National Badminton Championships 2010

Nice surprise today. The  poster for the English National Badminton Championships 2010 was unveiled on the www.badmintonengland.co.uk website. 

The shot of Jenny Wallwork is one of mine from last years event. Great to see some emotion from one of England’s stars of the future, go girl!

looking forward to next years event of course. If you see me there, don’t be shy, always happy to chat.

Alan.

Canon D1 MKIV

At long last! Canon announced the D1 MKIV today see here:- http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3108&productID=349&articleTypeID=125

Time to dust off the cheque book and replace my aging D1 MKIIn, well yes, along with half the photographers on the planet. If you shoot indoors without flash then is probably going to be a must have camera. However if you shoot mainly outdoors you may want to wait awhile for the fuss to die down, why? well you could think like this. In good light (ok I know the MKIII had some problems in bright sun). Is this really going to be worth spending £4.5K over what your shooting with at the moment?

 

My guess is that yes you will see an improvement in the quality of the images (pixels and sharpness, please, please sharpness!) But and this is the big but will it make you a better photographer?   I still think good and great photos are created by guys and girls who really know what they are doing and not the black box of tricks in their hands? Good light,  An understanding of what your shooting, different and usual composition, is what will make you images stand out from the crowd, not which camera you use.

So will I be blowing next years mortgage one of these babies, well yes! As I spend half my life shooting fast sports in trully horrible lighting, then I’d be daft not to! When? Well my next letter will be starting “Dear Santa”.

Cheers.

Alan.