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Canon EOS-1DX – The Wait Is Over

by Neill October 18, 2011 Camera Gear

OK so today, the rumours end and the facts step forward, the new Canon EOS-1DX is announced. No pricing yet, but here’s my initial thoughts on how it fits into a car photographer’s life: 1. Full frame sensor, my favourite, as I love wide angles.. 2. Now quite as high a resolution as a 5D [...]

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1992 Continental Tyres TV Advert – Behind The Scenes

by Neill October 5, 2011 Car Photography TV

If you were watching TV in the nineties, you’ll certainly recall the Continental Tyres TV advertisement, filmed on the rooftop of a skyscraper. The advert shows a 3 series BMW being driven right up to the edge of the roof by a stunt driver, placing his faith in the grip of the tyres. Well for [...]

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Ferrari 458 Spider Video, Behind The Scenes

by Neill September 20, 2011 Car Photography TV

Here’s a great Behind The Scenes video showing how the new Ferrari 458 Spider promo was shot. These days, the BTS reel is almost as important as the actual feature itself. There’s some impressively expensive assets at play here, including the helicopter camera ship, the ML55 AMG with Russian Arm and some cool dolly moves. [...]

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Media Pro – 30% Off Until September 25th

by Neill September 19, 2011 Camera Gear

Just a quick heads up from the guys at Phase One. As you probably know, I’m a big fan of Capture One and recommend it as my image processor of choice for all my work. There’s a new version of Media Pro image management software out and until 25th September there’s a significant saving to [...]

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Evernote – Free Horsepower for Your Lightbulb File

by Neill September 19, 2011 Car Photography 101

Some time ago now, I wrote about how I keep a lightbulb file, with ideas for car photography and examples of car photography. Well I just thought I’d give you an update on a great free app that I’m finding really useful for keeping all your ideas in one place and in order. If you [...]

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Powershot S100 – An EOS the size of your iPhone

by Neill September 15, 2011 Camera Gear

I still have fond memories of my first Ixus compact camera. It really was ‘compact’ unlike many that use that name. It would fit into my jeans pocket, so you really would take it with you when you headed out. For many people iPhones have taken the place of that type of camera and there’s [...]

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Superb Audi Racing Video

by Neill August 16, 2011 Car Photography TV

Car manufacturers are producing some great online programming right now, with this one covering that epic LeMans 24 Hours win. It’s 13 minutes long, so take a coffee or something and watch the amazing story and some great camera work.

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Harniman’s Professional Car Rigs For Sale

by Neill July 10, 2011 Camera Gear

Nigel Harniman just gave us the heads up on the sale of his carbon arm car rigs. His move into CGi means that they’re getting less use than ever so, together with a couple of lower spec aluminium units, they’re up for sale. Full details and pricing can be obtained from Nigel’s office on +44 [...]

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Mercedes Benz TV – Watch and Learn

by Neill June 24, 2011 Car Photography TV

I know I keep banging on about how many businesses and editorial publications are missing a trick with video, take a look at my my blog post from 2009 on this, but here’s a car manufacturer who’ve really nailed using video to create a buzz about their brand. Mercedes Benz TV is a very slick [...]

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Using Capture One for Selecting Tracking Shots

by Neill June 14, 2011 Car Photography 101

This is the first of a series of quick blog posts about Phase One’s superb Capture One software. I’m a big fan, having used C1 ever since going digital back in 2002 and Phase have a great selection of how-to videos on their YouTube channel, but I’ll be writing about how the latest features of [...]

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