We have always been impressed by images of star trails over static subject matter such as mountains. A couple of years ago we tried it in Yosemite as the skies there are good and dark, but our approach was amateurish and so the results were nice but not perfect. Our reasonably successful attempts in Lakeland a Read More …
Author: Phil Royal
Lakeland Impressions
A quick update on some developments up in Cumbria…We have begun to contribute mounted prints to a gallery in Keswick called ‘Brave the Skies’. It’s a new venture for the owner Ged, and we wish him the best of luck with it. We are one of 5 contributors, and have provided a few prints to kick things Read More …
Balloons Galore at the BIBF!!
Last August we attended the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta as members of the public. We’d been before and had experienced a variety of weather, but we were immensely lucky in 2015 and enjoyed 3 launches of 100+ balloons into clear blue skies.The layout of the site is ideal – nicely lit for photography, you are always Read More …
Farnborough & RIAT 2016 : Two shows not to be Missed!
It was two years ago that we were asked to attend both Fairford RIAT and the Farnborough Trade Days and Airshow Show to document the UK debut public displays of the new F-35. Sadly that turned into a rather sad tale – as we documented for WHO. At least we were able to focus on Read More …
Axalp 2015 – the FirePower Demo that wasn’t!
After many years reviewing the awesome images from the Axalp Ebenfluh range in Switzerland at the annual Fliegerschiessen firepower demo, 2015 was set ot be the year we attended to see how good it really was. Rumours have been circulating that public access to the event may be curtailed in the near future, and therefore Read More …
‘Super Moon’ Lunar Eclipse
The recent opportunity to shoot a lunar eclipse (28/09/15) was a great chance to try something more than just catch the occasional star-trail shot. To create the image, we shot the moon over a 2 hour period using a tripod mounted DSLR and 500mm lens. We have a small reflector telescope and german equatorial mount, but Read More …
Yeovilton Airday 2015
Back in July we took an early morning drive down to RNAS Yeovilton to catch the last display from Royal Navy SeaKings in the famous role demo that closes the Yeovilton show. As you may have seen in our blog, we in fact had a very successful drive down and passed Stonehenge just at the Read More …
Rolling Thunder – Promo Piece
Having been involved in the re-enactment scene for many years, it was good to be asked by our friends in Rolling Thunder to provide some pictures for an article in Classic Military Vehicle Magazine.CMV was our first military image outlet and where it all started for Depth of Field, but due to editorial changes – Read More …
RIAT – A Riot (of Noise)
After setting up this website we had intended to keep posting a regular blog of recent shoots and events – well, that hasn’t worked! With so many fantastic events on over the summer, having enough time to promptly sort and properly process images is rare, especially if you have pride in your work and want Read More …
Sunrise at Stonehenge
While heading down to Somerset for the annual Royal Navy Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton, a short stop at Stonehenge for sunrise was made – with a slightly late arrival due to road works! We were greeted with a pleasant layer of mist and dawn cloudscape – a good reason to have dragged ourselves out of bed Read More …