Tuesday, 21 February 2012

State of the Arts conference 2012

Spent the day at The Lowry, Manchester, photographing Art Council England's annual State of the Arts conference.

Hosted by Kirsty Wark, speakers included Ed Vaizey MP (Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) and Arlene Phillips. The conference closed with a performance by Contact Playback and was followed by a reception at the Imperial War Museum North.


The Lowry



Ed Vaizey MP



Kirtsy Wark


Arlene Phillips


Alan Davey, Arts Council England Chief Executive


Contact Playback


Imperial War Museum North

Friday, 17 February 2012

I am Nikon

I think that's what the adverts say?

In the long distant past of using film, I used Nikon film cameras, but like many photographers switching to digital, I changed to Canon, as at the time their kit was the better option for me.

Now over 10 years later with many Canon users going back to Nikon....I have followed suit.

I'm not into arguing about which brand is better. They're both great camera systems and whether I use Canon or Nikon, I'm still the one who has to point them in the right direction.

But to keep up with the competition I needed to upgrade my camera kit.....and at the moment the Nikons seem to be better suited to the sort of work I do, which has so far been proved with the assignments I have shot with them.

So....I'm selling most of my Canon gear....but not all of it just yet. You never know what Canon might come out with in the next few months.