friend of mine has just launched a great new photo site to showcase one of the more popular subjects he likes to focus on – farm animals. From just a quick review of his Flickr photostream this passion is obvious, however with the launch of notsowildlife.com he’s collected all his (really rather good) [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II In-depth Review

Digital Photography Review have posted one of the most comprehensive reviews of a camera I think I have ever seen for the new Canon EOS 5D Mk II. The full review consists of over 40 pages of specifications, examination of the body design and menu layouts through to performance, features and a range of exhaustive [...]

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Lightroom Keywords Updated

I’ve updated the Lightroom keyword lists with a new file – Buildings. This contains over 150 keywords covering man-made structures and broken down into the following categories: Agricultural Commercial Educational Government Industrial Leisure Military Religious Residential Storage Transport I also added the keyword “Reservoir” to the Bodies of Water list as I noticed I’d missed [...]

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