Using Multiple Flash Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-06-18 | An Ash Vase I made at the weekend and I needed some images to finish off the video. This was a good chance to experiment with various lighting options, starting from a single flash up to using three.The video of the vase being made can be seen here youtu.be/X09cxSg0UzE
Flash and Continuous Lights Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-09-23 | Another visit to the local woods. However this time I'm going to be using Flash as well as continuous lighting, sometimes using them both at once.
Extension Tubes (Meike RF) Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-09-17 | It's the start of the Fungi season, which means Macro Photography. I've purchased the Meike RF Extension Tubes and test several of my lenses on how much of a difference they have to the image size.Meike RF Extension Tubes amazon.co.uk/dp/B07T1CY6BS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Outside Flash Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-09-03 | Tacking using flash outside in this video. In reality it doesn't matter where you use flash, the same principals are used for outside the same as you would inside.
Aviation Photography Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-08-27 | I had to drop the wife and her friend off in Newcastle and decided to go to the local Airport. There is a viewpoint at Newcastle Airport on a footpath right in the middle of fields, where you can look right down the runway.Luckily the planes had changed from earlier in the day of landing at the west end to the east end of the runway. This meant I wasn't shooting into the light.
Wildlife Along The River Eden Carlisle Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-08-20 | A walk along the River Eden in Carlisle. With the new RF 100-500 and 1.4 Extender mounted to the Camera, there was quite a few birds to capture.
Getting Out For Lunch Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-08-13 | Lunchtime is a great time to get away from the job and forget about what is going on and enjoy the local area. Three days in a row I've been out and managed to see different things.
Long Walk Not Needed Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-08-06 | The day was supposed to be changeable weather, so I decided to just go for a drive and see what was about. All images were taken with my new RF 100-500 lens and looking for wildlife.
Forest Walk With A New Lens Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-30 | After searching for local footpaths again, a 30 minute drive for a very remote location that's only 15 miles away. This time I'm in a forestry area with all the usual kit and a new lens. Some opportunities taken and some missed.
Port Carlisle Birds Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-26 | A few images from a trip to Port Carlisle of some of the wildlife.
River Tyne South To Lambley Viaduct Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-23 | Walking along the River Tyne South to the Lambley Viaduct. I ended up mainly using the RF 35mm for most of the images. What started off as a rather dull overcast day ended up with some wonderful blue skies with white clouds to break it all up.
Using The Equipment You Have Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-18 | Finally got to the Lanercost Bridge. This bridge was built in 1724 and was in use as a transport bridge until the 1960's.This project was all about using the equipment I have available, If you don't have certain equipment then you change on how and what you do.
Dandelions Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-15 | A few images from a still life shoot of a Dandelion and it's seeds.
A Nice End To The Weekend Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-14 | Saturday wasn't exactly the best day with blocked footpaths and then cut short by thunderstorms. Sunday evening, apart from the wind was a really nice end to the weekend. Visiting my local Talkin Tarn just East of Carlisle.
However Much Planning Things Dont Always Go As Expected Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-11 | Lots of research for local public footpaths. Initially everything was fine but early signs of problems in that there wasn't signs was just the start of the trip going wrong.Fortunately I did come away with a few reasonable images.
Travelling Light With Just The Nifty Fifty Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-07-08 | A local walk and travelling very light with just the Nifty Fifty on a very overcast and breezy day. This is not my normal way of photography so did present a new challenge on trying to get some reasonable images.
Prime Lens Challenge Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-06-20 | After buying the Thrift Nifty Fifty, I now have 5 prime lenses in the bag. On the third recent trip to Miltonrigg Wood, I set myself a challenge to get an image with each lens.
How To Make Flash Light Soft Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-06-06 | Turning the harsh shadows created by direct flash light is very simple. In this video I cover several options from free items you have around the house to a few options that are still affordable to almost everyone.
Miltonrigg Wood - Macro & Wide Angle Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-06-02 | Back to Miltonrigg Wood and this time part of the area I didn't walk last time. Oddly even though taking all my gear only the 35mm Macro and 100mm Macro were used.
Insects 1 Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-06-02 | Some of the insects that I have recently seen in close up (Macro)
Why Use Flash? Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-05-29 | A few months ago I would never have dreamt of using flash, especially on still life unless I really had to. Watching a lot of videos you learn the basics all about light and controlling it. In this video I cover the very basics on just how easy it is, where it doesn't need to be expensive.
Miltonrigg Woods - Flora Fauna Landscape Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-05-26 | I last visited here about 9 months ago when I first bought my current camera and struggled to get pleasing images. Move on 9 months and after visiting a lot of woods decided to try again and push myself for the images. Being a hot day at the end of May certainty helped bringing out the insects for starters.
Dandelions Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-05-24 | Watching Lee Hall, who really likes Macro. Water Droplets and Dandelions, I thought I would have my go at this type of photography and hopefully put my twist on it.Using flash like seems much easier to control the lighting, especially in a room full of light.You can see the other video here of the vases being made youtu.be/eveeBYrJsLQ
Plants and Insects Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-05-21 | First time out in a few weeks and even though I went back to my local woods at High Stand I was unsure with the change of seasons exactly what to expect. Carrying a heavy rucksack within metres of the car I soon found the first plants that took my interest. By the time I had been through the woods on he narrow pathways and out onto a main pathway the focus changed to insects as there were lots about with all the Dandelions.
Replicating Portrait Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-05-15 | I've been watching a lot of studio videos lately which really helps to learn all about lighting. On a couple of those videos I found something that I wanted to try and replicate. Just using one speedlite to get a final image that I was happy with.
Egg Cup Photo Shoot Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-05-07 | I made a couple of egg cups in the shed for my other YouTube Channel where the challenge was to make a more interesting image to be used on that channel.In this video I go through all the steps from how I take images for the other channel and how to make them a bit more dramatic and interesting.You can see the other video here youtu.be/Bd_fX5H8etQ
Neewer Sppedlite Diffusers Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-04-30 | This is my review on the Neewer Speedlite Diffusers. I bought the twin pack which contains a rectangle and an octagonal diffuser. These slip onto the front of the Speedlite flashgun rectangle or the newer round head shape and is held in place with a Velcro strap.
Photographic Light Gels Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-04-26 | I've been dabbling with flash and lighting recently so decided to buy a set of coloured Gels. Here is how I got on with my first test images.Gavin Hoey on Adorama TV - youtube.com/@Adorama/search?query=gavin%20hoeyGavin Hoey YouTube - youtube.com/@UCB9r-KZLgvgtfQl3TvAgNJQ Amazon Coloured Gels A4 - amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GJRVS1B3?ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_title&th=1
NEEWER RGB62 & TL96 LED Lights with the T30 Flexible Tripod Review Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-04-18 | I've had these for 5 months now and thought I would share my opinion on theNEEWER RGB62 App Control Magnetic RGB Video LightBASICS TL96 RGB Magnetic Handheld Light StickT30 Flexible Tripod KitThese were all bought with my own money and my opinion only.
Reflection & Macro In Very Changeable Weather Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-31 | Today was supposed to be the better day of the weekend. Starting off with lots of sunshine that soon kept changing with rain, hail and even some snow.It was quite a challenge to get any half descent images.
River Petteril and Wreay Woods Nature Reserve Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-26 | Another sunny Saturday and a walk along the River Petteril through Wreay Woods Nature Reserve. Lots of things to see and certainly lots of photo opportunities to be had.
Beach Sunset Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-23 | Sunshine over the sea with the silhouette of a dog walker.
Focus Bracketing & Focus Stacking Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-21 | Looking at how automatic Focus Bracketing / Stacking is done and how to do it manually.
Sparrow Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-20 | The hour before sunset and the garden comes alive with so many species of birds.
A Very Hilly Coombs Wood Cumbria Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-19 | Cooms Woods in Cumbria is very Hilly, dropping quite an altitude down to the river Eden. Maybe not the best time of year to visit, but a very sunny Saturday in mid March did produce a few interesting images.The woods have a lot of nice tracks at one end which are well used by Mountain Bikers.
Getting into Macro Photography Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-14 | Covering some of the basics of Macro Photography. Either a macro lens, Extension Tubes or maybe a combination of both.
Birds You May See Every Day Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-12 | Some more common birds that you may see around every day
Water Birds Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-12 | A mixture of birds that are found on or around the water.
Landscap And Nature Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-11 | A few landscape and nature images from a walk around a local woods. Finally some sunshine!
Landscapes, Nature & Lots of Sun Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-11 | Best day of the year so far with the weather. Despite starting the day defrosting the car, the sun was really warm. The mind soon changed from just looking low down for macro and went straight to the wide angle for Landscapes. The trip involved using several lenses with all types of subject matter.
K&F Concept Quick Release 32mm Camera Neck Strap Review Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-07 | I was needing a quick release strap and opted to buy the K&F Concept Quick Release 32mm Camera Neck Strap. This is my own personal review from unboxing to installation, along with what I think of the quality.
Gelt Woods Feb 2026 Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-03-01 | Another trip to Gelt woods just 3 months later. To my surprise it isn't just the season change from Autumn to Winter. Walking a lot further than expected which has produced a lot of ideas for future projects on what to photograph.
Gelt Woods November 2025 Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-02-25 | I've been to Gelt Woods before on a previous video. This was the other side of the river wandering through a private estate on public footpaths. Where you can walk is fairly restricted, but the footpaths are very wide and do give quite a few interesting things to see.
Frosty Morning around a Grade II listed Church Yard Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-02-19 | Finally a sunny morning with blue skies and a nice frost. The year has been pretty bad for weather so far and this seemed the ideal time to visit the local disused church that dates back at least 900 years.A large graveyard made for lots of things to look at a lots of possibilities for images using a whole range of focal lengths.
After a very wet January Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-02-13 | First time out this year as we've had a very wet January with a lot of rainfall across the whole country. Not really knowing what to look at for images. I soon went back to the favourite of macro. Beginning of February and there are lots of new buds appearing on plants which make some interesting macro shots.
Hartside Summit Cumbria Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-01-11 | A few images from Hartside Summit Cumbria Sunset to the Night Sky
Hartside Summit Astrophotography Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-01-10 | Some night time photography trying to catch the stars and possibly planets. Looking at the Clear Skies App for when it was supposed to be clear, I drove to Hartside Summit, between Penrith and Alston. At a height of 1903 feet the views are quite stunning where you can see the hills in Scotland 45 miles away.Unfortunately the moon was high in the sky at over 80% brightness so did cause some issues and helped with others.
Scouting Around Kingmoor Nature Reserve Paul Lockwood Photography 2026-01-01 | I found Kingmoor Nature Reserve on google maps looking at satellite images and decided this may be a place of interest. It was a cold very overcast day so not much expectation for images at the end of December.This was treated as a scouting trip to see what the place has to offer and come back at a better season and lighting conditions to hopefully catch some nice images.
