Why I’m no longer afraid of on-camera flash

Those of you who follow me and my photography know that just over a year ago I started using lighting properly for the first time. It totally changed by photography, especially for family photographs and my new love, portrait and event photography. However, this is all based on using off-camera flash, where the lighting itContinue reading “Why I’m no longer afraid of on-camera flash”

A Walk In Clyne Gardens With The 90mm Macro Lens.

Yeah, what better way than to enjoy a walk than take one camera and one lens out in the field. I love doing that as you all know, and today I was happy to take a stroll with the Nikon Z6ii and the Tamron 90mm F/2.8 macro lens. In a bit of a departure fromContinue reading “A Walk In Clyne Gardens With The 90mm Macro Lens.”

Straight From The Nikon ZF – Imogen Portraits (Part 1: Unedited)

Today we had a great photoshoot with a model I have used before named Imogen. Before I start editing her images to be meet my usual high standard, I thought I would share some straight out of camera images using two recipes I have made for the Nikon System. The black and white images areContinue reading “Straight From The Nikon ZF – Imogen Portraits (Part 1: Unedited)”

Do you need prime lenses given how good fast zooms are now?

The differences between prime lenses and zoom lenses has changed over the last few years. No longer are zoom lenses the low image quality option that they were once seen to be. So, with that in mind, do we need to buy a prime lens on 2025? The first thing we need to do isContinue reading “Do you need prime lenses given how good fast zooms are now?”

A Garden Safari With The Tamron 90mm Macro

My first initial tests of the Tamron 90mm Macro Z mount lens have really made me happy! I have always had hit of miss luck with macro lenses, and I have experimented with extension tubes and close-up filters, so when I looked at the images from this lens when I got in from the garden…Continue reading “A Garden Safari With The Tamron 90mm Macro”