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Sometimes I’m drawn to a subject in a moment and get a great image. Combine this with great documentary portrait skills and you get great event photography. I bring both of these skill sets onto any event that I cover; so, if you have one planned, get me to cover it for you. One less thing to worry about.
Macro Photography with still subjects is tricky, with only a very shallow focus area, you have to be very precise to get what you want in focus; but with a moving subject, this becomes even harder. You need to take a lot of images in order to get the shot that you want; but when you have it, it is supremely satisfying.
Since the only place I can take photographs at the moment is outdoors, that has meant a lot of photographing flowers instead of people. Just recently I have been able to spend a lot of time doing this as I continue to wait for restrictions to ease and events to be possible again. This has had unexpected benefit, which is to make me think about technical aspects of taking and processing images to get the best out of them; so when those events start up again, I will once again be raring to go, and better than ever.
Even used a little further away from the subject, a macro lens will give you great separation of the subject from the background, but getting in really close can draw your eye to extraordinary details in nature (or anything else) that we might other wise not notice.
A macro lens on your camera allows you to get much nearer your subject than most regular lenses; the result of being so close is that you can only focus on a very narrow plane, so you have to make your choices very carefully. There is a lot of trial and error with this kind of work, but when it works the results are hugely satisfying
Give me sunshine, a macro lens and plant-life and I’ll be happy for hours. DOF is so shallow that you have to pick your focus point really carefully; lots of trial and error creating these, but the results can be really beautiful, and otherworldly.
A recent trip to Hastings and Bexhill exposed me to some thrilling and vibrant street art. Just had to share these images that were some of my favourites.
There’s been a lot of hopeful headlines this week concerning the coming Coronavirus vaccine and how effective it is. Perhaps it will even be widely available enough for all of us to have received it by the spring of next year, and then finally we can start getting our professional lives back on an even keel.
I’m sure that all you event managers and conference organisers cannot wait to get back to business as usual. So if you are beginning to dare to plan for your events next year, make sure that you get in touch to be sure that you get the best photographs of your events in 2021; the year of recovery.
Autumn has traditionally been my peak conference and event season in the run up to the end of the year. I’ve been lucky enough to cover some fascinating events in previous autumns; but work in this year, already ravaged by the first lockdown and continued restrictions over the summer months, has now been definitively ended by the latest lockdown. Normality for those of us who work around events and conferences seems further away than ever. We continue to look forward to a future time when we are once again allowed to carry out normal activities without restrictions; and when we can, and if you want to get this kind of coverage from your event get in touch with me to discuss your needs. I’ll be eagerly waiting for you to get in touch . . .
Back in January, The Fabian Society annual conference started the year off in the way I intended it to continue. Unfortunately, in March everything came to a grinding halt and it has remained that way ever since. Virtual meetings and conferences are no match for the real thing and real human contact; getting back to the old normal ways of interacting can’t come soon enough for me, personally as well as professionally.
