by Michael Baister | Jan 3, 2022 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, architectural interior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, elinchrome lighting, food photography, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, long exposure photography, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, studio photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
As it’s the start of a new year, lets look back at the images that graced the shot of the month E-flyer last year, remember to drop me your email address if you want to be included this year. Also the here’s the camera stats for last year in case...
by Michael Baister | Jul 20, 2021 | adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, large format film photography, lee filters, location photography, manfrotto, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
It’s another analogue trip out, this time with the Hasselblad and 4×5 Walker Titan field camera. I decided on a portrait of the Gas Monitors at Hendon in Sunderland (I also like the one in South Shields, haven’t managed a image of that one yet) these...
by Michael Baister | Mar 11, 2021 | adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, instagram, landscape, location photography, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
A Hasselblad adventure with the 2000FCW camera. On a previous upload I mentioned the reason why I bought this camera. It’s not a nice camera to use, but the lens is something else, a 110mm f2, with a quick focusing lever attachment and recently I’ve just...
by Michael Baister | Jan 5, 2021 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, elinchrome lighting, film making, godox lighting, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, manfrotto, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, studio photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Shot of the Month Review 2020 time again! Above is a bit of on-location action using camera bags as stand weights! So let’s go over to Anthea, who has the “scores-on-the-doors” to examine the stats. You need to be of a certain age to appreciate the Anthea joke! Two...
by Michael Baister | Nov 19, 2020 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, large format film photography, location photography, long exposure photography, manfrotto, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Here’s a film about a book, inspired by all of my Instagram uploads. There’s a funny story, about the first version of this book. Around the late 1990s I decided to create a book of my photographic work at that time. I lovingly scanned the negs (purposefully at the...
by Michael Baister | Oct 20, 2020 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, instagram, landscape, large format film photography, lee filters, location photography, location portrait, long exposure photography, manfrotto, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, sony lenses, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
As promised, and if you can remember that far back, here’s the Hasselblad in all its glory. This one is a 2000FCW and was introduced around 1977. I bought this one for the lens in the late 1990s, a Zeiss Planar F110 f2. The camera had a focal plane shutter (quite...
