5D mark IV Review Following my review of the Sony A7R2 I’ve decided to do a 5D mark IV review. First of all I’m a professional wedding photographer and I use my cameras at least 1-3 times a week. Often for 10-12 hours a day and in quite challenging conditions. They get thrown about, knocked, and occasionally…
This is a review of the Sony A7RII from a wedding photographer. Updated as of 24 April 2016, originally published 18 August 2015. I won’t really be doing an intensive comparison between this and other cameras, I won’t be pixel peeping (much) and it certainly won’t be scientific. Just my thoughts and opinions from a bit of…
I have owned the iPad for a week now and I thought I would write a short piece about how I’m finding it so far. This post is more about how useful I have found it as a work tool as a wedding photographer. A bit of background: I own a MacBook Pro and a…
Use the code APAL7693 to get a $10 discount for Prophoto Blogging software. I’m not sure the internet needs another glowing review of the Prophoto 3 theme software for WordPress but my experience has been good enough to share it with you. And if you’re paying this amount of money for a service it’s good to…
So I recently needed a new bag for my wedding photography and this is what I bought. The Lowepro D400 AW Stealth Reporter. I already own a Lowepro Vertex 200 AW which almost carries the lot. The problem with a rucksack for the wedding photographer is that: a) A rucksack can be quite bulky and certainly isn’t…
So Adobe have announced the third version of Lightroom, even if it is beta this shows some of the new features. What am I most looking forward to? Well the watermarking will mean that I no longer have to export to Photoshop which will be a big time saver. Being able to publish to flickr is…
When I first moved to Clifton in Bristol (an area I love by the way!) I decided to make myself a gear list. It was a new start, both in location and in full time career and a shiny, new bag full of gear seemed to be in order. It was a wish list of…
I have owned my most recent iPod for the last 5 years. Unsurprisingly it is pretty worn out. Typically a 2-3 hour battery life on a good day, it only charges with Firewire and only syncs with USB so I have to use two cables. The unit crashes intermittently, and unless you plug it back…
I was having a few drinks the other night with some photographer friends of mine in the Alma pub in Bristol. After a few ciders a heated discussion took place about whether wide aperture lenses were essential for wedding photography? Should you buy the 16-35/2.8 over the 17-40/4 when it is twice the price, for…
I just thought I would make a quick post about file formats because someone recently asked me which format I shoot in. I guess the first point to make, whatever your preference, is the need to get it right in camera. There is really no substitute for this, whether it is the composition, white balance,…
One tip to save time in post processing is to make sure that all of your camera bodies have the same time and date. Not ‘about the same’, but exactly the same. Once you have imported your images from the different cameras in to your software program of choice you will simply be able to…
If you shoot weddings one skill that you need to master is exposure compensation. There’s a good reason for this as you will generally find yourself shooting in many different lighting conditions. Ambient light, window light, door light, flash light are all factors to consider – when people exit or enter buildings you will have…