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Your Kent Wedding magazine – Wedding Photography – Current Issue
Posted on March 8, 2010
You’ll find me in the experts’ Q&A section again of the Your Kent Wedding magazine talking about whether your photographer has experience or not – so I couldn’t resist putting these in the blog from last summer!
Waterham Photographic Studios in Kent | newly refurbished | associate photographer Tim Stubbings
Posted on March 8, 2010
I wanted to briefly pass on some good news and additional capabilities should you require them!
As part of their expansion and refurbishment and in order to better serve a rapidly growing commercial customer base, Waterham Studios in Kent are including Tim Stubbings Photography as an associate, meaning that I can provide for you:
- 580 square feet raised ceiling commercial studio shooting space
- high quality product and advertising photography with live view monitors
- air conditioned meeting and viewing space with 42” plasma screen
- changing facilities
I’ve been an admirer of John Burgess and Waterham Studios for a long time and this associate scheme means that I can now offer Waterham’s many years of high-end commercial studio expertise to my client base whilst at the same time being able to give Waterham extended capacity for location and editorial work in return. I’ve spent the last few years trying to find the best location for a studio that is local to me and with Waterham the facilities are excellent. I’m hoping that there will also be opportunities to expand the provision of training courses to include more studio sessions with the people at Waterham.
John Burgess of Waterham Studios says “Waterham Photographic Studios is growing to the extent that we’re establishing a small number of Associates like Tim following our refurbishment. Everything that he needs to run a studio-based business is available here. Our success means that we’re not always available to cover all of the work and having Associates involved allows us to offer a wider range and greater choice to our clients. By working in association with other professionals whom you trust and respect in the industry and who can call upon each other should they encounter issues or need advice, we’re on our way to achieving the long term goal of a Centre of Photography for Kent.”
Tim Stubbings at Waterham Studios, Kent – between Faversham, Whitstable and Canterbury, just off the A2.
Hair salon Whitstable Kent – Robert Mitchell Hair Studio
Posted on March 3, 2010
I shot some pictures today for some of the stylists at Robert Mitchell. The purpose was for a competition entry with two different themes. We shot outside and in (abandoning one of my urban concrete underpass locations because the graffiti had been removed!). Robert Mitchell will also use some of these pictures on their website. If you have any web, brochure or other commercial photography needs please have a look at www.timstubbings.co.uk. Technical stuff – I travelled light today: 1 camera, 1 lens, 2 speedlights, pocket wizards and a reflector. If you’d like to improve your own camera skills why not come to the next course on 21st March in Canterbury?
Restaurants in Ramsgate : Eddie Gilbert’s : Kent Restaurant Awards Winner
Posted on February 25, 2010
I spent today photographing at Eddie Gilbert’s with a same day turnaround so that the pictures could be supplied to Olive Magazine. Eddie Gilbert’s is a quality fishmonger, a gourmet fish and chip shop and a fine restaurant with a Michelin trained chef here in the heart of Ramsgate. It won the best newcomer at this year’s Kent Restaurant Awards. I undertake a range of editorial and commercial photography, and for more information please visit www.timstubbings.co.uk.
Camera Skills Workshop : Photography training : Iffin House, Canterbury 21st March
Posted on February 22, 2010
Join us for a full day of small group tuition in the beautiful surroundings of Iffin House, Canterbury.
The course will help you to understand your camera functions and the basic building blocks of photography. We will use plenty of practical exercises so that you can the camera’s menu systems to help you achieve better photographs. You will also be photographing outdoor portraiture using a model.
Full Day – 15 places maximum, £145.00
Overview: This is a unique opportunity to spend time not just learning about the camera but putting the theory straight into practice. It’s a great way of not being afraid to master your camera to free you to take more creative pictures.
• the nature and behaviour of light
• how light is captured
• exposure – shutter speed, aperture
• depth of field
• the effect of lenses
• responding to light – composition
• using technique to order your environment – metering and focus points
• Fill-in light
You will require a digital SLR* with manual as well as automatic controls. *An SLR is not a point and shoot camera – it has the ability to take different lenses and accessories. Please ask if you are unsure.
KCC Kent County Council conference : community safety
Posted on January 25, 2010
Kent County Council organise some very good conferences, thanks to the work of Deborah Malthouse and the team at the Communications Unit. I was asked to photograph a very informative and well-attended conference (at the Ashford International Hotel) exploring the role of volunteering and the partnerships that result from it in the public and private sector.
Technical / training note – very low venue light meant 800 ISO and a steady hand. At these sorts of event it is not always possible to use flash but I had to make use of an off-camera 580Ex11 and an ST-E2 to try and create some keylights somewhere.
Although based as a photographer in Kent I cover corporate and commercial work across the UK. If you would like to know more do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
Camera skills training course – Canterbury
Posted on January 25, 2010
I ran a short residential course recently in Canterbury, Kent for owners of compact or basic function cameras that wanted to improve their camera skills in composition and technical understanding. I had to limit myself to both an old Canon S70 point and shoot and an equally old Canon 20D with a Tokina 28-70 lens (the point being that for under £100.00 you could be up and running). I will always find the restrictions of the point and shoot cameras frustrating – the lag between the focus time and the problems with image quality -but I was determined to get what I could out of the under £100 DSLR combination. The images below were mainly ISO 800 in very low light, aperture at 2.8 and a shutter speed of between 1/50 and 1/60. Low light can create beautiful, soft cushioning to the human face. The final picture of Canterbury Cathedral was taken on the point-and-shoot S70, a timed exposure at F8.
If you would like to know more about camera courses and digital photography training do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
Whitstable in the snow – Kent photography out in the cold
Posted on January 11, 2010
Ok, so the novelty wore off after the first 5 days of cancelled appointments and being stuck in traffic! I did have a chance to sneak out in sub-zero temperatures with an old Canon 20D to take some shots. Without gloves, my fingers seized up and started to stick to the camera after about 15 minutes…
Photographing snow can be tricky because the camera’s inbuilt light meter is fooled by all of the white reflection and panics into thinking there’s too much light getting into the camera. So, you have to manually tell it to ignore this and let more in by using the exposure compenation function by say +1. In challenging lighting conditions (low winter sunlight) you might need to experiment and season to taste. If you would like to know more about camera courses and digital photography training do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
Winter Wedding in Kent – Canterbury Winters Barns
Posted on November 23, 2009
Despite Saturday’s changeable weather, Peter & Dawn had their winter wedding without umbrellas at the Winters Barns in Canterbury Kent. A late afternoon kick-off meant low light and plenty of scope to use off-camera flash and a monopod for the natural light shots. If you’d like to get in touch about planning your winter wedding, I’d love to hear from you. Although based as a photographer in Kent I cover weddings and portrait and commercial work across the UK. If you would like to know more do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
Winter wedding musings by a Kent wedding photographer
Posted on November 20, 2009
I was asked to write a piece recently for a wedding magazine for brides worried about getting married in winter when there isn’t brilliant sunshine. Without wishing to make wedding photographers sound miserable, direct bright sunlight is not good for photographs which is why we tend to put people straight into the shade. If we don’t then you get screwed up eyes and perspiring faces (and that’s just the photographer…).
Winter light is softer and less intense, although when it’s low in the sky at the start and end of the day it can be strong. More often than not it is cloudy and it just means seeking out pockets of light or photographing indoors if it is too cold. In fact I have a wedding tomorrow in Kent where it’s a late kick off and I know it will be too cold to shoot the couple outdoors. Winter weddings can be just as rewarding as those photographed in the summer. Although based as a photographer in Kent I cover weddings, portrait and commercial photography across the UK. If you would like to know more do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
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