Hi, for those of you who look for recent photos and photo galleries on this site, I’ve decided to publish all recent shots and keep galleries and archive shots on my social media pages. You can find links to my Flikr, Instagram and Facebook pages to the right of this page; it just makes it easier to keep up to date!
Toby
Over the course of the winter I’ve been building up a portfolio on what is surely one of the UK’s most colourful birds. Many are taken on rather drab winter’s days, but the rain and mist sea to make the colours glow even more! Here are a few of them, all taken with a Canon 5D M3 and 400mm F5.6L lens. ISO speeds range from 200-800.
I”ve been busy with various projects over the last few months, but I’ve had a bit of time over the last few weeks to get a few images I can publish here. I love this winter light we have now, even at midday the angle of the sun is low enough to create interest. Here are a few I like; if you want camera settings etc. all of these shots are also on my Flickr feed where you can find out all the details, check out the link to the right.
I’ve been struck by how many butterflies have been around this September, far more than any other time in the year. These shots were taken in my garden. I’ve done my best to be patient and get them in the right position to blur out the background (what photographers call bokeh), to make the insects really ‘pop’ out of the photo. It’s amazing how even the slightest distraction in the background detracts from the image.
A reminder that summer’s not quite over yet! The bees were so busy in our garden yesterday that I couldn’t resist a few shots. You can see bigger images on my Flickr feed.
Photography has not been top of my agenda for the last few weeks as I’ve been on holiday, but I have got a few atmospheric shots that are worth sharing. Unfortunately I didn’t take my full kit with me, so I had to really push the ISO speeds on the 5D MIII to get the low light images without a tripod.
There are some brilliant and surprising small companies around Dorset, Somerset and Devon. I’ve just done a few marketing images for one of them, a jewellery wholesaler called Reeves and Reeves. You may not have heard of them but you may well have seen their speciality silver jewellery in many of our high street shops and well known catalogs. Here are a few pictures from the day.
The Red Arrows must surely take the award for the most photographed planes in the World, so I won’t put many images up from their display over Lyme Regis on the 21st July, but I can’t resist a few:
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I’ve been very pleased to support a local community amateur sports club over the weekend by taking pictures of their Thorncombe Battle of Bands event. You can buy the images off the official TBOB website (it might take a day or two for them to set up the sales process), and all the proceeds will go to the club. It’s a great club that provides vital social and sporting facilities for young and old in an area where there are very few other facilities and it’s a pleasure to support them. Here are my favourite 10 pictures from the event:
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Sorry for a lack of pictures over the last few weeks. I’ve just finished some shooting for Du Maurier Watches, I’ve put a couple up here but you can see many more on the gallery page on their website.
