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Meike 8mm f2.8 lens review for micro four thirds
Had so much fun with this lens! Great for photo and video, such a fun piece of kit. Check out all my findings here!
Lumix GH6 for weddings -- how did it do?
As a hybrid shooter — both photo and video — I was very intrigued as to how the Lumix GH6 would perform for weddings. So come along to my first paid job with the GH6 and see how I got on!
Lumix GH6 SSD recording! Everything you need to know
I was lucky enough to try the latest firmware for the Lumix GH6. here is everything you need to know!
I tried to learn to FPV in 14 days
Flying FPV has become such a passion of mine. Here is a video all about my first 14 days getting to grips with it in sunny Sardinia!
Pentax 110 adapted to Micro Four Thirds
I love the Pentax 110 lenses, they’re small, fun, fast, and you don’t need anything fancy to adapt them. They’re a perfect fit for the micro four thirds system because the 110 film size is almost identical to the micro four thirds sensor. Here is my in-depth review of the lenses!
long term lumix s5 review (from a micro four thirds user)
I’ve had the Lumix S5 for a good while now, and I’ve used it professionally and personally in a ton of different situations! Here is my full, long term review, of the lumix S5!
Laowa 25mm f0.95 review
What an interesting lens! You can get some fantastic low light images with this lens, but it isn’t without its quirks. Check out all my photo examples and full review here.
Lumix gh6 for photography
We all know the Lumix gh6 is brilliant for video, but what about photography? It has so many great photography features! including:-
Micro four thirds for astrophotography
I recently went to the Brecon Beacons National Park with all of my lovely cameras, for a full night of Astrophotography! I shot on the Lumix G100, the GH5, and also the full frame Lumix S5. Here are my findings!
lumix leica summilux 9mm f1.7 full review
At long last! We have an official wide-angle prime from Lumix for the micro four thirds system! The Lumix Leixa 9mm f1.7 is finally here! I know it’s been a lens that a lot of people have been waiting for — myself included! — so let’s jump into my review. I’ve had the lens for a while now and I’ve tested it in some tricky situations. Here are my thoughts, and plenty of sample images!
lumix leica 8-18mm f2.8-f4 lens review
The lumix leica 8-18mm is a great wide angle lens for micro four thirds. I think it might actually be my favourite… Check out my full review of this fantastic lens here.
AstrHori 50mm 1.4 tilt lens review (full frame)
the AstrHori 50mm 1.4 tilt lens is crazy! I had the L mount version, which was loads of fun to learn and play with. Check out my full review here.
lumix gh6 vs lumix s5
The Lumix GH6 and the S5 get compared a lot in conversation, as they cover a lot of the same bases for a videographer or photographer. Here is a 5 stage in-depth comparison between the lumix gh6 and the lumix s5!
Lumix gh6 Review
I was lucky enough to get a pre-production Lumix GH6, and I had an absolute blast testing it and putting it through its paces.
My Photography wrap-up for 2019 // Best Photos and what I've learned
I guess this is a bit of a late wrap-up but here we are! I think it’s so valuable to look back on your work over time and see where you’ve improved. One of the things I love most about photography is that there is always something more to learn. It’s always important to keep pushing forward. Even if it makes looking at your older photos a bit uncomfortable at times!
So here are some of my favourite images — and things I’ve learned — over the past year in photography
I’ll do “in no particular order” until I get to number 1 because I definitely have one in mind! And I’ll stick to my own personal projects rather than weddings.
A (much better than average) week in the life of a wedding photographer
What a week! I shot a beautiful castle wedding at Blairquhan castle Castle in Scotland, then with only a day in between I was off to Switzerland for the Evolve wedding videography retreat.
Zhiyun Weebill S Review // One gimbal to RULE THEM ALLLLLLL
I love my little Weebill Lab. It’s innovative and small and just adorable. It isn’t the most powerful gimbal on the market though, and can be a little flighty if I ever mess up my ninja-walking. Which is often.
Enter: the Weebill S! What a BEAST!
A small beast. A very well designed beast.
The EVERYTHING Preset: The All-In-One Photo and Video Wedding Photographer Solution
Dear Reader, I’ve worked tirelessly on this new preset pack. I do not say that lightly. My entire photography/videography career, I’ve wanted a preset that just WORKS, for both photo and video.
I was forever editing them both separately, sometimes editing in a completely different style from job to job. It was making my workload heavier and frankly it was doing my head in.
So here it is. After many moons of tweaking: my EVERYTHING preset.
Sandmarc iPhone lenses Review — Phone photography just got REAL
After reviewing the Sandmarc Anamorphic iPhone lens, and loving the hell out of it! Sandmarc were kind enough to send me three more of their premium lenses for review. How exciting. I received a wide angle lens, a fisheye lens, and a macro. I’ll get further into each lens shortly, but in a nutshell: if you want to up your phone photography (and video!) game, then these are the products to look at.