Rolling Stone

Just had the pleasure of shooting a fashion editorial for Rolling Stone Magazine this weekend. Looking forward to seeing it in print!

More news on Canon’s new 21.1 megapixel 1Ds Mk3

Found some great new information on the camera on this website: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/Canon_1DS_MkIII.html

Some interesting notes on pre-production 1ds mk3 models as noted on the Northlight-Images.co.uk website:

“The firmware is still being tweaked, and testers get regular visits from a Canon rep to install new firmware and take detailed reports on problems/issues/performance. Some of the comments I’ve received (in no particular order)

-Liveview focussing works a treat – people doing product work are loving it
-Good lenses are showing their benefits, but others are not as bad as some had expected
-The highlight tone priority is ideal for anyone working outside on sunny days
-People are using DPP to process the RAW files for the time being, although many are converting to DNG for further work.
-Some of the amount of extra dynamic range that can be pulled out of the 14 bit files still needs some software tricks, but expect some pretty interesting results when the various specialist raw processing software vendors get to work.
-Overall colour accuracy is a definite improvement over the 1Ds2, particularly noticeable in reds/skintones
-The amount of fine detail visible suggests that a relatively weak (compared to 1Ds2) AA filter is in use. The improvement looks more than would be expected from the 16->21 MP increase.
-The improved viewfinder really shows if you have to go back to using a 1Ds2
-At A3 sizes(and above) prints and large glossy magazine images look noticeably better than the MK2
-High ISO noise performance is much better (than the Mk2) with less chroma noise and better detail.
-At 100 ISO there has been the suggestion of a bit more shadow noise – not visible in real work, and perhaps more suited to ‘Angels on a head of a pin’ arguments on DPR
-Unless you are working in a very well lit studio environment the P25 MF back is easily matched, and a P45 can be bested if the lighting is not optimal.”

On the cover of Chevy High Performance Magazine this month…

My shoot with a fantastic white 4-door Chevelle “restomod” is featured on the cover of this month’s Chevy High Performance Magazine. Its a beautiful car that was built by Ultimate Customs in Virginia.

Cover of Car Audio Magazine

Shot Chuck Hamly’s fantastic GTO for Car Audio the summer. Ill try and get a better scan/photo of the cover soon. This shot was sent to me by a friend. I don’t even have a copy yet!

Honda EU2000i Generator

I rented this sweet little generator when I was out in California last week on some shoots. It runs 2000 watt peak, which is not enough for my normal outside setups, but running 2 lights it was great. Most importantly, I could carry it from the car with one hand and ran extremely quiet! Made me want one for myself.

My photoshoot with Chuck Liddell

Did a shoot in California last week with the UFC fighter Chuck Liddell for one of my regular clients, Axis Shavers (http://www.axisshavers.com/). Chuck was a really nice guy and very easy to work with. I broke out the ol’ ring flash as you can see in the image below.

Behind the scenes photos, thanks to Greg!

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