Capturing the views across London as the city came alive once more following months of lockdown – Cityscape Frame Averaging on the Phase One IQ4 Camera System.
Photo Shoots
Durdle Door – The Challenges Facing Our Jurassic Coast’s Heritage
Reflecting on the incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site as a back-yard coastal destination – Paul looks at its recent past & future challenges at Durdle Door
Moments That Last A Lifetime – The Story Of Our Prints
This is not about putting a picture on your wall. Telling the story behind our limited edition fine art photography prints – Moments that last a lifetime
Digital Camera Magazine – Frame Averaging and XT One to One Masterclass
Learn about switching to Medium Format, what Frame Averaging means for the wider industry, Phase One XT, and more in this month’s Digital Camera magazine.
Milford Sound – The Superstar of New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park
Standing tall and majestic in New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park, the peaks that surround Milford Sound can capture light in truly magnificent ways throughout the year…
Greenland – Capturing the Glaciers & Icebergs of the Arctic Circle
Paul Reiffer explores the amazing icebergs and glaciers of Ilulissat, Greenland, during the midnight sun – capturing the floating giants of Disko Bay.
Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney – South East Australia’s Cities & Beyond
Beyond the “default” of Sydney as a primary destination, Paul explores the photographic opportunities in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Great Ocean Road and more.
Review – Launching the Brand New Phase One XT Medium Format Field Camera
Just when you thought the image quality of Phase One’s IQ4 150MP full frame medium format system couldn’t get any better, they launch the Phase One XT camera…
No, 100 megapixels+ will not make you a better photographer – but this might…
The race is back on amongst the consumer imaging brands – but will Fuji’s GFX 100 megapixel camera actually make you a better photographer? (Spoiler alert : NO)
Fire in the Hole! – Grand Teton’s Snake River & Mormon Row
Exploring Jackson Hole, Grand Teton National Park and the mountains of Wyoming – from Snake River to Mormon Row with fine art photographer Paul Reiffer.
Mono Lake – Shooting ‘The Other World’ for Nearly 20 Years
While relatively off-the-beaten-track, Mono Lake’s incredible “tufa” formations across its shoreline bring photographers from far and wide to capture these unusual scenes – Paul Reiffer.
Death Valley – Photographs from the Hottest Place on Earth
Paul’s guide to photographing the amazing landscapes of Death Valley National Park. When to visit, which locations to shoot, what to look for in a workshop
Patagonia – Part One: Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile
Exploring the Chilean side of Patagonia – Torres Del Paine National Park, nestled amongst the Andes in one of South America’s most rugged photography locations.
Firefall – Capturing the Winter Glow of Yosemite’s Horsetail Falls
It’s so rare to find solitude in the world when combined with a stunning natural phenomenon; Yosemite National Park’s “Firefall” delivers both nature and crowds
Behind The Scenes – Shooting the Phase One IQ4 150MP Launch Images
The Phase One IQ4 150MP Infinity Platform ships at the end of this month, and for the past week I’ve been their focus in the latest marketing campaign.
Las Vegas – Capturing The Strip in Ultra-HD
Capturing the Las Vegas Strip and Fountains of Bellagio in 150+ megapixels of medium format image from a stunning location in the heart of Sin City.
Hands-on Review – Launching the Phase One IQ4 150MP Infinity Platform Camera System
151 million pixels of pure medium format perfection, combined with the most advanced camera system in the world – all revealed inside today’s announcement and hardware release from the amazing guys at Phase One in Copenhagen. For sure, the IQ4 150MP tech specs are impressive: A Back Side-Illuminated (BSI) sensor capable of capturing unsurpassed levels of detail onto dual storage cards, coupled with lenses that can resolve incredible resolutions in a camera package that now […]
Shoot for the Moon – Capturing the 2018 Lunar Eclipse
While eclipses of all sorts happen throughout each year – from “blood moons” to annular solar eclipses, total eclipses and every partial one in between, this year’s lunar eclipse promised something special: the longest lunar eclipse in the 21st century. So the call from Rollei came – could I come across and be involved in their live shoot on Instagram, capturing the spectacle from Hamburg? Well, why not…? With a few days’ preparation beforehand and […]
Light Pollution, Astroklar & Natural Night Filter Review – Do They Really Work?
Light pollution: Increasingly a challenge for city dwellers and photographers alike. Those deep, dark skies that I’m lucky enough to see full of stars out in the countryside are becoming an endangered species in their own right as the world’s population continues to rise and urban areas inevitably expand. The problem is, with all that light bouncing around, our view of the night sky (and ability to capture it) continues to diminish on a daily […]
Capture Dedication – Win one of our All-Inclusive Workshops with Phase One
Updated – only 24 hours to go before entries close at 23:59, 23rd April 2018 (CEST)! Once again, Phase One have pulled some huge prizes out of the bag for their latest Capture One Pro competition, and all you have to do to win is show them an image which is really special to you as a photographer… The top prize? An all-inclusive workshop with me, to your choice of either California or Shanghai later […]
Norway’s Lofoten Islands – Stunning? Yes. “Untamed”? I’m not so sure.
It’s one of landscape photography’s “big ticks” – that shot of the fishermans cottages in the shadow of Lofoten’s mountain range in Hamnøy; one of the archipelago’s tiny islands connected by bridges that span for miles across the region. I have to admit, it’s been a place I’d been wanting to shoot for a while, so when the opportunity arose to test some new equipment in low temperatures, it was pretty high up there on […]
Rollei Lion Rock 30 Mk II Review – Could this be the most stable tripod, ever?
There’s a new kid on the block – well, triplets, actually : The Rollei Lion Rock Mark II series of tripods, made by FotoPro, with three different heights and capacities of up to 20kg, 25kg and 30kg. So, having used tripods from Manfrotto, Really Right Stuff, Gitzo and many others – after years of them trying to convince me to switch from my existing “old favourites”, could this finally be “the one”? Last year, I […]
The Boston Rooftops – Beantown in Trichromatic Detail
So here we are again, stood on top of an historic building, looking out over the city of Boston just after sunset. What a view, and what a night. It wasn’t the night I’d been planning, to be fair – this was supposed to be a really quick trip to capture the snow that had fallen over Cape Cod – checking out Race Point Lighthouse for the first time and seeing how some new equipment […]
Capture One – Advanced Masks & Adjustments, Bridging the Filter Gap
Glass filters are an essential part of many landscape photograpers’ kit bags, but what happens when there simply isn’t the perfect filter for the scene before your eyes?
Paul guides you through how Capure One’s advanced masks and dynamic range recovery tools can help bring that image back to exactly what you saw.