I came across this link today from the editor of www.photojournalismlinks.com. Parkour in Egypt. Of course I’m interested in this kind of thing at the moment. 
Filed under: Jonathan's Photography, Uncategorized | Tags: 24-70mm sigma, background, brick, culture, fashion, female, flower, geek glasses, portraits, pose, posed, Ringflash, Swansea, youth
I have had my second stab at shooting for fashion. I kept the background simple while using a Ringflash for the ones I’ve uploaded.
Filed under: Opinion, Uncategorized | Tags: aperture 2, Aperture 3, Apple, backup, projects, Time Machine
Last night I deleted a project in my Aperture 3 library by accident. No sweat once I realised I had Time Machine running and I restored all my. But, Aperture 3 stores files in a different manner to Aperture 2.
Previously in Aperture 2, clicking on “Show package contents,” meant I could see all my individual projects and I could selectively pull out a single project; as I needed.
Now in Aperture 3 last night, that wasn’t the case, everything is organised (if you can describe it like that) away from their projects, this means running through multiple folders to collect the images I deleted last night. I actually found it far easier to just pull out the entire Aperture 3 library from Time Machine and replace the current one with it. Luckily my library isn’t that big because I have removed finished projects from Aperture. Anyway, this library was 80GB. Dragging and dropping it over the existing one replaced it and then Aperture reprocesses every single Raw file. Luckily it was late at night and I let it do it’s business while I went to sleep.
The project I deleted was only 8GB and I wish I could have Aperture 3 organise itself like Aperture 2. It seemed so much more simple and a simple mistake wouldn’t take 9 hours to rectify (though I am glad I could rectify it).
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 24-70mm, 24-70mm hsm, AF, auto-focusing, Canon, f2.8, hsm, issues, L series, review, sigma
Oh yeah, coming very soon, just bought the new Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 lens. I’ll be comparing it to Canon’s mark 1 24-70mm f2.8 L version and my 24mm prime L series lens. Leave any comments if you want anything specific from me that I should test.
I bought it from Jacobsdigital for £560 with a coupon. Normally its £599, which is strange and good value in itself because it retails for £799 elsewhere in the UK. Normally for me I would buy my gear second hand and normally I would buy Canon L as well. I had my eyes set on repurchasing the Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L which at second hand pricing is between £700-£800. But I had given it some thought as to whether weatherproofing was worth £200 extra. All the stories about Sigma’s mis-focusing or quality control are entirely subjective and can’t concern me until I have one in my hands.
Now I have one and a review will come, my housemate has the Canon L version so I have the opportunity for a good review.
All my gear is second hand* and I’ve never had a spot of bother from using it. I know some have an aversion to used equipment and want the best along with the full warranties. Anyway I present this updated list (some of the links were broken or shops didn’t exist) of camera shops in the UK for those interested.
This is the link to the Source. There are many other camera stores in the linked list which offer underwater gear or classic cameras but I haven’t included them in my updated list.
Here is a list of camera shops in the UK which sell used camera equipment.
ACE Cameras – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Andrews Cameras – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Aperture UK – (Digital and film).
Bobrigby – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Bonsers – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Camarthen Camera Centre – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Charles Eagles and Son – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
City Photographic – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Clock Tower Cameras (Digital and film).
Croydon Photo Centre (Digital and film).
Dale Photographic - Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Ffordes (Digital and film).
Fixation UK – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Grays of Westminster – Second hand page. (NIKON ONLY)
Harpers – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Harrison Cameras – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Ivor Howell Cameras (Digital and film).
Mifsuds – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
MPB Photographic (Digital and film).
Park Cameras – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Skears Photo – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
SRS Microsystems – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
Walters Photo Video – Second hand page. (Digital and film).
*1Ds mk2, 1D mk2N, 24mm L f1.4, 580ex mk2.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Amanpour, BBC, Links, photography, photojournalism, the economist, zoriah
Here is a link to Zoriah’s website, he has amassed a huge amount of links all relating to photojournalism and while I haven’t look at them all, they cover a lot of ground and Zoriah pretty much explains why he’s chosen them.
Enjoy.
But also speaking of links, here are a few from iTunes which I recently discovered:
Amanpour. – CNN podcast, ‘hosted by CNN’s Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour, taking on the most pressing news and issues.’ Videos produced in 25 minute segments.
BBC Documentaries. – From the BBC world service, offering a wide range of documentaries and factual programmes. (Note, I’m not sure if these BBC documentaries are restricted to UK citizens only).
BBC Global News. – ‘Interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from Newshour…’ (Again from the BBC so might be restricted).
The Economist. – Audio content from The Economist magazine, including interviews with journalists and experts on world politics, business, finance, economics, science, technology, culture and the arts.
Recent article from the The Independent:
Martin Parr, a photojournalist who was threatened with arrest after he took pictures of revellers in Liverpool city centre, said: “Unless we do something to stop this trend it will become virtually impossible to take photographs on a British street.”
The British Journal of Photography says it has received a steadily increasing number of complaints this year. Olivier Laurent, the magazine’s news editor, said: “The person will normally be taking a photograph of something perfectly mundane and a police officer will approach them and either claim that they can’t take photos in that particular place or they will ask the photographer to explain what they are up to and record their details.
“Those who refuse to co-operate have been threatened with arrest for either breaching the peace or impeding the public highway. We find that a lot of the time police officers are not even aware of the rules governing photography in a public place.”
Reading the whole article I wonder how long it takes for our Police Officers to be “retrained,” as this has been going on for a while now when Officers abuse the power granted to them by Section 44. My guess is there is no immediate reason for the time being on “retraining” officers.
Shame about the price, 5 grand (UK price) . Man I would love one of these Leica M9′s. Leica were quoted for a while saying it wasn’t possible to do this, but I always knew they could the lying buggers. I want this to be my next camera purchase.
Filed under: Uncategorized
I’ve just started shooting music photography like this week for the first time. I got into it for a friend who asked me to photograph her charity event. Her friend recently died of cancer at a young age and she organised a fund raiser to help those affected. I was the photographer for the night and for my first gig I thought I did pretty well if I may say so. I only used Canon’s 24-70mm f2.8 L and a 1Dsmk2. All the images shot are at 3200, flash was with a EX 430mk2 for those interested.
I also shot with a polaroid camera.
The images can be found here:
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: car, culture, photography, street, Swansea, Wales
At some point I’ll get myself a proper website, for now, I’ve created another blog (I have 4 as of now) as it enables me to share my images to those I photograph, and to those who stumble across it. This blog is about car culture, at the moment I am photographing a group who meet up in Swansea city center. The idea behind the project is to create an awareness, there being different sub-cultures within car culture. It isn’t just about Boy Racers and making loud noises, though you would think it was with all the media attention focused on them, because that is all we’re presented with. My aim is to show something else.
