Aspire to Inspire

Following on from my last blog post. I quickly noticed the limitations of my flash setup, although I could do most things I wanted to, a few things were missing, a biggy being the ability to use second curtain flash. This function is often used in more creative flash photography and I wanted it! So, I dipped into my savings, and nipped down to my local Calumet. There I purchased amongst other more mundane things (stands, umbrellas etc) a Canon Speedlite 580EX2 - the daddy of all Canon flash.

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I went shopping yesterday for new toys, here's what I bought:

Jessops Flash - This is just a basic hotshoe flash. I've been playing around with off camera flash and decided I wanted a second unit to play with different lighting. I already have a Sunpak unit, which is alright but not as good as a dedicated Canon unit. As I was in Manchester town centre (Christmas shopping) I popped into Jessops for a browse and saw their basic flash for £34.99. I Don't know if it's any good for hotshoe mounting… Continue

As a learner myself, I sympathise with those who have camera and are willing to try, but do not necessarily have a full grasp yet for all those settings available to them. When you're just starting out, all this talk of F numbers and iso's just doesn't make sense - its just double dutch. It soon seems totally overwhelming and a lot of would be photographers in the making give up and leave everything to the camera.

I do not pretend to be a fully fledged photographer yet - my intention is not to… Continue

As far as my photography goes, I have a new camera, lots of decent kit, I have loads and loads of ideas for shots, but no time to realise them.

Everyday, I travel from Oldham to Dewsbury and back again over the Penines in my trusty Landrover. Every day, without fail I see some magnificent views, amazing sunrises and sunsets, atmospheric and moody panoramas and interesting technical shots present themselves to me. Unfortunately I'm against the clock in the morning, trying to get to work on time… Continue