What if I told you there was a photography location that has everything? Somewhere that will inspire your creativity, provide you with a sense of calm, but also excite you with a rich variety of subjects to photograph. And all this in on a small Scottish Island. Welcome to The Outer Hebrides!
Read MoreThe Scottish Hebrides is a photographer’s paradise but with so much to see and to photograph, it can be hard to know where to start. Explore & Discover the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides by Christoper Swan and published by fotoVUE aims to transform your time in the area from random chaos to an efficient voyage of discovery and exploration.
In this special on-location edition of On My Bookshelf, I put Explore & Discover The Outer Hebrides to a real-world test to see if it can get me to a new location so I capture a photograph of the Isle of Harris.
Read MoreIn this video, I take a quick look at the newly released PureRAW 4 from DxO. If you've not used PureRAW 4 before this video will give you an overview of the product and if you are an existing PureRAW user, I'll highlight some of PR4's new features.
Read MoreWhat's the point of publishing one of my landscape photography videos in 8K? Well, I got the idea when @Pergear asked me to try out their updated 2023 Prime CF-Express Type B Memory Card. I thought the best way to put a card like that through its paces would be to shoot an entire video in 8k. And if I shoot it in in 8K, why not publish it in 8K!
Read MoreIn this video I head out into the REAL WORLD to capture landscape photographs and shoot video with the new Viltrox PRO AF 27mm f/1.2 for Nikon Z mount. Can you really get a pro lens for a budget price?
Read MoreIn this episode of On My Bookshelf I take a rather belated look at Atlantic Cowboy by Andrea Gjestvang, The book is Andrea’s monograph of one of the largest groups of men on the Faroe Islands, known as the Atlantic Cowboy.
Read MoreWhat are the best settings on a Nikon Z8 for landscape photography? In this video take you through the settings that I would immediately apply to any Nikon Z8 that I was going to capture landscape photographs with. I've also included some new settings that are available with Firmware 2.0.
Read MoreNew year, new camera and this one is a MUST HAVE for ALL photographers! And this one is guaranteed to being a smile to your face and have you reaching for your credit card!
Read MoreI love printing my photographs as much as I love capturing them! Join me in this video as I head out to Dartmoor to capture a new landscape photograph and then head home to print it on the new Fotospeed PF Gloss and Lustre 310 papers!
Read MoreIn this episode of On My Bookshelf I look at @alexnails latest self-published book, The Great Wilderness. This luxury hardback photography book covers one of Scotland's most remote regions and features images captured over a 4-year period from the Letterewe, Fisherfield and Dundonnell mountain areas.
Read MoreSometimes it's OK to just enjoy the experience of taking landscape photographs. Not every photo needs to win awards or have a deeper meaning. Photography can also be about having fun, admiring the view, or taking joy in the simple act of pressing the shutter button.
Read MoreI bought a Nikon Z8 then I stopped taking landscape photographs. But why? In this video I head to Dartmoor to capture some dramatic landscape photographs and I'll tell you why you haven't seen me online recently.
Read MoreLandscape photography, a new pair of thermal gloves, Dartmoor, snow, and my Nikon Z7. What's not to love. So, join me in my latest video as I photograph a snowy Dartmoor and tell you all about my new @Vallerret Skadi Zipper Mitt LRS Gloves.
Read MorePhotographing the night sky is difficult and requires specialised equipment. Right? Wrong! In Photographing the Night Sky, Alyn Wallace has written an encyclopaedia of everything you need to know to learn and develop your skills as a night sky photographer. Can Alyn make the capture of night sky images something all photographers can do?
Read MoreIf you're still using the plate that came with your tripod to mount your Nikon Z8 then you are missing out on the benefits of an L-bracket or a video cage. In this video, I look at two products from SmallRig that are custom designed for the Z8, their L-bracket (3942) and their video cage kit (3941). Which one should you buy for your Nikon Z8?
Read MoreMy Nikon Z8 real world review is here! In the video I talk about why I bought the Nikon Z8, what I like about the Nikon Z8, what I don't, plus lots more, including my Nikon Z8 landscape photographs. And I’ll be doing all this on location from Dartmoor!
Read MoreIn their updated edition of The Landscape Photography Workshop, two of the UKs leading landscape photographers, Ross Hoddinott and Mark Bauer, are aiming to teach you everything you need to know to take amazing landscape photographs. Have they succeeded?
Read MoreJoin me on my latest 5 Minute Photo Adventure video as I take out the Nikon Z8 for its first landscape photography shoot. Would the excitement of using the Nikon Z8 to photograph Bowerman's Nose on Dartmoor outweigh the pain of a 03:30 alarm call?
Read MoreThe Nikon Z8 supports a wide variety of memory card types, sizes, and speeds. In this video I talk about my choice of ProGrade products including their CFexpress Type B Cobalt card, Dual-Slot card reader and Refresh Pro software.
Read MorePhotographing Muse was NOT how I expected to be using the new Nikon Z8 for the first time! In this video I share with you the experience of using the Nikon Z8 to capture photographs of one of the world's biggest rock bands live in Plymouth.
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