by Michael Baister | Sep 29, 2026 | commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, industrial photography, instagram, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sunderland commercial photography, vintage lens
What’s the difference between these two and I’m not just talking about the 5mm focal length! I’ve talked about the 55mm f1.2 lens before, you can see that post here and you can read all about the foybles the 55mm has. So why and what is the 50mm f1.2...
by Michael Baister | Aug 13, 2026 | analogue photography, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, instagram, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sunderland commercial photography, vintage lens
The above image shows two 180mm f2.8 lenses, on the left a manual focus version and you can see an image created with this lens here which is the swimming image near the bottom of the post (traditionally when covering a football match a 300mm was used to cover the...
by Michael Baister | Jul 17, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, analogue photography, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, instagram, michael baister photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sunderland commercial photography
Now this is a strange lens in this day and age! To what exactly does the “GN” in “GN Nikon 45mm” refer? Younger people may be unfamiliar with the acronym. “Guide number” (GN) is an indicator for measuring flash performance. Modern...
by Michael Baister | Jan 6, 2025 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, landscape, lee filters, location photography, long exposure photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sunderland commercial photography
It’s another Scottish Highlands adventure. I’ve done a load of shots like this before and if you want to find out about the last trip and the gear I used you can see that here, as I’m a bit predictable with the equipment used. Also if you’re after a...
by Michael Baister | Oct 15, 2024 | adobe photoshop, analogue photography, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, instagram, large format film photography, location photography, location portrait, manfrotto, medium format, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, northeast commercial photography, story telling, sunderland commercial photography
This is a still image project which is part of something a little larger. Maybe more about that later. I decided to create images for this part of the project with large and medium format cameras that shoot film. As you can see in the image grid below I used a...
