During a cold spell in December 2022 I decided to go to Glenshee to photograph mountain hares. It was a tough day in the hills and I didn’t find many hares. However, the few encounters I got were spectacular and the light at the end of the day was so good that I even tried for a bit of landscape photography.
Read MoreThe OM-5 weighs 366 grams.
With the 12-45mm f/4 pro lens it weighs just over 600 grams, I can even bring the 40-150mm f/4 pro lens and it all weighs just over 1kg. It really is the kind of camera you can bring anywhere and not even notice that you’re carrying it.
Read MoreIn this post I’m going to share about how I got on with the NiSi Close Up Lens Kit – what I learned, where I got stuck, what I like about it, and my top tips for using it.
Read MoreMy EM1X has been an absolute workhorse for my wildlife photography since I bought it nearly 2 years ago. I still have my EM1 Mark II and I used most of these settings for that camera as well. In fact, most of these settings will work on most of the OM-D cameras from OM System Olympus.
Read MoreI’ve selected a few of my favourite images from 2021, and here I’ll explain the story behind the image - a bit more about what went into the image, camera settings, why I took them, how I took them, and why I like them.
Read MoreGarden bird photography is the ideal way to practice wildlife photography as you get to control more variables than you ever will when out in the field photographing birds. With a good feeder set up, you effectively create your very own bird photography studio.
Read MoreTopaz Sharpen AI can perform miracles on some photos. In this recent photo I took of a heron I used the masking tool in Sharpen AI to reduce the blur. Check out the before and after images.
Read MoreMy workflow for using Topaz DeNoise AI, Sharpen AI and GigaPixel AI with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Get a 30 day free trial for any Topaz product and 15% discount with my promo code.
Read MoreManual focus on M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 lens using Olympus OM-D cameras I use the Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark II, but these tips and settings should be similar if not the same on the EM1 Mark III and EM1X as well. When to use Manual Focus as a Wildlife Photographer? As a...
Read MoreI spent the evening of 29th of July and the morning of the 30th to photograph the gannets at Troup Head, Scotland. You can check out a video I made from my visit along with many others on my YouTube Channel. If you want to dive deeper into learning wildlife...
Read MoreThe northeast coast is one of the best locations for photographing seabird colonies in Scotland. To make this video, I headed to Fowlsheugh Reserve to photograph these spectacular birds - guillemot, razorbills and puffin
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