Author Archives: PaulReiffer

Where did the sunshine go…?

By PaulReiffer | Published May 7, 2012

Wow, it’s been a looooooong time since I wrote on here – and for that, I can only apologise. Those following me on facebook and twitter will know that it’s been a crazy busy few months, but I know that’s no excuse for not checking in on here every now and then. So tonight, I was [...]

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Posted in Advertising, Equipment, Landscape, Magazines, Photo Shoots, Uncategorized, Website | Tagged Canon 5D Mark III, Countryside, Death Valley, Dorset, Dublin, England, Herald, Landscape, Magazine, Mr Gay UK, Newspaper, Racetrack, Sam Kneen, Sun | Leave a comment

BIPP Professional Photography Awards 2012 – Bronze Winner

By PaulReiffer | Published March 17, 2012

Cool – I won “bronze” in Fashion, Hair & Beauty at the 2012 Professional Photography Awards – held at BFI Southbank in London last night Last year’s awards were held at Blenheim Palace, in Oxford, and while it was a fantastic location – I have to admit I’m not really the formal dinner suit type… [...]

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Posted in Creative, Industry, Technical, Website | Tagged 2012, Awards, Beauty, BFI, BIPP, Bronze, Fashion, Hair, London, Professional Photography Awards | 6 Comments

Neutral Density and ND-Grad Filters – what’s the use?

By PaulReiffer | Published March 5, 2012

Quick question: What do the following images have in common? The simple answer? They’d be impossible shots to take without some form of filter – and in this particular case, a filter which many people misunderstand or simply don’t think they need. That is, until they understand the power that it can have when shooting [...]

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Posted in Creative, Equipment, Landscape, Technical | Tagged Aperture, Filter, Graduated, Landscape, Motion, ND, ND-Grad, Neutral Density, Sunrise, Sunset, Technique, Water | Leave a comment

Chasing the Northern Lights – Aurora Borealis from Tromsø, Norway

By PaulReiffer | Published February 16, 2012

This is a photograph I never thought I’d get – not only because I hadn’t planned a trip to Norway (the Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis had never been something I thought I would see for myself) – but also on the first dark Friday night there, having spent 4 hours freezing by the side [...]

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Posted in Creative, Landscape, Photo Shoots | Tagged Aurora Borealis, Landscape, Mountains, Night, Northern Lights, Norway, Sky, Tromso | 2 Comments

Can technology make a model? – Photoshop vs reality : who wins?

By PaulReiffer | Published February 5, 2012

It’s been a long-running debate: “How much photoshop is too much photoshop?”. In the same way that the word “text” didn’t used to be a verb, the word “Photoshop” (obviously copyright Adobe) has become synonymous with retouching or “airbrushing” worldwide. As a digital photographer, it’s one of the key tools I use every day, and [...]

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Posted in Creative, Equipment, Industry, Magazines | Tagged Agency, Body Shapes, Digital, Disasters, Fotoshop, Guardian, Holland, Manipulation, Model, Newspaper, Next Top Model, Photoshop, Retouching | 1 Comment

Sculpture By The Lakes – Art by Simon Gudgeon in Dorset

By PaulReiffer | Published February 3, 2012

It’s funny – as photographers, we always tend to rule out “miserable days”. The sky is dull and grey, no warmth to the light and not even any direct sunlight to cast an interesting shadow. So, having pre-booked tickets to go and visit “Sculpture By The Lakes” – an exhibition at Pallington Lakes by artist [...]

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Posted in Creative, Industry | Tagged Artwork, Black Swans, Dancing Cranes, Dorset, Isis, Metal, Pallington Lakes, Sculpture, Sculpture By The Lakes, Simon Gudgeon, Thoth, Water | 1 Comment

Doubletake Studios goes into administration/bankruptcy

By PaulReiffer | Published January 29, 2012

With a backdrop of established businesses – La Senza, Peacocks, Comet, etc heading for (or indeed buried in) administration, I guess it was only a matter of time before one of the “big studios” would go to the wall. It seems first up is Doubletake Studios… Now, to clarify, it’s NEVER a good thing in [...]

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Posted in Industry, Website | Tagged Administration, Bankruptcy, Con, Doubletake, Makeover, New ID, Photo Shoot, Studios | Leave a comment

Photographing the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge

By PaulReiffer | Published January 20, 2012

After a gruelling CES in Las Vegas, a free day in San Francisco was just what I needed, and the prospect of spending the day shooting with a great photographer friend of mine – Scott Marrs – was not to be missed With my new Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II in my bag, it was [...]

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Posted in Creative, Landscape, Photo Shoots | Tagged Bay, Bay Area, Bay Bridge, Bridge, California, Cityscape, Golden Gate, Landscape, San Francisco, Sunrise, Sunset, Treasure Island, Water | Leave a comment

CES 2012 Round-Up – The Photographer’s Perspective from Las Vegas

By PaulReiffer | Published January 17, 2012

CES – or the “Consumer Electronics Show” in Las Vegas this year was a must-see for me. While there to look at everything, and learn about emerging technologies in the conference, I couldn’t help but keep my “photographer hat” on and hunt out some little gems during the 4 days I was in town. So, [...]

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Posted in Equipment, Website | Tagged 1D-X, 2012, Canon, CES, Consumer Electronics Show, D4, DSLR, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Convention Center, Lenses, Light Field Camera, Lytro, Nikon, PMA, Sigma | Leave a comment

New kit additions, Northern Lights, CES and some travel!

By PaulReiffer | Published January 10, 2012

It’s been a strange few weeks really – following Christmas. First off, I’ve finally got my hands on my Canon PowerShot S100 – the replacement to the S95 with which I shot my Thailand images. Amazon UK really let me down on that one, but luckily their counterparts in the US managed to get one in [...]

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