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Cameras Never Lie, Do They?

by Neill December 16, 2011 News

Well the camera may not, but give the footage to a highly skilled CGI post production house such as Stargate Studios and you’ll be stunned by what happens. This video shows the cutting edge of CGI as we have it today. And I have to say, there are scenes in this video that I recognise [...]

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An Underwater Camera. Bet You’re Glad it’s Not Yours

by Neill November 29, 2011 News

This has no car photography content, but I thought I’d share it anyway. Diver Markus Thompson recovered this salt bitten Canon EOS Rebel XS from beneath a wharf in Deep Bay, DC. He recovered the memory card from the badly corroded body, dried it out and loaded it into a card reader. Despite the salty [...]

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Porsche Video “How We Shot The Car To Car”

by Neill November 2, 2011 News

Great short video for grip gear addicts. Lots of Arri Grip Heads and steel rods holding this lot intact. How Porsche USA shot some car to car video for the recent Rennsport reunion. I’m a Porsche die hard, so making no excuse at all about showing this!

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Which Way Will You Jump When it Goes Wrong?

by Neill June 1, 2011 News

Race and rally cars can be very, very unpredictable things when they’re in action. People often ask me how on earth I got certain shots, particularly up close and personal action shots of rally cars. The answer of course, is that I never, ever try and get those shots on a live event. Shots like [...]

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BVE Expo in London, UK

by Neill February 10, 2011 News

Last year, I attended BVE Expo at Earls Court in the UK. I was blown away by some of the amazing advances in technology with Canon DSLR video attachments and grip gear sprouting from every trade stand. This year, it’s unlikely that I’ll be able to make it, but I’ll be bugging Graham Fox and [...]

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Shooting Karting with the Canon 5D and the XF305

by Neill October 28, 2010 News

Here’s a link to a great article on the Canon website about photographer Richard Walch making a short movie about karting. Canon CPN Europe fans may remember Richard for his inspiring snowboarding video shot on the Canon 5D Mk2 and using mainly the 14mm fisheye. This article has two movies – one the karting short [...]

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Shooting Supercars 2010

by Neill August 9, 2010 News

Following last year’s popular event, we’re teaming up once more with Canon UK and The Flash Centre to bring another car photography workshop. Full details and information on how to book your place can be found on this page of The Flash Centre website but breifly, here’s a few snippets: We’re sticking with the superb [...]

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Car Photographer Dot Net – The Update

by Neill July 13, 2010 News

Ok, so here it is at last. I’ve been promising for more than 12 months now to launch a definitive website dedicated to both the art and the industry of car photography, so here goes. The previous domain name of Driving Images is now firing a good old 301 re-direct over this way, so if [...]

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Night Shooting Jets in Yorkshire!

by Neill October 14, 2009 News

If you’re based in the UK and can get to The Yorkshire Air Museum on Satruday 17th October, there’s a chance to get up close and do some night shooting for the aircraft. Plus, we’ll be there with a mountain of powerful Elinchrom lighting kit from The Flash Centre to light up the pretty Mirage [...]

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Driving & Photography – it’s what we do

by Neill June 4, 2009 News

Driving and photography. Just in case no-one’s spotted it yet, it’s what we’re all about. In the coming weeks we’ll be writing about a variety of different subjects including behind the scenes on a car photo shoot, the type of cameras you should short list if you want to get started shooting cars and some [...]

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