A walk in the park with the Nikon D500

If you follow me on social media you'll be more than aware that I've recently been testing out the Nikon D500 for Photography News and Professional Photo magazine, (and I love the camera!) You can read my review in Photography News here.

In early May I headed to Burghley House with Becca to take some tests shots. When we arrived a lot of the gardens were fenced off as they were preparing for a craft event, so I didn't get to shoot at the specific spot that I had in mind, but this lovely pathway did the job.

These shots were all taken in natural light with the D500 and 16-80mm kit lens. As it was a lovely sunny day I decided to test out a glass prism for a few shots. I brought the little prism well over a year ago, so it was nice to finally give it a go. It's a bit of a trial and error job, but I'm so pleased with the results and the 16-80mm lens is so sharp! Get me a D500 kit please!

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Birmingham Genting Arena

I would love to see Oasis live, they're one of those bands that as soon as you hear a song it takes you back in time and you know every word. We'll keep wishing for that one to happen, but in the meantime I really grown to like Noel Gallagher's stuff, so I had to apply to shoot a show.
Sadly as it was an arena tour (I shot at Birmingham's Genting Arena), I didn't get to stay after shooting, so after driving 125 miles to get to the venue I enjoyed as much of the first three as I could.

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Newton Faulkner - Cambridge Corn Exchange

The Cambridge Corn Exchange is very quickly becoming a venue that I'm getting used to shooting at. As I only work 20 minutes away, it's really easy for me to get to after work and it's almost technically on my way home to Peterborough.

Last week I got to shoot Newton Faulkner for Darkus magazine. There were only two other photographers in the pit, which was great as I was shooting with my 50mm so it gave me plenty of room to stand back to get some space in the frame. My experience shooting at the Corn Exchange has been all good so far, and the security are always really lovely and helpful.

Here's a few shots from the night, you can see the full set on Flickr.

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Pvris UK headline tour

Last weekend I got to shoot the Birmingham date of Pvris' first UK headline tour. I've shot them a few times now and the crowds just get bigger and bigger, in fact this gig was completely sold out.

 I never get bored of shooting gigs, especially when they're bands you a fan of, and what made this one even better was that I went with some mates so after shooting we got to enjoy the rest of the gig.

The lighting was a little tricky for this one, but very different, a lot of back light and almost no front lighting.

Here's some of my fav shots...

Pvris

Bones

K Flay

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D.I.D Band promo shoot

It's been four months since I took these photos back in early January, but I can finally reveal them! Birmingham band Escaping Vendetta took the decision to go through a bit of a change and with that came a new band, which has only just been announced, so everything has been kept under wraps since January.

These were taken on an unexpected, very, very cold and snowy day! Here's a few shots from the day. Check out Devil in Dorian on Facebook.

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Ellie Goulding - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena

Ellie Goulding is one of those artists that has been on my list to photograph for a while. Every time that she has announced a tour I've either put a request in that was forgotten about, or I forgot to request it (whoops). Finally this year I made a point of keeping track of the date and nagging my editor at Darkus magazine, and with luck we got approved.

The great thing about shooting at much larger venues is that the lighting is most likely going to be pretty amazing, and this was no different for Ellie's show. I shot using my Nikon D7000 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. As there was a walkway down the middle we had to choose one side of the pit to stand on, I chose the right side (looking at the stage). Sadly she didn't walk down the walkway during our shooting time, but I don't think my 70-200mm would've helped in that situation anyway!

Here's a selection of my favourite shots. The full set can be view on Flickr here.

 

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Bloc Party - Cambridge Corn Exchange

Last week I got to shoot Bloc Party at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. The venue is only about a 20 minute drive from where I now work ( I started a new job in a January), so shooting gigs in Cambridge is quite convenient for me.

I'd seen a mix of photos from previous dates and a lot of people seemed worried about the lighting, so naturally I assumed it would be quite a difficult one to shoot. While the lighting was quite colourful throughout, at times it was spot on. The photo above is my absolute favourite from the full set! I hadn't seen Bloc Party live before, something I definitely regret having seen them now, it was such a lively show and hearing old songs definitely felt like a blast from the past.

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Images taken for Darkus Magazine

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