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Sony A7R review
Sony A7R with Leica Summicron-R 2/50. Yum yum. It’s a week since I picked up my Sony A7R from Camera World in London. I was pleasantly surprised when they threw in a small tripod, 32GB card and spare...
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Group D for Doomed?
Down from 0.5% to 0.2% following today’s draw The big day has arrived and the World Cup 2014 draw has taken place. England are in Group D as if you didn’t know by now. The BBC has an excellent summary...
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4K, 8K, 5 years left?
How many more of these? 2 shots in the Star on Sunday from Arsenal v Tottenham yesterday. Sitting in the rain at Arsenal v Tottenham yesterday, I got to thinking those dark thoughts about how long...
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Good Winter Gloves + Brazil Update + Fulham v Southampton
Yes, you read it right. The Brazil-2014’ometer has leapt from 0.2% to 98%. Flights are booked, accommodation is booked, registration with FIFA is complete courtesy of Focus Images, and things are...
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Guest Post – A Year With Focus Images
Tom Smith is a young photographer from Taunton. A year ago he joined the rapidly growing sports photography agency Focus Images, for whom I also shoot. Tom has had a ball in the last year, and he’s put...
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Reading and writing Java
Bosh! Another remote shot published. I spent Saturday as Reading FC’s club photographer deputising for their excellent regular photographer Jason, as Reading travelled away to play at Charlton....
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Sony A7R in “not weatherproof” shock
Don’t let your baby get wet! One of the reasons I bought the Sony A7R was because of its much touted weather sealing. Being out and about up a Scottish mountain or a rainy football stadium necessitates...
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Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L on the Sony A7R
Me with my £6 knockoff Neymar shirt, taken with my A7R and Canon FD 85 1.2 L lens I’m still “decompressing” following my adventures in Brazil. I’ve spent quite a lot of time sorting through my images...
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Sony Zeiss FE 16-35mm tested in anger
The new 16-35 FE on my Sony A7R I was lucky enough to allow a camera shop in Toronto to relieve me of about £1000 for the brand new Sony Zeiss FE 16-35mm F4 lens earlier this week. It was the only one...
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29th April – World Cup talk at Godalming Photographic Club
On the evening of Wednesday 29th of April I will be giving a talk about photographing the 2014 World Cup in Brazil at Godalming Photographic Club. I’ll be speaking about the preparation, logistics and...
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And now for something completely different
I’ve decided to take a break from sports photography, hence the distinct lack of recent blog posts. It’s probably a permanent break – we’ll see. There are a number of reasons for this decision....
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