M20 Lorry Fire Photos - Video of Lorry Fire

A lorry carrying plastic caught fire on the M20 motorway on 29 November 2012. This photo shows the fire from the opposite carriageway as the passenger was driving past.



M20 Lorry Fire Photos Video

I photographed a very similar fire on the M2 back in 2009 and captured the whole event unfolding from the lorry catching fire to the fire brigade arriving and putting out the flames. The video has been my most viewed on YouTube with well over 1 million views.





M2 Lorry Fire - Car transporter fire shuts motorway as firefighters tackle blaze



M2 Lorry Fire - Car transporter fire shuts motorway as firefighters tackle blaze

Anniversary Photo Shoots - Celebration Studio Photo Sessions

We had a fantastic studio shoot yesterday for a 50th Wedding Anniversary. The whole of a family came along for a photo shoot but also brought plenty of bubbly and nibbles to make it a real celebration event.

For this shoot we arranged the timing so that the family were able to get setup before the happy couple arrived and to give plenty of time for taking photos as well as them being able to relax and chat between group shots.

The whole shoot was a massive success and is definitely something we will be offering in future!

How to Edit Canon 650D Video on Your Windows PC

How to Edit Canon 650D Video on Your Windows PC

I've been asked a few times about the workflow that I use for editing the video footage from the Canon 650D DSLR camera. Since I discovered the Neoscene Cineform software a couple of months ago the workflow has been very simple! All my work is carried out on my PC running Windows Vista64, the workflow on a Mac may be simpler still.

Firstly all video is copied from the Compact Flash card onto a dedicated 1Tb video storage drive (internal SATA drive). The original video from the Canon 650D (and also the Canon 7D and 500D) is stored as Quicktime MOV using H.264 codec but this is almost impossible to edit natively on a PC so needs to be converted to AVI format.

Launch Neoscene and convert all 650D video clips from MOV to AVI. For simple projects the only editing tool I use is ..... Microsoft Movie Maker!! Its very straightforward and quick for small projects but the limitations show for more complex editing tasks.

Once the video is edited I normally save using the 720p HD template for uploading to the web or the normal 1080p for keeping on the PC. If the 720p option isn't used then the aspect ratio of the video tends to be wrong which compresses the image to 4:3 rather than 16:9

Amazing! Lorry Fire Video Over A Million Views on YouTube

Amazing! The lorry fire video that I shot on the Canon 5D2 shortly after its release has now had over a million views YouTube in just over 3 years. It really shows the power of DSLR video as without the Canon 5D2 I would just have had stills - powerful images put not with the impact of the video





M2 Lorry Fire - Car transporter fire shuts motorway as firefighters tackle blaze



M2 Lorry Fire - Car transporter fire shuts motorway as firefighters tackle blaze

National Air Ambulance Week 2012

This week is Air Ambulance week, an excellent cause and one that we are very happy to support. This was a donation that we made to Kent Air Ambulance from video sales and any donations to such a worthwhile cause would be fantastic.



Air Ambulance Week 2012

The Hop Farm Wedding Fair

Plan your dream wedding at The Hop Farm Wedding Fair

The Hop Farm is delighted to be hosting the ‘Wedding Fair‘, offering couples who are planning their wedding the perfect opportunity to see what‘s available locally and to compare services and products without spending weeks searching for that something special.

Perfectly timed for those love struck couples that announced their engagement during the Summer, The Hop Farm Wedding Fair on Sunday 7th October has a host of local and national wedding suppliers.

The Wedding Fair will bring together some of the best wedding suppliers in the South East and will be showcased within the beautiful function rooms of The Hop Farm.

Exhibitors will range from flowers and cars to jewellery, stationery and photography, entertainment and DJ's.

The event has everything you need to plan the wedding of your dreams.

Entry to the Wedding Fair is just £3.25 for adults and seniors and £2.20 for child tickets. Couples will be charged £5.35 for entry.

Click HERE to book tickets.
 
For more information visit www.thehopfarmvenue.co.uk

Canon 6D Features Compared to Canon 5D Mark III

Canon 6D compared to Canon 5DII and Nikon D600

Canon have just announced the new Canon 6D full frame camera which appears to be in direct competition to the Nikon D600 released last week.

The Canon 6D features a 20Mp full frame sensor meaning that Canon now have 18, 20 and 22 Mp full frame sensors in their range of full frame cameras. The 1DX has 18 million pixels, the new Canon 6D has 20MP and the Canon 5D Mark 3 has 22Mp.



Canon 6D Features

At first glance the specification seems significantly worse than the Nikon D600 with less autofocus points, single card slot and less video capability. The improvement is for high ISO performance which for some situations may make it a worthwhile modelling upgrade from the Canon 5DII.

The biggest feature for the Canon 6D is built in WiFi and GPS so that images can be loaded remotely and all images tagged with the geo location. Despite these features the impression is given that Canon have deliberately reduced down the capability of the Canon 6D to avoid losing sales of the Canon 5D3. The Canon 6D is looking to be nearly £1200 less than the 5DIII and priced only marginally above the Canon 5DII. It would appear to be a reasonable replacement for the 5DII with similar features. The key difference is the use of SD cards for image storage rather than Compact Flash which the rest of the Canon full frame cameras use.