EQUIPMENT USED

Great equipment is no substitute for poor technique.

While I am fortunate to have access to the best that Canon have to offer I have spent a great deal of time learning how to use it. it is often said that the best camera is the one you have with you which for a lot of people is the camera on their mobile phone however I personally prefer to use a full size camera with proper lenses rather than the digitally enhanced algorithm version on my iPhone. This is partly because I can make a better image but importantly because I enjoy the process of making images with a proper camera. 

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While the equipment listed below is the main kit I have access to I have also been taught to use both medium and large format cameras shooting both traditional film or polaroid. 

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Editing of my images is normally done in Lightroom and occasionally Photoshop however I try to avoid excessive image manipulation in Photoshop as I feel it often leads to images that are more focused on style than on content. 

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When initially learning how to use the cameras I was taught to do as much as possible in camera and while the same general effects can be created in photoshop I feel my images produced in a more natural organic way have a quality that bette suits what I am trying to do. I would rather experiment with aperture, ISO and shutter speed to create the image I want than rely upon a generic post production filter.