Snetterton Track Day
On a very (very) cold Sunday I went up to Snetterton to watch my step-son and his friend take the track bike out for a spin, this being a Track Day where anyone who wants to (and is prepared to pay the
More Lightroom High Jinks
I went to Swaffham Raceway on Saturday to take some photos of my step-son’s Legends race car. I shot them all in RAW so that I could spend some time post-processing them in Lightroom, and for the most part I’m really pleased
First foray into Post Processing
At the weekend I went to Swaffham Raceway, where my step-son and his friends had booked in for a practise session in their Legends racing cars. Legends is a formula within UK Oval Track racing, and prior to the start of the
First time with the Sigma 150-600mm
Went for a drive yesterday (Sunday 4th Feb 2018), hoping to photograph Seals at Horsey beach in Norfolk (as had heard mention of them a few times recently) with my new Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary. But when we got there the Seals were
Camera Modes and when you might use them
This is one of those occasions where different photographers will have different opinions about what modes to use in which scenarios, so this is my take on the subject rather than a definitive guide. Also, everything written here is from the perspective
Settings for Motorsports Photography
First of all a disclaimer, this post isn’t me, as an expert motorsports photographer, explaining what settings one should use for motorsports photography, this is me as a complete novice explaining what settings I think I should be using and my reasoning
The Exposure “Triangle”
To take a correctly exposed photograph (i.e. not too dark and not too bright), a camera uses a combination of “aperture” and “shutter speed” to determine how much light hits the sensor, “aperture” being the size of the hole in the lens
Choosing a Zoom Lens
I bought my Nikon D3300 from Currys as it came bundled with a zoom lens and I knew I’d need one, my main hobby being motorsports, which generally requires a zoom lens to get close enough to the action. The camera came
My First DSLR
Strictly speaking my first DSLR isn’t my first SLR, I had a Praktica and a Fuji SLR in my late teens / early 20’s, back in the days when you put film in them and everything was done manually, no auto-focus or
Old Family Photos
My mum has many old black and white photos hidden away throughout her house, most of them in photo albums to be fair, but they were stored all over the place with photos popping out here and there in the most unexpected