L or none L?

Yes Yes Yes this is a lens blog, you know the drill, if you dont wanna hear camera talk go put your head in a metal bin and bang it really hard with a wooden spoon! For the rest of you......

After coming out from last weeks rave and seeing some of the images from other togs there I got a little of the green eye. Not really over anything bad just that they where all using fish eye lens(yes as in the eyes of a fish).I did borrow a friends super wide angle (10-20mm) and I cant believe ho much I missed using a lens like that. IN events and raves you cant always move back and you want to get as much as you can in the frame. (See below) 

An Image I took with the WideAngle

At the mo I am stuck on a 24-70 so the wide angle is not very wide when you put it on a cropped censor camera. So having a wide angle to play with was a lot of fun. This week I have sold my old camera and now have some money to play with to get a new lens. 

canon 16-35mm f 2.8

Now I would love to get the trinity of canon glass (16-35 f2.8, 24-70 f2.8 and the 70-200 f2.8) of witch I own one of. I saw the 16-35 f2.8 in Jacobs going for silly money. Trouble is that they sold it before I had the cash. SOOOO I have been looking at some 3rd party glass. 

Tokina 16-28 f/2.8

Canon 10-22mm F3.5-45

SIGMA 8-16mm F4.5-5.6

Tokina AF 11-16mm

Now these lens range from aroun the £479 to about £800 and the one I would like brand new is around £1,200.00

Now - You do get what you pay for as my daddy always says... A friend tells me that the L and none L lens preform ruffle the same and paying so much extra is not worth it, But at the same time, when you buy a Canon L lens, you really do have peace of mind that that lens is going to be with you a long LONG time!

Now im going but to my reviews and research... Wish my luck!

Little Venice Walk

Just an update to let you know I have uploaded some pics of late... One set being from last weeks rave and the other from a walk I took in London's fancy end (Warwick Avenue) otherwise know as Little Venice

If you would like to see the full set head over to the site using this LINK.

Total Recall?

I did hear about this a few months back but only just saw the trailer for the 2012 relise of "Total Recall"

Now I loved the last film, It was one of the 1st really mind bending movies that I watched as a kid. Yes its a straight up action movie with a hooker with 3 titties but look below the surface and you have a really intriguing sci-fi movie on your hands.

Is everything happening as you see it, or is it the fake memory that his living out? Most dont see that of an Schwarzenegger movie but it does make you re-think the whole film after you find out!

Were going to be finding out soon enough!

Oh and just case you dont know this already.... THEY DONT EVEN GO TO MARS!!!

Living for the weekend!

Another crazy weekend has pasted and I have even more photos to get through.

But this weekend had a rave in it so as some of you know, I cant help but get out shooting live events... I just went through some of the images but its going to take a day or so of working to get them live, Dont stress They will be up soon enough.

My Friends and Fire!

For now I have just exported a single image from the night that was to celebrate one of my best friends birthdays. Shame I had a mini shoot tonight as I would have loved to keep the party going till Monday morning.

Anyways Happy Birthday JackJack! See you soon babe xx

Shooting Friends!

As I am an up and coming photographer I have done some amazing shoots and most of them have been with my friends. While I can work with them well as I am already close with them, I love working with them but there is always that little voice in my head telling me that there not going to like them.

I have been told by my friends that they really like my images but once your on a shoot with them I stress about living up to the hype they have given me.

Now I know this is just my being silly but I like to give people what they want, Most of the time I can give it to them but some times I just dont feel like I have done a good enough job for them.

I dont know, maybe its just me. Maybe I should just get on with what I do but sometimes I find that your own skill can be your down fall.

Images from past shoots can be found on my site (http://skinselliott.webs.com)

Corner Shop Shoot

The last few weeks have been crazy so now im going to do some updating.

Am I am going to start with one of my gigs last week, It was for an old friend of mine. He promots singers and hip hop artists in London, And he asked me to get some images for him.

So I ended up getting there just on time, Got the images and shot off back home ready for the beginning of the next day... I had already had a shoot and my mind was on that still but I still did a good job.

The full set can be seen on my site on this LINK

Sorry Guys....

It has been a crazy few weeks this end. I have been up late and running around the place alot.

I have moved a friend, been to party's, Spinning at Spits and had a few photo shoots. 

So I will be trying to get you guys back up to date soon enough!

Water Dropplets (20120310)

I have been on the camera today again, I orders an off-camera flash lead about 3weeks ago and today it turned up!! So much for "Fast Delivery"

So when I got back in after a little trip with Fluff in town, I see about setting up a still life shoot. I will not blast you with details as there is a vid on YouTube you can see of the details, But I had alot of fun getting some great images..

As the norm, You can find the full set on my SITE.

Here is the vid I spoke of before!

Hyde Park Walk!

Short Blog today...

I went to Hyde Park in London today and I got some amazing images, and to edit them I was using the  brand new LightRoom 4. I will do a blog about LR4 soon but it is an amazing bit of software and I would tell any tog friend to grab it even if there already using LightRoom 3.

Below is some of the images I shot today!
As Normal you can find the FULL set on my site, So head over there or use this LINK!

So what are you waiting for?  LINK!

Bob & Me

Ok this is going to be one of them "deep and meaningful" blogs but I feel I have to share a video I have just seen.

A book to read!

Some of you might not know me very well and some might have know me for years but I really hate bully's!

Of late I have called out a few of my friends about racist comments or sexist views. With some I took it as people just trying to be cool and to get a point across, other's I see as just being silly and saying something that they have herd someone else say. 

I have been making it a point of my life to re-educate some people that I feel should know better, While some I have just called out on being a biggit! Just because our grandparent said something does not mean its ok for us to, Just because its not show that it has upset someone does not make it fine. Were talking about sex, race or what ever it is that you think makes us different from each other... Drop all this shit as were not different, everyone of us is the same, every life form has the right to be happy and safe.

My case in point for many of my friends is the term "Gay", meaning something bad, Now I know where this comes from as well calling something queer once meant it was not the norm, but after a while queer  was used as a diss to gay people. I am so sick of people calling something gay when its implie that its wrong or bad, We are speaking English here people and I believe that we should start doing that again. Read some books and pick up where the words come from! The Etymologicon is one that I would check out.

Every so often you find someone that feels the same about something that you do but its rare to find someone that feels that they should stand up within there own circles of friends and family to say something right and fair. My Girlfriend has asked me why I like this guy so much and I think this might help her to understand. The fact that I believe as he does that everyone should have there say but at the same time call out some "free speech" as the hateful comments that they are.

Now the video that started this blog is from MovieBob, A man living in the U.S who like me cant stand a bully. He has a blog, Youtube channel and also does Game/Movie themed shows on the escapistmagazine.com showing some of the great and the worst we as a race have to offer!

    

The Escapist : The Big Picture : Not Okay

Now some of you might have a problem with what I am saying and I welcome you to give me your comments  but like I say about the trolls all over YouTube... Just because you can say it, does not mean you should!