As I’m on holiday at the moment I’ve been able to find time to bring my website up-to-date, get rid of some of the older stuff and hopefully make it easier to navigate. If you’ve got any comments or feedback I’d love to hear from you!
Dennis comes out of retirement
I bought my first drone at the beginning of 2017 and named him Dennis. It was very addictive using him, as a drone gives you a unique viewpoint. It was great fun takng both video and still photos and I would think of places to go each weekend to use him.
I also took him with me when I went on holiday. He has visited Vietnam, Spain and Greece.
Then over time I used him less often, only bringing him out when people asked me to for specific reasons such as checking the rooves of a building etc.
Partly the reason for using him less was because the rules surrounding drones were getting tighter and tighter as a response to people misusing them around airports, for example, which generally gave them a bad press with members of the public and the authorities.
There have been a couple of times in the last couple of years when I’ve gone on holiday and wished I had him with me so this year when we decided to visit a small quiet island in Greece I decided to bring him out of retirement, and I’m glad I did.
Here are some photos that I took early this morning when the air was very still. I’m happy to say that the old guy worked perfectly even though he is now 4 1/2 years old and has been surpassed by many newer models.
Vathy, Meganisi
We had a wander around Vathy harbour in Meganisi this morning; had a nice breakfast and got some supplies in before returning to our accomodation to chill out!
View from the Meganisi Ferry
Standing on the small car ferry which takes you to the island of Meganisi from Lefkada provides you with beautiful views; lovely to see mountains combined with the gorgeous Greek landscape
Greece!
On our way to Greece for 4 weeks 😃
3 weeks on a quiet small island called Meganisi and 1 week on Lefkada. We fly to Preveza airport, pick a car up then catch a ferry over to Meganisi.
Spent sometime deciding what cameras and lenses to take! Decided on Nikon Z50 with both its kits lenses, Nikon Z6ii with 24-200 (great light travel lens) and 50mm 1.8. Also had to take the Leica Q2 of course.
In our hold luggage is Dennis the drone which I haven’t used in ages!
Hopefully that will keep me going for the 4 weeks with my laptop !
Godiva Calling heats
Local Coventry musicians get a chance to play on the main stage at the Godiva festival. To win that place they take part in heats around the city in the weeks leading up to the festival.
I have judged a couple of them which was good fun. We’ve got the finals of the indie category tonight at the Albany pub.
Here’s a few photos from past heats and category finals.
Out and about during COVID (socially distancing)
I have been going out to take photos, when allowed, during the COVID pandemic, using the opportunity to test new lenses and new types of photography from those I would normally have been involved in, pre-pandemic.
Dhigali in the Maldives
Take a look at my video of our recent holiday to Dhigali in the Maldives
Socca World Cup 2019
Last October I was engaged by the International Socca Federation (ISF) to go to Crete to cover the 2019 6-a-side World Cup; it was an even bigger occasion than the previous year when we went to Lisbon. Here are a few photos that hopefully show how exciting the whole event was. Really sorry that this year's has had to be postponed.
Music video
Last June I filmed The Subterraneans (‘The Subs’) premiering their tribute to the 70s called ‘Let’s Rock The 70’s at The Albany Theatre in Coventry.
We had 10 cameras with a couple of other camera operators helping me out.
It was an amazing gig; here’s a couple of tracks I’ve produced from it so far.
Heron
Its not everyday you see a Heron flying over your house
This website
I’ve just changed my Squarespace template - what do you think?
Sri Lanka and The Maldives
We were lucky to have a great holiday just before we were locked down due to Covid-19. Here’s the first two videos I have put together from our trip.
Testing the Nikon Z50
IzZie
I enjoyed taking Izzie’s photo for this great review of her latest single
http://www.lockmag.co.uk/single-review-in-a-year-by-izzie-derry/
The photo was taken during a session at the grammy award winning RoLo studios in Coventry run by Roger Lomas, well known for his work with 2 Tone bands such as The Specials, The Selecter and Bad Manners.
Nice compliment on Twitter
Myself and another photographer, Paul, have been flown over to Crete to take photos at the 6 aside Socca World Cup. Each day we are shooting matches and other stuff going on around the stadium, including the VIPs ‘Big’ Ron Atkinson and Mark Clattenburg. We then make these photos available to be used by the International Socca Federation and the teams. I captured one of the goals of the tournament scored by Wales yesterday and received this compliment on Twitter.
Published on the BBC sports pages
Great to see one of my Crete stadium photos from last week used in a story on the BBC website about it.
Socca world cup 2019
Excited to have been engaged to travel to Crete to photograph this year’s 6 aside World Cup in Rethymno. The Stadium is in the process of being built ready for the first match on 12th October.
The International Socca Federation have shared my sunrise photos today on their social media as part of the build up. 32 countries will be there along with ‘Big’ Ron Atkinson to provide expert comments.
Video of the Official opening of the Albany Studio are
The Drapers Bar and Kitchen
A couple of weekends ago I called in at the Drapers to video my step daughter, Lizzy, singing with Simon Davies, currently in Tom Jones team on The Voice, and Glen Boden.