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Shooting Dr Cat

I have to be up-front and say it: this was one of the most challenging photo-shoots I've done in a long time. This is not a bad thing — I like a challenge — but saying so helps remind me how much I learned today. Dr Cat is a friend who, gorgeous as she is, does not work as a model. In fact she was simultaneously hesitant and excited to pose: this was a test of herself, and I was very flattered that she trusted me to be the chosen photographer for it.

Chorlton Big Green Festival

European Robin

1/125 at ISO640 with 600mm f/8 Sigma mirror lens and 2x Sigma EX teleconverter.

Straight out of camera, no crops, no manipulations.

  • Giottos tripod, Manfrotto head, wireless shutter release
  • 2x YN-560 (full power, sync-connected radio trigger)
  • 1x 580exII (full power, Canon wireless trigger)
  • 1x 430exII (full power. Canon wireless trigger)
  • 1x 7D on-camera flash (1/4 power)

Big Garden Birdwatch set on Flickr.

Trees Silhouetted against Urban Glow

  • Lens from late-1800s
  • Camera from 1997
  • Film from 2003
  • Scanner from 2005
  • Exposure in 2011

The negative is actually of fairly high quality, but the scanner does it no justice as it is not a proper negative scanner. Still, the concept works and the expired film is usable.

Unknown Goose

Seen at Chorlton Water Park.

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