Recent content by sammyd56

In response to your PM, definitely a good book for up-and-coming professional like yourself, I think you will take a lot from it. Plenty of reviews on Amazon if you want other's opinions though.

Hi Gary, I've read both and much preferred Cleghorn's offering, would definitely recommend that you pick it up, it contains much less ego and much more substance IMHO.

Thanks for the feedback folks. Here are a few more...

I haven't posted any images for a while, so here are a few from my most recent wedding... Full set available on the website. [/URL]

You're focusing at infinity anyway so no need for a small aperture for DOF. You just want to capture as much light from those stars as possible.

I'm no expert but I think it's just a question of getting somewhere with as little light pollution as possible (I used this Google Earth overlay to find the best spot) and then letting in as much light as possible. The settings that worked for me on a D700 were f/2.8, ISO800 and a 30s exposure.

I caught a fantastic one :) The trail lasted a good 5 seconds...

That's more like it :thumbs: Some dodgy nose shadows going on though, in 5 especially the lighting is too low and too hard for my taste.

I'm no studio photographer but they all look a touch underexposed to me. Best to avoid two catchlights as in no. 5 as it tends to make them look dazed.

You paid a tenner for an 8mb card? They must have seen you coming :lol: Seriously though congrats on the new purchase, enjoy it :)

Feel like I should contribute to this thread having had my GF1 for a while, here's a few from a trip to the coast this weekend

Add me to the list of people confused about Rob's apparent change of opinion. I'm not going to chip in as I said most of what I wanted to say in the previous thread. One thing I didn't get to share before it was closed though was the following link...

For most of them it was an umbrella'd SB-900 key (+CTO) with a gobo'd sb80-dx for separation. For 8 and 10 I added an umbrella'd SB-600 just above the camera for fill.

Thanks very much Simon, will do that :thumbs: