Black Lives Matter | Cardiff | 6th June 2020
On the 6th June 2020 at 1pm residents of Cardiff gathered in Bute Park to hold a peaceful protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and support of eradicating racism in Cardiff and beyond.
Jessi + Jez - Lyde Court Wedding Photography
You may remember back last year when I shot the smaller wedding of Jessi and Jez (link to blog). They brought their wedding forward to get married in November 2019 due to Jez’s illness, you can read more about the guys and Jez’s fight against cancer over on their GoFundMe <
Their original date for the wedding was May 2020, but they also bought this forward and had the wedding on February the 14th, which ended up working out really well as thanks to Coronavirus no one is getting married anytime soon!
7Artisans 12mm f2.8 lens for Fuji - Review
7artisans make cheap manual focus lenses that are ideal if you need something to fill a gap in your lens range, need an infrequently used focal length, or just want to try out something different without breaking the bank.
I got this lens to cover a job I had shooting some interior photos, while not all of the shoot was done this wide it was good for those tight spaces where the 16mm just wouldn’t have cut it and I didn’t want to fork out for the Fuji 10-24mm (my gear already covers the top end of this range) and I’m not a fan of renting lenses.
The job more than covered the cost of the lens, so an afternoon out shooting and I came away with this lens to add to my bag.
🎥 Lauren + Anthony - Brinsop Court Wedding Videography, Herefordshire
I met up with Lauren and Antony in early 2019 with their photographer and my good friend Che Birch Hayes, he was taking care of the photographs of the wedding day and I was making a film.
The day started with the bridal prep and I got to work capturing footage and getting myself set up, my working setup for video is similar to my photography setup, with my Fuji X-H1 at the heart of my gear load-out. Added to the X-H1 is the 56mm and that is pretty much what I’ll shoot 90% of the day on, it gives great compression as well as a consistent look and feels to the video when editing…
Fuji X100F - Coming back to the X100 series
It’s been a long while since a Fuji X100 series camera was part of my kit bag, but with the addition of my own Fuji X100F (in stylish black) that is no longer the case.
The original X100 was my first X Series camera back in the day, it was a slow little thing back then but it was just wonderful to use, it started my Fuji journey and led me through a range of X cameras to where I am today.
Inspiration - Photography Books
I’m a big fan of photo books for inspiration, all too often scrolling through instagram can leave me feeling uninspired, after seeing such an array of incredible work in stunning location. It’s at these time I find it good to pick up a book, a curated selection of images sometimes with some method is great to look through and feel inspired once again.
I did a short book review a few years back, if you are interested you can read this here<
Hereford Wedding Videographer - Sophie & Tom
I’ve been doing more and more wedding videography this year and I’m really enjoying the different approach, skill set and working practice of filming a wedding rather than photographing it…