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"Geek Night" / Fuji X-E1 & X100 Event Photography in Manchester

May the 4th be with you, this year on star wars day I had the great pleasure of being asked by a good friend of mine to cover an event he was putting on in Manchester. The event was a kind of Comic-Con-esque and the 4th 'Geek Night' put on by 'Niche Nights' saw a fantastic mix of Cosplayers, gamers and fans of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, it also provide fantastic subject matter for photography and as such I greatly enjoyed photographing...

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Iceland with the Fuji XE1 / Fuji Travel Photography

At last count I had visited Iceland a total of three times, the first I was an amature photographer and went with a Nikon D60 + 18-105 lens, the second I had got better and went with a D90 +24/50/135 lenses, the last time was after I fell for Fuji and went with 2 XE1's; 8mm, 18mm, 35mm, 60mm and 50-230mm lenses.

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Editorial Photography / The Wild Beer Co. for Ernest Journal

A few months ago I was commissioned for some editorial photography at a brewery in Somerset, Fuji XE1 and editors brief in hand I headed down to this incredible place with Abi from Ernest and met the guys who turned their passion...

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Kelly & Tom / A Heaton House Farm Wedding near Macclesfield

When it came to shooting Kelly and Toms wedding the word excited would just not do, I have known Kelly for my entire life after growing up as children, so to be photographing her wedding was a real honour.

Kelly and Toms plans for their wedding sparked my excitement earlier in the year when we first met to discuss their...

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Samyang 8mm Fisheye for Fuji X Mount | Review

The Samyang fisheye for Fuji X mount is a third party manual focus 8mm lens that allows for superwide and distorted fisheye photography at a low cost. 

This lens, at around £250 is a great addition for anyone looking at add a fisheye to their Fuji kit, currently the widest you can go with a fuji lens is the 10-24mm but...

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Fuji X-E1 vs Fuji X-E2 - Focus Speed + General Use

It's upgrade time and this week saw me go from my 2 Fujifilm X-E1's to upgrading one of those already great cameras to the much loved and allegedly faster Fuji X-E2. This blog is a mix of video and stills as well as my opinion on how these cameras match up to each other and if the upgrade was really worth it, if it is then I'll most likely change the...

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