“Water has always been of particular interest for me ever since I was pulled up from the bottom of a pool, my stomach pumped and with all the fight of life in me gone in fact life almost gone, I had given up! Water now is like a magnet for me and when ever I am near to it I get a sense of connection. Location therefore plays a great place in my work often being featured in many of my location pieces and campaigns for clients.”
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Recently I finally woke up to the fact that this was a really bad technique and had developed out of commercially and really not approaching this from a creative perspective. I realised that most of my shots taken over the last 5 years have been filed on numerous drives dotted around the office never to be seen again!
It seemed that now is a good time to focus down on shooting all location recce images with passion and purpose with a camera, a dslr and instead of using an iPhone I thought that using a new camera for this purpose was appropriate. With that in mind I set out to find the correct camera for me personally and purchased a Fuji XT-3 just for me and purely for me to capture anything I generally see but at better quality. Whilst trying to grow my online community through YouTube, I thought it would make sense to show my recce and also enjoy this process sharing this experience and utilising all of the tech that I now use for this purpose which has changed since film days. I now have my Fuji Camera XT-3, Mavic 2 Drone, Sony 6500 and a steady cam and various lav mics.
I have created a video which documents the day capturing images, video and drone footage which you may find interesting and this will be posted on YouTube in the coming weeks.
I was given the Fuji GFX50S and all the trimmings for my location shoot in Iceland last year and have to add I was thoroughly astounded at it’s perfomance in such challenging coonditions. After my street photoshoot day out before Chistmas wher I shot on my Nikon D850. It occurred to me that I dont have my own personal hand camera used only for my everyday shots. I have been using my iPhone but upsate at myself for using this for so long. I suppose being lazy! I therefore decided to go for a camera. My decision was made when Paul from Loop images said get a Fuji there great. I went to the Camera Show and picked up a few cameras including the Fuji XT-3 and really liked it. Late last year I purchased my own Fuji XT-3 with 24-70mm F2.8 and the 12-24mm and one other 7Artisans lens at 50mm.
Criccieth Beach on a stormy day but even in this weather its a fabulous day for shooting fashion.
This concrete pier has a great texture to place a model in, add a battery light and the shots shine.
Jack captures me with our little Sony 6500 for the in camera slow motion functionality.
I have always been attracted to the stairs to the beach.
A long grey outlook creating some really lovely cool tones in a monotone pallette.
A graphical point of view towards the castle.
A tricky area but a sense of drama can be created her by adding a simple light source or increasing ISO.
