You might have guessed from the last two blog (gallery) posts that I’m a budding amateur photographer, or at least I like going out to take pictures and have far more camera gear than anyone not making money from it really needs!
I’m also quite fortunate that I live in an area of incredible beauty, and for anyone who’s never visited Scotland, you really should.
Linlithgow Palace is a 5-minute walk for me, so I have lots of pictures taken from walks around the loch. The Forth Bridges are about a 10-minute drive, so again a fairly regular visit to get some fresh air.
I ‘shoot Canon’ and have acquired the following over the years:
- Canon 5D Mk2
- Canon EOS M
- Canon EF 24-105mm f4 IS L
- Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8 IS L (just a Mk1)
- Canon EF 50mm f1.4
- Canon EF Extender 1.4x Mk3
- Canon EF-M 18-55mm IS
- Canon EF-M 22mm
- Canon Speedlite 430EX
- Canon Speedlite 90EX
Supported by various accessories from tripods, filters, remote shutter controllers (most recently an Alpine Labs Pulse from a Kickstarter campaign that I haven’t really had the chance to play with yet) and batteries galore!
I’ve also got a really old Canon 20d with an EF-S 10-18mm IS lens that I sometimes take underwater, although it’s a bit long in the tooth now and a bit of a pain to dive with. I managed to pick up a cheap housing for my EOS M which I took on my last diving holiday, and got some reasonable pictures (great idea for another gallery!)
So when you see any gallery pictures on my blog, they’ve been taking using a combination of the above, or possibly even my iPhone which takes remarkably good pictures considering. I suspect by the iPhone 10 I’ll be wondering why I even need a digital camera 😮
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