News from Gavin Bickerton-Jones Photography

Sorting some wedding prep shots of rings and shoes etc in my home studio, trying out the 5D Mk2 I got on E-Bay which is really good for this type of work. Full frame and good flash control so a good addition to the armoury!  ...

Disaster today, went over to a Kingfisher lake near Ipswich to try and get some diving shots. Didn't see a Kingfisher in 5 hours, then when I decided to leave I slipped next to the pond and dropped my camera in the water! It is completely fried, so now waiting for a replacement to arrive, only saving grace is I didn't have any great Kingfisher shots on the card to get ruined as well !  ...

Nice afternoon in the home studio with young Charlotte doing a photo shoot for grandparent gifts. She was a little star, a born model and gave me a chance to try different flash/lighting techniques which I am quite pleased with. Used a low power on camera flash for a bit of fill flash, and pointed a speed light away from the subject up to an angled white board to bounce back, which gave a nice diffused light....

Tried a different spot on the marsh today, and was delighted to see the Short Eared Owl make an appearance for around an hour. In some ways they hunt in a similar fashion to Barn Owls, just a bit faster and lower to the ground. Their yellow eyes look great in the right light, really piercing and fully focussed. Tried a 1.4 tele-converter for the first time, and quite impressed with the results....

  Great trip to the Norfolk marsh this morning, thanks to Andy Brown for the tip-off. Up at 6AM, up to my knees in marsh mud in the reeds by 7.30 with all my kit, ready to go. Always good while you are waiting to keep checking the light levels and adjusting ISO to as low as you can get away with as the sun comes up. 3 Barn Owls hunting in glorious morning sunshine gave us some great photo opportunities. It really makes you think how easy most of us humans have it when you see how hard thes...