Back to normal…..

Getting drenched & being shouted at…. Serious RTC in Guildford this evening, Police Officer shouts “What are you doing?” I tell him no need to shout, & fish out my press card. He tells me that I am inside the cordon, I tell him that I am not, I walked here freely & not a single trace of cordon tape or police officers were between where I was standing & where I came from.

According to Surrey Police this morning, unfortunately the elderly victim did not survive.

31/01/2017. RTC Woodbridge Road, between junction Stockton Close & Recreation Road

31/01/2017. RTC Woodbridge Road, between junction Stockton Close & Recreation Road

31/01/2017. RTC Woodbridge Road, between junction Stockton Close & Recreation Road

31/01/2017. RTC Woodbridge Road, between junction Stockton Close & Recreation Road

 

New Bag

Got fed up with transporting the Elinchrom lights in the Elinchrom hard case which holds three heads but not much else, or using an Elinchrom tube case, which only holds two flash-heads & having the third rattling around so found an Elinchrom 3 head Soft Location Bag, which was a clearance item at The Flash Centre, which was £20 off retail. Pleased with it as it carries 2x D-Lite4  & a D-Lite2 (with standard reflectors), plus mains leads, Sync Leads, PocketWizards, Flash meter and a couple of 20cm reflectors as well.

I am sure that this will make transporting the lights to client sites a lot easier, also will look more professional. The light stands, background stands, additional reflectors & modifiers and associated gubbins will roll in a Peli 1650 Case. Nice!

 

Elinchrom

Having sorted one D-lite last week, I decided that I should tackle one of my older ones, a EL250, which has started smoking (I know dirty habit) almost as soon as it is switched on. Figured that it was possible something causing a small short or possibly a build up of dust inside the casing, I thought that I should at least have a look. A bit more complicated to strip down than the D-Lite & there are no teardowns on the web for them (at least that I could find). Anyway out of the case came a shit load of dust & a loose screw (I assume that the previous owner may have had a play). I couldn’t see anything obviously wrong with it, reassembled it & now it works fine.

Aldershot v York

Probably the worst that I have seen Aldershot Town play this season, against relegation battling York. I may have got distracted….

Today was…..

21/01/2017. Chobham Rugby v Dover RFC Dom SAMMUT scores

Today was a nice day, bloody cold but bright, photographing “sheepses” & musicos in the morning and Egg Chasing in the afternoon, just about every football match that I could have covered was frozen off, or else they were playing away from home.

On Friday I went to have a look at an Elinchrom Flash to add to the kit that I already have, it was a reasonable price to start with, however after switching it on for a few minutes something went pop &  the flash died, tried a different lead, still dead. Also the locking mechanism on the mount was broken, Seller suggested £20 to take it away.

Got home, checked fuses, bingo fixed, then to tackle the mount, Dismantled & reassembled, now also fixed. Nice!

Busy Bunny

Been a busy bunny today, people to see, deals to do etc. but at least the weather was good.

Today was mostly..

14/01/2017. Farnborough v Barton Rovers. Sam PEARCE hits the woodwork

Taking photos, including Farnborough FC winning they scored 4 could have been 6 or 7. main photos will be in the Aldershot News & Mail at the weekend.

14/01/2017. Farnborough v Barton Rovers. CJ FEARN carried from the field

14/01/2017. Farnborough v Barton Rovers. Eddie SMITH

Not a lot of snow

And most of it has disappeared already.

Good Cup Win…

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Goal scorer Mario Embalo celebrates

Guildford City went to Epsom & Ewell, a team that in recent season has been a bit of a bogey team for them, but last night in the Surrey Senior Cup they ran out 1-2 winners.

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Debutant Alpha Cauwenbergh

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Man of the Match Greg Haydon

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Kiye Martin celebrates scoring

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Goal scorer Mario Embalo

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Bobby Dormer

Epsom & Ewell v GCFC, Surrey Senior Cup. Goal scorer Mario Embalo celebrates

Apparently Arsenal ….

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Idris KANU

Are interested in Aldershot Town’s Idris Kanu See Here

26/12/2016. Aldershot Town v Woking FC. Idris KANU

I still find it satisfying

Even after all these years I still find it incredibly satisfying to see my photos in print, even in local & regional publications.

Always Enjoy Football

No matter what level  I am photographing, I always enjoy photographing a football match, even more so when the team that I am there to cover wins.

07/01/2017. Aldershot Town v Southport FC. Goalkeeper blocks Scot RENDELL’s shot

07/01/2017. Aldershot Town v Southport FC. Shamir FENELON celebrates

07/01/2017. Aldershot Town v Southport FC

07/01/2017. Aldershot Town v Southport FC Assistant Manager James ROWE & Manager Gary WADDOCK

Kurt Zouma returns

24/10/2016 Chelsea U23 v Derby County U23. Kurt Zouma featured for 45 minutes in the U23 game, now set to return to first team action

24/10/2016 Chelsea U23 v Derby County U23. Kurt Zouma set to return to Chelsea in the FA Cup, featured for 45 minutes in the U23 game

24/10/2016 Chelsea U23 v Derby County U23. Kurt Zouma set to return to Chelsea in the FA Cup, featured for 45 minutes in the U23 game

New Signing for ATFC

Oxford United midfielder Jonny Giles joins Aldershot Town on loan

For more details see Here

‘Kin’ Wet

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Scott RENDELL celebrates

Damn that was wet, New Year Day trip to Woking for  the reverse of the Boxing day game last week, and boy did it rain.

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Scott RENDELL scores

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Scott RENDELL celebrates

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Scott RENDELL celebrates

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Scott RENDELL celebrates

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Aldershot Fans

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Shamir FENELEN

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. Shamir FENELON

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. CONROY fails to hot target from free kick

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. KANU

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day.

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. CONROY

01/01/2017. Woking FC v Aldershot Town FC. New Years Day. CONROY fails to hot target from free kick

Oxford United midfielder Jonny Giles joins Aldershot Town on loan

Ready to Go

All of the important apps are installed on the iPad & the iPhone, including Shuttersnitch which I use for renaming photos that arrive from the WTF-E6 and adding a standard caption & saving to the camera roll, if the images require further tweaking then Photogene is the next tool to be used, images are then emailed to the client or tweeted as required. If I just want something “rough & ready” then Snapseed is used to share on twitter.

In the event of a problem with the iPad then I could fail-over to the iPhone.