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Brecon Beacons - Gunpowder Works

A few weeks back I once again headed up to the Brecon Waterfalls, this time with my folks, after visiting the falls we decided to head to an old Gunpowder Works that was nearby, after a bit of a walk and climbing a few fences we arrived at this forgotten place in the woods.

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That Moment - Why a photo matters.

I haven't posted one of these for a while, but from time to time I like to put up a photo and explain a bit about it and why I think it's an important shot.

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Catch up.

I always like to post a little catch up part way through the year, I find this is a good space for sharing photos which don't deserve a blog post all of their own as well as go over my gear a bit and changes I've made.

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Fuji 14mm Review

This lens was bought as a replacement for my much loved Samyang 12mm. Now, I think the 12mm is a great lens, but my main gripe had started to become the lack of autofocus, I found this to be most obvious at weddings. 

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How I Post Process My Fuji RAW Files In Lightroom. Black and White

This post is going to go over how I go about editing my black and white shots in Lightroom and go over a few tips and tricks which I use when creating a black and white preset, for me I always use presets when editing a wedding to ensure consistency and speed of editing. First off here's a before and after: 

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Waterfalls with the Fuji XM1 + Samyang 12mm Lens

So the other month I went for a short hike in the Brecon Beacons with my good friend, I decided to focus on some waterfall photography and took a small bag of kit featuring the Fuji XM1, Samyang 12mm a 10 Stop ND and the Manfrotto Pixi Tripod, all in in nice and small and great for wandering.

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