Outventure, Lone Northumbrian Tree I love colour but my first love has always been mono. This magnificent lone #tree , at Shilbottle near #Alnwick, #Northumberland was just MADE for #mono, with it’s bare branches and solitude. Bring on a moody sky and, bingo, the atmosphere was amazing. 🙂 Some Info … Alnwick dates back to…
Outventure, Bamburgh Castle – Northumberland ... a view from the dunes
Outventure, Bamburgh Castle – Northumberland We took a wander around the south dunes of #BamburghCastle, in #Northumberland, for a change of scenery. The south side is just as dramatic as the more familiar northern views! Scrambling back up to the dunes from the beach revealed this view, quick shot before sliding back down 🙂 Some…
Outventure – Welcome to your lifestyle outdoor stuff for outdoor people
Welcome to outventure by wilsøn photographics! “What is outventure?” I hear you ask. Well ….. it’s hard to explain ….. and not. Here goes ….. Outventure. We’ve been landscape photographers for a long time (wilson photographics) but that whole time outdoors seems to have instilled something else, a love for just being outside and having…
Outdoors, Hareshaw Linn – Northumberland
Following up along our love of photographing water (particularly waterfalls), we set out to find Hareshaw Linn in Northumberland. Parking up in Bellingham we headed out along the riverside trail to find the waterfall. The “river” being the Hareshaw Burn. It’s a very pleasant walk through the woods. (Click here for the route from my…
Outdoors, Hindhope Linn – Northumberland
Overcast days needn’t be a photography loss. They are IDEAL conditions for photographing water as the contrast and flares will be reduced allowing less highlight blowouts and less effort for long exposures. So, when an overcast day “spoiled” a planned client shoot we headed out, into Northumberland, hunting waterfalls to fill in the time. Photographing…
Indoors, Retouching milestone – 5000 jobs!
So, wilson photographics recently passed a “cake milestone”!! Yes, we had cake! Since beginning operations we have completed 5000 retouching jobs for our clients!! Amazing! Although, just as amazing is the fact that we still have our original clients from the good old days (so we must be doing something right) Our services have gone from strength to strength…
Minimalist Gear 3, My Gear Choices Explained
I wont labour the points here, if you’re reading this then your probably aware of the significance of the ones raised. Sony A7r – Pretty much a no-brainer, near medium format resolution at 36Mp, fantastic detail resolution, good shadow response, low noise, mirrorless (so “lightweight”), endless choice of lenses (both native and via adapters). Canon…
Indoors, TogBitz eBay Success
Hi all, just a quick TogBitz brag-blog 🙂 For those of you that don’t know, wilsøn photographics sell paracord camera wrist straps under the brand TogBitz. We sell them from our online shop here, on Facebook and on eBay Anyhow, in April we made it to the top 10% of sellers in Cameras & Photography on…
Minimalist Gear 2, My Current Minimalist Inventory
My current “carried” minimalist gear …. Sony A7R, Canon FD 28mm, Canon FD 50mm, Canon FD 70-210mm, Three Legged Thing Eric cf tripod with ball head, Formatt Hitech 67mm Filter Holder (2 stop ND, 2 stop ND Grad, polariser ring), 77mm Hoya Polariser Tilt Adapter F-Stop Ajna backpack …. and, let me tell you,…
The Sony a9 is a 24MP sports-shooting powerhouse: Digital Photography Review
Sony has announced the alpha 9 high-end full frame mirrorless camera at a live event in New York. The a9 has a 24MP, stacked CMOS sensor for super-fast readout, allowing a completely silent electronic shutter… Source: The Sony a9 is a 24MP sports-shooting powerhouse: Digital Photography Review