Neill Watson

It’s Just Their Opinion….

July 12, 2010

I‘ve been spending an awful lot of time behind the wheel just recently, more often in front of cameras instead of behind. This has lead to a couple of disturbing comments from my colleagues about similarities… First off, I was working with fellow car photographer Tim Andrew in Northumberland recently. I’ll write more about why [...]

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The Ice Driver Project III

March 2, 2009

Here’s an edit of the final footage. You can see a hi res version on SmugMug here. The learning curve for me as a first time user of Apple Final Cut Studio was a steep one and thanks go to various people for their help and advice in getting me up there. Most notable being [...]

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The Ice Driver Project II

March 2, 2009

Previously, I described how I prepared the lightest possible collection of gear to use the Canon 5D in Sweden, hoping that we could cover all the bases and get what we needed. My 1DS works fine in temparatures below -30c, so I had no worries about the camera dying, though previously when shooting stills and [...]

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The Ice Driver Project

February 17, 2009

Just to bring you up to speed about this project, it started more than six months ago when I first saw video footage from the Canon 5D Mk2. Then I saw more footage shot on it and managed to try one briefly at The Flash Centre in Leeds and was hooked. I knew just the [...]

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Professional Photography Survival – The Viewpoints

February 13, 2009

I’ve been a little lax with my blog this month, partly due to the fact that I’ve been travelling in Sweden, so sorry I didn’t get the monthly calendar shot online. However, sitting recharging batteries and catching up, I checked out the latest entry on Chase Jarvis’ blog about photographers and survival and was struck [...]

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When Working For Free is a Winner

January 17, 2009

In December, I wrote about Strobist’s blog entry on working for free and the flurry of comments it created. At the time, I said that I’d find the time in January to write about a time when working for free has worked out for me, so here’s one….

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Is It Neil or Neill Watson?

January 8, 2009

Have you ever typed your own name into Google to see what comes up? With luck and you’re doing your job right with Search Engine Optimisation, you’ll be number one on page one. Of course, you might also be dismayed at how many other people there are in the world with the same name as [...]

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