http://www.mattprestonphotography.com Travels with my camera Fri, 14 May 2010 01:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/travel-photography-packing/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/travel-photography-packing/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:49:17 +0000 Matt Preston http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/?p=376 So the time has finally come. The house is packed up and my wife and I are almost ready to leave on our big adventure. If you don’t already know about it where have you been!?! If you do then you’ll no doubt know how excited we are and how we’ve spent the last 8 [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/travel-photography-packing/feed/ 6 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/the-5d-mark-ii-firmware-update/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/the-5d-mark-ii-firmware-update/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 13:15:54 +0000 Matt Preston http://travelswithmycamera.wordpress.com/?p=204 My Canon 5D Mark II is one impressive camera! The ability to record full 1080p HD video through SLR spec lenses really opens up the uses too but it’s automatic aperture controls meant it’s full potential wasn’t being realised. Thankfully today it was announced that the 5D Mark II will be getting a firmware upgrade from [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/the-5d-mark-ii-firmware-update/feed/ 2 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/choosing-a-new-lens/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/choosing-a-new-lens/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:50:47 +0000 Matt Preston http://travelswithmycamera.wordpress.com/?p=140 We photographers like our gadgets. We’re surrounded by them. Whether you’re film or digital one of the great perks of the job is buying lovely new equipment! Now that I’m “full frame” I needed to upgrade my lenses. To get the most out of my 5D Mark II I wanted to put the best glass on [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/choosing-a-new-lens/feed/ 1 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/canon-5d-mk-ii-first-impressions/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/canon-5d-mk-ii-first-impressions/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 +0000 Matt Preston http://travelswithmycamera.wordpress.com/?p=128 I’ve had my 5D mkII about 3 weeks now. It’s been a pretty manic 3 weeks too, getting to grips with my new best friend! I though I’d give a quick first impressions round-up before a full review in a month or so. The Canon 5D MkII has been getting a lot of press lately. It’s [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/canon-5d-mk-ii-first-impressions/feed/ 1 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/more-photography-more-often/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/more-photography-more-often/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:30:19 +0000 Matt Preston http://travelswithmycamera.wordpress.com/?p=87 To become a good photographer you should BE a photographer as much as possible. It’s a pretty simple premise. The more photos you compose, process and analyse the greater you will understand photography and improve upon your skills. So.. it’s simple.. TAKE YOUR CAMERA EVERYWHERE! You never know when a good photo opportunity might appear or [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/more-photography-more-often/feed/ 0 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/the-nifty-fifty-50mm-18f/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/the-nifty-fifty-50mm-18f/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:07:54 +0000 Matt Preston http://travelswithmycamera.wordpress.com/?p=25 When you start to get serious about photography you start looking at lenses to extend your photographic abilities. The internet is a great place to view lenses of all different types and qualities. You’ll soon find they range from the cheap and down right dodgy to the  amazingly fantastic and shockingly expensive. But there’s one lens [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/the-nifty-fifty-50mm-18f/feed/ 3 http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/photography-starts-here/ http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/photography-starts-here/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:32:17 +0000 Matt Preston http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/?p=83 Welcome to my new blog all about Photography. I’d better explain why really. I’ve had a passion for photography for many years now. In recent years I’ve taken it to new levels with my trusty Canon DSLR. In recent months my quality of work and devotion to photography has increased, so much so I have decided [...]]]> http://www.mattprestonphotography.com/photography-starts-here/feed/ 0