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frames of film, not even that now.
Also sports photographer David
Ashdown who would go to a game
at Wimbledon or a cricket match and
come back with 3 rolls of film! Now
everyone seems to need amazing
frame speeds but he could capture
the shot with perfect timing.
Among your works, which one is
your favourite and why?
One of my favourites is the picture
of socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
It is full of joy, I see too much of the
expressionless, staring in to the dis-
tance type photographs ( which I am
guilty of too!) which people take on
film to make them more ‘serious’. I
like having movement or some mys-
tery in a portrait
Can you tell us what technology/
software/camera gear you use to
keep focused on what you do best,
as you photograph?
Now I find a wifi card (my old Canon
1DS mark III camera doesn’t have
wifi) really useful. Seeing the picture
instantly on a larger tablet screen
is so much different than through a
viewfinder or on the 3 inch screen
on the back of the camera. Also I
don’t use a tilt/shift lens but use DXO
Viewpoint for lens and geometry
corrections as they are fairly minor.
What is the one thing you wish you
knew when you started talking pho-
tos?
I wish I knew digital and ‘phones
would eat away at the business! I
also think it is a good idea to spe-
cialise when you have found your
interest.
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