Well I have finally taken the plunge and bought myself a mirrorless camera, a Canon EOS M6 no less. Fear not, it has not replaced my Canon 5D MK4 but it will work well as a vlogging camera (filming myself on location for my YouTube channel) as well as a lighter, smaller and more compact camera for those times when I do not want to carry a larger and heavier DSLR.
Following on from organising several previous big lecture evenings in Lancashire which have featured professional landscape photographers such as David Noton, Colin Prior, and David Clapp, last night played host to current YouTube landscape photographer sensation Thomas Heaton.
Day 14 and Melvin’s sat in his minibus/makeshift converted campervan (complete with single IKEA mattress and a two-burner stove). That opening sentence sounds like a line from a Big Brother show featuring the dulcet tones of Marcus Bentley (the show’s voice over guy).
My LATEST VIDEO now on YouTube. Day 11 of 24 on my Tour of the UK and I thought that I would film a short video of me shooting the gorgeous St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall at sunrise.
HELLO and welcome to my latest BLOG and to say that I am so excited. I have decided to maximise my enjoyment of the summer by HITTING THE ROAD for nearly four weeks. Yes I shall be travelling over 1,700 miles on my mammoth Photography Tour of the UK.
I am delighted to have been notified that I have once again been awarded the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence for the second year running having received the same accolade last year.
During the first week of May this year, I visited Ireland with the intention of spending seen days touring around both Northern Ireland and Ireland visiting a couple of dozen locations with my camera scouting for a couple of five-day workshops that I wish to run over there this September and next spring.
I would like to introduce you to my very latest company purchase from my local Ford dealership Evans Halshaw in Preston. This afternoon I excitedly collected the keys to a stunning luxury nine-seater Ford Tourneo Custom Limited long wheelbase minibus.
I am delighted to be able to announce that my Neist Point image has received a ‘Commended’ award in this year’s prestigious Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. The printed book arrive a couple of days ago and I am so impressed, not only at the quality of the photography that successfully made the book but also the quality of the printing and presentation.
Last November I was extremely lucky to have found myself in the position of photographing a particularly rare white rainbow (otherwise known as a fogbow) whilst on Rannoch Moor near Glencoe in Scotland. Fogbow went viral worldwide after I shared it on social media and my agent BAV Media marketed it to the UK and the world’s press.
WOW, what a year 2016 has been. I have never been busier running workshops, 1-2-1 tuition days, shooting for myself as well as developing my photographic skills further with my newly purchased Canon 5Ds. I also got to shoot with some really talented photographers this year who have since become friends as well as discovering new and exciting locations in preparation for some new workshops in 2017.
It was a last minute decision to drive the 230 miles down to Andover in Hampshire from Preston in Lancashire where I live. An opportunity to visit the LEE Filters factory came up and seeing that I have been using their range of DSLR camera filters for a number of years now and being somewhat of a quizzical nature (‘nosey’ in other words), I could not resist.