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I've been a photographer always since I was a kid basically.
You don't have to be shooting at glamourous places, you don't have be shooting at
big events to get really good photography.
Even now when I've got great access to big film festivals and interesting locations
and
all the rest of it, it still boils down to can you get good photo out of
nothing, out of a mundane situation. That is the real test.
Yeah I work in the entertainments division of
Getty Images however if there is a news story that happens right now then
I've got to be there, I've got to do it.
You never know what you might have to use to solve a problem.
I've been in studio scenarios, I've used tin foil to
create affect before. Even just a piece of paper is a reflector,
can save the day. And it's attitude and opportunism and
being inventive to help you get the shot you want to get.
You've got to have an intimate knowledge of your lenses and
your focus system especially and what the sensor is capable of and where your sensor starts to
creak around the edges if you're shooting a high ISO and,
you know, knowing your kit.
The sensor is capable of capturing a lot of information and a lot of detail.
I was in Doha in the desert and the sun was going down behind an amphitheatre and
I thought I'd try and take some sunset photos which is something I don't really do very
often.
So I was analysing the file to see how much detail there was in there.
I noticed spots on the sun so I'm thinking is that sensor dust or is that,
you know, sun spots. So I went on to a website to look at the
sunspot information and I was able to confirm
that the sensor's capable of picking up sun spots on the disc of the sun
and it wasn't dust on the sensor which is pretty impressive.