Delighted to be invited to photograph Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby by Fredericia as they launch PLAN a new furniture range during the London Design Festival
Barber Osgerby at Fredericia
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Ziggurat Sponsored Cycle
Very happy to support this cause for Action Medical Research and sponsors BDG architecture + design by photographing them and other riders and on day one of their 311 mile cycle across northern France over 4 days. The team of 10 from BDG raised £20,000 – We followed the team from Epsom to the edge of Portsmouth. Photo credit for the last photo to the talented Bella Bertoni
Action Medical Research is a leading UK-wide charity saving and changing children’s lives through medical research. For 65 years it has helped pioneer ways to prevent disease and develop treatments benefiting millions of children.
https://www.bdg-a-d.com/
https://action.org.uk/events/corporate-events/ziggurat-2022www.bdg
Red Bull Soap Box
Alexandra Palace hosted the Red Bull Soapbox for a day of imaginative designs, wacky racers, spills and thrills as they race down Alexandra Palace Way, delighted that one of my photographs from this event is a finalist in the WSPA. Even more pleased to read reports that both participants recovered from this airborne incident.
https://www.worldsportsphotographyawards.com/
Haringey Huskies 2022
Quite a year for the Huskies who have strengthened their squad, come second in the league and gained a well earned place in the final of the Wilkinson Cup at the close of the season. They always make a exciting evening for the spectator, and now have sizeable and loyal following. Alexandra Palace remains their home and has been filled to capacity more than a few times this year. I am delighted again to be the Huskies ‘de facto’ photographer and I am happy to share images from the 2021-2022 season here
More photographs from the 2022 season can be found here;
Huskies vs Invicta Mustangs https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzLqWW
Huskies vs Guildford Pheonix https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzGzuF
Huskies vs Guilford Pheonix https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzBCJy
Huskies vs Swindon Wildcats https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzAwdg
Huskies vs Guildford Pheonix https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzzEua
Huskies vs Cardiff Fire https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzy8fa
Huskies vs Peterborough Pantoms https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX9Kto9
Huskies vs Lea Valley Lions https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX6wdZ9
These photographs are free to use for anyone promoting the Haringey Huskies, please do credit me as photographer. For all other uses please contact me before use
London Playing Fields Foundation
So enjoyed capturing moments for our new client London Playing Fields Foundation both at their playing fields and summer London fund raising social at the Oval. Without their work London would be poorer in sporting facilities for all, and by a long way. Please check out here for more details https://www.lpff.org.uk/
All photographs are the property of London Playing Fields Foundation and UKSportpics, please contact for re-use
Sidecar Motocross
Another outing to test how the micro four thirds Olympus can measure up to photographing fast moving action, and personally missing sidecar motocross. This was my first opportunity to catch a round of the British Championship this year. This event was round six at staged at Milton Malsor in Northamptonshire, a compact, interesting and accessible track. Previous visits have all been to Canada Heights which is a wonderful woodland setting with lots if elevation, Milton Malsor looks like a good contender for more visits.
For the photographers, I partnered the Olympus EM1 with the 40-150 zoom and 300 f4, both performed better than I expected, excellent focus tracking and lens stabilisation meant no need for a support and made shooting much simpler allowing me to test out a wide range of angles and approaches.
Shutter speeds between 1/1600-1/2000 to capture the action and 1/40 for the panning shots. I also set a couple of the custom modes beforehand to easily switch between shooting styles whilst at the track, I recommend this so as not to miss shots
After a few races to check the best vantage points, I found on almost all locations a lower viewpoint* offered the best approach and the opportunity to get level with the sidecar passengers eyes. The abundance of wild grasses and flowers provided a further element of interest to the foreground.
* with any fast moving sports, make sure your shooting position is safe and only ever one knee on the ground.
Haringey Huskies 2021
Its been a year now since the Huskies took to the ice. In March their ‘elite status’ gave an invitation to the EIHA South Cup to play teams a division or so higher than them. Sadly no supporters at the Palace, and a slightly strange atmosphere where the home crowd certainly add an edge. The six match series ended with a deserved win for Huskies away at MK Thunder. So looking forward to what they can achieve next season!
https://twitter.com/HaringeyHuskies
More photographs from the 2021 EIHA South Cup series are here;
Huskies vs MK Thunder https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVaPCcK
Huskies vs Solent Devils https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUZkGW5
Huskies vs Slough Jets https://flic.kr/s/aHsmURzwei
These photographs are free to use for anyone promoting the Haringey Huskies, please do credit me as photographer. For all other uses please contact me before use
I am including a few technical notes and hints for photographers like me, who have found ice hockey and indoor venues a challenge, and learnt through practice (these are all specific for Alexandra Place though should help at other venues)
Set a white balance for the lighting and venue – this is so important to keep the ice naturally white
Exposure compensation – I normally use +1.0 again to balance the amount of white in the frame.
Check the lighting – at Alexandra Palace it’s definitely 1 stop brighter on one side on the rink
800-1/1000th sec is what you will need to capture the action, slow to 1/500th or less for celebrations and best quality.
Shoot wide open f2.8-3.2 due to shooting through nets and use auto ISO, for most this all means shooting in MANUAL.
Shoot in RAW where you can to help balance the lighting variations in post
If your kit means you are pushing your ISO so high the grain is a problem, consider investing in Topaz DeNoise or similar
A fast 70-200mm lens or similar is my go to, and all you should need to get going
Shooting locations vary so much and always need to be governed by SAFETY especially shooting through nets (the puck can travel as up to 100mph), also respect for the paying supporters, though my experience is a polite request to swap places to get the perfect aspect generally works.
My favourites are (i) 45 degree angle focusing on the goal action though also covering attacks (ii) behind the goal though well to one side (out of the line of stray shots on goal) to capture attacks upfield and goalmouth incidents where you will get the attacking side front on and (iii) directly aligned/perpendicular to the goal for shots of the goal tender and goalmouth action.
I’ve not covered a multitude of other approaches such as panning shots to emphasize the speed etc. As always you will want to capture what is unique to your approach and stands out to best represent your team or subject. Do contact me with any questions
TWA Hotel JFK New York
Simply stunning and as original as you might hope for; Eero Saarinen’s landmark 1962 TWA Flight Centre at JFK Airport has been restored and re imaged as a first-class hotel. At the centre of the hotel is Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Centre. More than worthy of a visit when you have a few hours spare, or an overnight stay if flying in or out of JFK
More details on the hotel can be found here https://www.twahotel.com/hotel
Model Railways
Taken slightly out of my comfort zone and asked to photograph a friends model railway. This started as an exercise in focus stacking and ended with panning action and a small amount of backdrop/scene replacement. For more detail on the model installation which has an incredible level of detail including hand built stock check out http://instagram.com/stainmore_model_railway/…
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