Graduation season is a busy time in Cambridge with 31 individual colleges and Anglia Ruskin University all seeing students complete their courses. At the graduation ceremonies there are always photographers on hand to take portraits against plain backgrounds. But if you’d like a more refined set of graduation portraits, take a look at my Cambridge University graduation photography service.
Stoke Rochford Hall is an impressive Victorian mansion set in formal landscaped gardens and 28 acres of parkland. It can be found just off the A1 near Grantham in Lincolnshire. Not only is it a fantastic wedding location, the grounds and interior provide the perfect backdrops for stunning wedding photography.
Large-scale Image Memorability, or LaMem, is an online algorithym that aims to tell you how memorable your photos are. I’ve tested it on several of my own images and the results were surprising, but interesting nonetheless.
The long-awaited Fujifilm X-Pro2 is finally here, and boasts a host of improved features over the X-Pro1. With a similar look and feel to its predesessor, the X-Pro2 offers a familar shooting experience. But with many new features under the hood it will feel like the completely new camera that it is.
The Google Nik Collection is a powerful suite of image editing programs favoured by professional and enthusiast photographers alike. This amazing software that once cost $150 is now available for free! Find out more about what’s included below, and follow the link at the bottom of the page to download the Google Nik Collection.
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Ricoh has announced a new lens in the Pentax 645 medium-format DSLR camera system – the HD Pentax-D FA 645 35mm F3.5AL [IF] wide-angle lens. The design is based on the smc Pentax-FA645 35mm F3.5AL[IF]. This was a highly regarded Pentax medium format lens, but the new FA 645 35mm aims to set a new standard for image quality.
If you’re a fan of Lego and love photography, the nanoblock Nikon F camera kit will be a dream come true. While this isn’t a Lego product, nanoblocks are very similar and building the camera would be just as much fun as building a Lego model. The kit is now on sale in Japan at the Nikon Direct Store.
If full-frame compact system cameras get you excited, the Leica SL will almost certainly be of interest. This beautifully designed camera not only looks amazing, but the specs are also impressive. At over £8000 with the new 24-90mm lens it’s expensive, but that’s unlikely to put off Leica fans who have been eagerly waiting for a camera of this type from the manufacturer. Here’s the press release for the Leica SL (Typ 601) with full specs and product images.
Synth Sense Perfect Symmetry album cover photography by James Abbott. A macro shot of a moth that has been mirrored to make it, you guessed, perfectly symmetrical.
Canon has announced the development an APS-H-size (approx. 29.2 x 20.2 mm) CMOS sensor incorporating approximately 250 million pixels (19,580 x 12,600 pixels), the world’s highest number of pixels[i] for a CMOS sensor smaller than the size of a 35 mm full-frame sensor.