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Tonbridge Camera Club

Steve Collins — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:56:58 +0000

On Thursday 2nd September I have been invited to give the opening lecture for the new season at Tonbridge Camera Club. If you ever fancied popping along to the club to see what goes on, Thursday could be a very good night to do it You can find out more about this very active camera club at http://www.tonbridgecameraclub.org.uk/

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Spares

Steve Collins — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:53:56 +0000

Some images from our recent shoot on location with the Hastings based band, “Spares“…

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The English Groomers Challenge – Sunday 13th June 2010

Steve Collins — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:46:51 +0000

All the images from the recent English Groomers Challenge have now been uploaded.

All the images are on my gallery at Photobox which can be found at http://www.photoboxgallery.com/momofoto.

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Don’t Miss Carl’s Landscapes at The Big White Wall

Steve Collins — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:53:13 +0000

Over the next two weeks, friend and fellow photographer Carl Abrams, will be exhibiting his superb landscape photographs at The Big White Wall at Tunbridge Wells Library. Don’t miss it!

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Skinners May Ball 2010

Steve Collins — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:45:37 +0000

Images from the Skinners PTA May Ball, held on Saturday May 15th, have now been uploaded to Photobox. You can access them by clicking the link below…

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/momofoto/collection?album_id=387527686

..and you can find more shots on the site of my fellow photographer, Jon Bolland…

http://www.strobeme.com/skinners

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Dash ‘n’ Splash at the Kent County Fair (Saturday)

Steve Collins — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:31:16 +0000

Photos from Saturday’s Dash ‘n’ Splash and Splash ‘n’ Grab events have now been uploaded to Photobox.

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/momofoto/collection?album_id=371992144

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Correx Grids for Elinchrom Ranger Quadra

Steve Collins — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:33:32 +0000

Those of you lucky enough to own the excellent Elinchrom Ranger Quadra flash system will be familiar with two things; firstly, that the default reflectors throw the light in a very wide arc and secondly that the Elinchrom made grids are not cheap. So, faced with the dilemma of needing some control of these powerful little lights I pulled on that staple of home made Strobist light modifiers; Black Correx.

Correx (Or Corroplast as it is known in North America) is that corrugated black plastic sheet that is primarily used for sign making. The trickiest thing is tracking it down – I got mine from http://www.mdpsupplies.co.uk, but you’ll have to buy a few sheets at a time. Even so, you can pick up ten 32″x24″ sheets from MD Supplies for £17 +vat when I last checked. That’s more than enough for several grids for your Quadras and several Correx gridded snoots for you speedlights

Once you’ve got hold of your Correx, making the grid is simplicity in itself. All you need is sharp knife, some ducktape and some rubber bands for mounting on the heads. So far I’ve made 1cm deep and 2cm deep grids. I’ve yet to compare these with the actual Elinchrom 30, 20 and 12 degree grids, but have shown some initial test shots below to give you some idea of the control these grids offer (These shots were all taken with the 2cm deep grid).

So, in a bit more detail, armed with your Correx sheet, this is what you need to do;

1. For the standard 13.5cm reflector, you’ll need to cut 40 x 2cm wide strips.
2. Once you’ve cut your strips, stack them side by side.
3. Wrap a loop of Ducktape taughtly around the shortest sides to hold the lot together (I over lapped by about 3cm)
4. Attach to your reflectors with rubber bands as shown in the image below.

As is, these work well. You might get some light spill around the back edge, but I’m thinking of adding some foam to the back, with a hole cut out for the reflector to resolve this.

Here’s a few close ups of the grids in action with an Elinchrom “A” head;

This portfolio shot was also taken with a 2cm Correx Grid. I reckon it did a pretty good job of keeping the light spill off of the jetty

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Steve Collins and TN:PK Interviewed for BBC South East

Steve Collins — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:52:00 +0000

Steve Collins and TN:PK Interviewed for BBC South East from Steve Collins on Vimeo.

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Latest Portfolio Updates

Steve Collins — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:22:34 +0000

Two very different shots taken shortly after dawn at Bewl Water last weekend.

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Magnus The Masseur

Steve Collins — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:09:53 +0000

On Sunday evening we found ourselves up on Devil’s Dyke with Magnus. This is a shot we’ve had planned for several months and on Sunday evening (despite an atrociously cold north wind!) everthing fell into place and we came up with this.

Magnus is a masseur and healer. I wanted to try and encapsulate the power of his hands in the most graphic way possible. I think it works

You can read more about Magnus at his website; http://www.magnusthemasseur.co.uk/ and also follow him on facebook.

As Magnus would say… Bless

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