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 14, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, Giotto tripods, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, lee filters, location lighting, location photography, location portrait, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon flash, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, sunderland commercial photography
In the classic film The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy ventured into the woods, she was rightly concerned about Lions and Tigers and Bears….Oh my! Of course I didn’t find any of those but I did find the usual fare of forest managers (and what a nice bunch of...
by Michael Baister | Jun 17, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, benro tripods, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, lee filters, location photography, long exposure photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
This is an interesting night shot for World Haemophilia Day commissioned by Spectrum Science. Buildings that are bathed in red light can sometimes be a little disappointing with digital capture. Yes cameras capture in RGB colour space, but for some reason (usually...
by Michael Baister | May 14, 2026 | adobe lightroom, adobe photoshop, architectural exterior, commercial photography, commercial photography newcastle, industrial photography, instagram, landscape, location photography, michael baister photography, newcastle commercial photography, nikon cameras, nikon lenses, northeast commercial photography, sony cameras, story telling, street photography, sunderland commercial photography, urban landscape
Gas monitors were quite common things 30 plus years ago but for some reason they slowly started to disappear! The most famous one was the monitor that was just outside The Oval cricket ground in London which was built in 1853 and is now a listed building. There were...
