Two Fuji’s One Canon Interesting AF system comparison by @Benji_Cherry between Fuji and Canon autofocus systems. I’ve been getting more and more impressed by these little mirrorless systems (thanks to Ben) and this test shows that the AF is up there with the Canon. Although he’s also posed a bit of a challenge for us to guess which photos relate to which system. Time to get my nerd on. My money is on 1) Canon 2) Fuji / 135mm 3) Fuji 200mm #2fujis1canon. He’ll reveal the answers on Friday. Check out the blog and play your part.  [URL] bencherryphotos: If…Keep reading >>

Anzère Premiere Recap A few words about the highlight of my filmmaking journey so far – the screening of my snowboard film ‘Deeper than Snow’ in the place it all began and sharing it with so many people.  thewhitelinecrew: The lead up to our Swiss premiere was spent in a mix of excitement at idea of returning to the birthplace of the project and screening our film and nervousness to see if anyone would turn up. Afterall, we wanted to share the film with the people of Anzère and thank them for being so wonderfully…

Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival Here’s some words I wrote over on another blog, the one for our snowboard film. It’s a few thoughts on the first ever public screening of our new snowboard film, Deeper than Snow, which screened at the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival last weekend. Check it out!  thewhitelinecrew: It was an honour to have Deeper than Snow debut at the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival. Screened in front of a crowd of between 300-400 people, we couldn’t be happier with its very first screening. Although it’s a teeny tiny film, I’m definitely calling it the world premiere. Here’s…Keep reading >>

Crew Stories: Rob, Editor thewhitelinecrew: I was just supposed to be doing a technical edit. Making sure all the editing techniques were correct, streamline a few things and do some tidying. The plan was agreed in principle before a frame had been shot. A few months later, I got a call from Ismar (we had had regular calls in between to…

The Journey Begins thewhitelinecrew: So here we are, the first day of 2014 and we’re finally ready to ramp it up and start sharing some voluptuous ‘Deeper than Snow’ news and goodies with all of you. It’s been a deliberate silence from us since we finished editing the film in the summer as we’ve been sorting a few things out,…

I Still Shoot Film: How To Take Natural-Looking (Posed) Portraits istillshootfilm: As a professional photographer, people will ask you to shoot all sorts of things… and it won’t always be gorgeous models or extremely interesting street scenes. One of the biggest sources of revenue for me personally is in shooting portraits of regular people who need photos for all sorts of…