Prince Charles recently visited Pembroke House in Gillingham. His visit was covered by John James, one of our photographers. You can view the gallery here. All images are available to purchase with a donation to Pembroke House for all photos sold.
Prince Charles at Pembroke House
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Friday, 22 May 2009
M2 Car Transporter Fire - Cars Exploding in lorry fire on motorway - 5D Mark2 HD Video
I was driving on the M2 this week when a car transporter caught fire. This was the first real test of the video capability of the new Canon 5D Mark 2 camera which performed excellently. You can see the video taken with the 5D Mark2 here
You can see some of the photos I took here
http://www.321web.co.uk/clients/index.php?gallery=M2_Fire
The BBC used the image for their Kent website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8060532.stm
and Kentonline also used the video footage - but due to the problems editing the 5DII movie format they videoed the screen of their computer!!
You can see some of the photos I took here
http://www.321web.co.uk/clients/index.php?gallery=M2_Fire
The BBC used the image for their Kent website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8060532.stm
and Kentonline also used the video footage - but due to the problems editing the 5DII movie format they videoed the screen of their computer!!
Sunday, 10 May 2009
Filming of BBC Drama Emma by Jane Austen
The filming of BBC drama "Emma" by Jane Austen took place in Chilham Kent during April 2009. The drama stars Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Tamsin Greig, Robert Bathurst and Jodhi May.
The four-part adaptation by Sandy Welch's of Austen's comic masterpiece Emma was produced for BBC One. Jonny Lee Miller (Byron, Eli Stone, Trainspotting) plays Mr Knightley, Emma's shrewd and attractive neighbour, whose strength of character is in sharp contrast to her father, providing a welcome counterpart to the headstrong protagonist.
You can see our photos of the cast of Emma taken during the filming here
The four-part adaptation by Sandy Welch's of Austen's comic masterpiece Emma was produced for BBC One. Jonny Lee Miller (Byron, Eli Stone, Trainspotting) plays Mr Knightley, Emma's shrewd and attractive neighbour, whose strength of character is in sharp contrast to her father, providing a welcome counterpart to the headstrong protagonist.
You can see our photos of the cast of Emma taken during the filming here
Monday, 4 May 2009
Page 3 Idol Glamour Modelling Competition
The Sun Page 3 run the annual Page 3 Idol competition to find the next Page 3 girl. One of our local models Kelly is in the competition this year, along with 4 other models I have shot in the last 12 months (Laura Jayne, Sophie, Carley, Nicky and Kelly)
Kelly's Page 3 Idol photos on website
Unfortunately there are some appalling photos in the competition this year and means that a potential model may miss out purely because no-one can see what they look like. So it is well worth investing some money in some clear professional shots to boost your chances in the competition.
There is still time to apply to please get in touch if you would like to book a shoot.
Kelly's Page 3 Idol photos on website
Unfortunately there are some appalling photos in the competition this year and means that a potential model may miss out purely because no-one can see what they look like. So it is well worth investing some money in some clear professional shots to boost your chances in the competition.
There is still time to apply to please get in touch if you would like to book a shoot.
Friday, 3 April 2009
Latest Canon SLR Camera
Canon have just announced their latest camera which again follows the trend for including HD video on their SLR models. Compared to the first Canon camera to allow HD video recording the Canon 500D provides several very useful enhancements. In particular it has different HD modes which allow you to shoot at either 720p OR 1080p.
As 720p is still far in excess of the resolution required for current DVD technology this is a very helpful addition that will make shooting for DVD easier. The option on the Canon 5DII is only 1080p or 640x480 which is not sufficient to get DVD quality yet 1080p is overkill for DVD.
The market for HD video on SLR is continuing to develop apace and as I suggested in my first post on this subject last year it is becoming the standard feature for new SLR releases.
As 720p is still far in excess of the resolution required for current DVD technology this is a very helpful addition that will make shooting for DVD easier. The option on the Canon 5DII is only 1080p or 640x480 which is not sufficient to get DVD quality yet 1080p is overkill for DVD.
The market for HD video on SLR is continuing to develop apace and as I suggested in my first post on this subject last year it is becoming the standard feature for new SLR releases.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
GMTV Next Top Model
Congratulations to Charlotte who is into the finals of GMTV's Next Top Model. She has been at London Fashion Week and is appearing on the Lorraine Kelly show this week.
We first shot Charlotte back in November 2008 and could see then that she had the potential to succeed.
We first shot Charlotte back in November 2008 and could see then that she had the potential to succeed.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Editing HD Video from the Canon 5D Mark II
I've bitten the bullet and bought a new PC to allow me to properly edit the High Definition (HD 1080p) video from the Canon 5D mark 2 camera. My current setup is more than adequate for photo editing work as I have dual core processor and 4Gb of RAM but this just isn't enough for HD video. The recommended minimum spec is Quad Core with 3Gb of RAM so my new PC will be substantially better spec than that.
As a separate issue it appears that there is a known problem with playing the HD video from the Canon 5DII using Apple QuickTime on a PC running Windows XP. The frame rate is very jerky with dropped frames which doesn't happen with Canon ZoomBrowser EX software.
The specification of the new PC is
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 8Mb cache (2.4GHz) Processor
Asus Motherboard
ATI Radeon Sapphire HD3650 512Mb RAM Graphics card
16Gb RAM
3 x SATA hard drives
12 (!!) USB ports
As a separate issue it appears that there is a known problem with playing the HD video from the Canon 5DII using Apple QuickTime on a PC running Windows XP. The frame rate is very jerky with dropped frames which doesn't happen with Canon ZoomBrowser EX software.
The specification of the new PC is
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 8Mb cache (2.4GHz) Processor
Asus Motherboard
ATI Radeon Sapphire HD3650 512Mb RAM Graphics card
16Gb RAM
3 x SATA hard drives
12 (!!) USB ports
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