26/52 a dark black and white portrait. Tom was sleepily watching the tv before bed ans so I was actually messing Ooh that's ace Phil! And thanks for keeping this going whilst I've been out of sorts. I'm going to have a bit of a trawl through what I've shot but not yet posted, and see if I can't mak...

Great stuff Phil..

.. and thanks for keeping up the momentum whilst I've been off the radar the past few weeks. Hopefully I'll get back on it ASAP!

I went out this morning to do some action sport photography with of camera flash. it was very bright sun and was actually more tricky than I though.

Anything in particular you struggled with?

Love the composition on that shot of the Lido..

I'll bring a light meter..

Ahh, simples! Big Octa, up as close as possible for starters then

Love these shots. Really liking the landscape one and the way the smoke is just creeping in front of the bushes on the left hand side. it really leads the eye into the picture . Cheers, pretty simple setup really.. The biggest difficulties are that the smoke only lasts about a minute, and with a bi...

Any thoughts on lighting styles you'd like to try for this Phil?

This one was splash. great fun doing this one everything got soaked

Great idea! I've been meaning to have a go at that kind of thing for ages, must give it a go sometime.

Not really sure how I'd categorise these, multiple lights, off-camera flash, smoke bombs etc.. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1665/25288375673_cac865cfc9_c.jpg The Bounty Hunter by Richard Olpin , on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1689/25284359354_6480ea6e3d_c.jpg The Bounty Hunter by Richard...