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Former WBC Bantamweight champion, Wayne McCullough was back in Belfast fir 48 hours this week, and i was lucky enough to get to spend some of the time with him while he was here. I couldn’t put anything up on the blog as it was a surprise visit to help announce the fact that the Cuban [...]

This is my Lexar Card Reader usb 3.0 i’ve been using for quite a while now, and i’ve always found it good and reliable, until i started using it for my Nikon D4 images on my laptop. Either Photomechanic didn’t see the images or else it would open empty grey boxes, i tried Fotostation, Lightroom [...]

This may seem like a strange name for a Blog Post but over on Sportshooter.com they have a post on their message board called “D4 First Impressions Not Good”. I don’t know what camera they’ve been using but some of these photographers have actually given their D4 back to the dealer and gotten their money back [...]

Just to prove that not every job is glamorous, No offence to Dominic Kirwan but i had to go and shoot a job in Lisburn Civic Centre, and it’s similar to shooting in a school gym. There were only a few coloured lights shining on Dominic, so i tried out the D4′s high ISO, although i’m [...]

At last, after having ups and downs, and trying to get the settings the way i wanted them, tonight everything fell into place. This was thanks to a lot of research, a lot of wrong settings and a long phone call with Britains top sports photographer, Dickie Pelham. Dickie is very giving with his knowledge [...]