Olympic News – Peter Llewellyn appointed as Deputy Photo Manager
I am pleased to be able to announce that I have been appointed to the position of Deputy Photo Manager for the London Olympic Games. I have previously worked at seven Olympics — six times as a photographer — and was the Photo Manager at Whistler Olympic Park for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. This [...]
Rainy Day Macro
Recently, while out snappy away on the back forty, I realized that when you’re shooting macro you literally can’t have a bad day. It doesn’t matter if it’s sunny, cloudy, dark or even raining, you can still get some great shots. You don’t need great light if you’re using a flash, in fact as long [...]
Buying a Used Camera
posted by Mike Byrne If you’re wandering around with a Canon 20D or a Nikon D40, it might be time to upgrade your camera body. You could pay $1050 for a new 60D or $1200 for a D7000 but that’s a lot of money. A quick search of Craigslist or UsedEverywhere (insert your city name [...]
Photographers Right to Choose
All photographers should be able to chose whether their images should be sold as rights managed or royalty free. For those who don’t understand the difference, basically a rights managed image is licensed for a specific use for a single fee, whereas a royalty free Image is licensed by the purchaser for any use, and [...]
Canon vs Nikon vs Something Else
posted by Mike Byrne It’s the age old question for photographers. Should I buy Canon or Nikon? Or should I forgo the duopoly and look at Sony or some other manufacturer? Canon and Nikon make great products (as do Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Olympus and a host of others) and if you have invested heavily in [...]
Nikon and Canon affected by Japan’s disaster
Our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to all victims of the devastating quake and tsunami that hit Northern Japan on Friday. Both Nikon and Canon have closed facilities in the region and both have personnel who have suffered injuries and loss in the disaster. Nikon has suspended all operations at it’s Sendai plant, which is in [...]
Drop-In Photography Workshops
Except for a wee bit of rain (and a wee bit more later on) Saturday’s Drop-In Photography session at Blenkinsop Lake went well, with four photographers dropping by to photograph ducks, mergansers, and a very obliging great blue heron. We spent most of the time talking about shutter speeds, aperture settings and ISO and what [...]
2012 Photo tours dates for your diary
I know we are only a short way into 2011 but already we are in the process of setting dates for photo tours in 2012. Peter will be leading the following tours in 2012 (others to follow). Chobe National Park, Botswana 2012. If you were not able to make the Chobe trip this year in [...]
blueSLR remote trigger and geolocation system
I’ve always been interested in an effective way to remotely control and trigger my DSLR. While there are many solutions, every one I’ve seen involves connecting my DSLR to my laptop, which generally isn’t practical for shooting wildlife or sports. Then I heard about the blueSLR system developed by Canadian company XEquals, which not only [...]
A little competition is a glorious thing…
I almost fainted when I first read the Canon announcement that they are working on a 200-400mm f/4.0 lens. Maybe it pays to whine. Maybe I wasn’t the only Canon shooter getting his ass kicked by some gloating Nikon guy. The sad part, of course, is that the lens is still in development and won’t [...]
Are Canon reading this blog?
It seems that Canon engineers must be reading the Split-Seconds blog! Obviously as a direct result of the whining by Mike they have decided to immediately announce that they are working on the imminent release of a 200 – 400mm f4 lens and just to get one up on Nikon this model will have a [...]
The Falstaffs Experience
Working on assignment can lead to some very strange experiences…and some great ones too. For several years I had a producer who sent me to the most unlikely places with instructions to “shoot what you can, this place should be great for…[fill in the blank according to the assignment]. The “should” in the preceding sentence [...]
The other half
Hi all – I’m Peter, the ‘older’ one of the pair but only according to my birthday – I’m certainly the better looking of the duo! I’m also the one who uses ‘proper’ photo equipment, that of course being Nikon. Been using those black lenses since my first job as a freelance sports photographer for [...]
Welcome to Split-Seconds
Welcome to Split-Seconds Photography! Split-Seconds is a collaboration between professional photographers Mike Byrne and Peter Llewellyn. It is our goal to provide outstanding photography workshops, tours and field trips for all photography enthusiasts. Along the way we’ll create some awesome nature and wildlife images for stock sales. Let me introduce myself. I’m Mike, the young [...]