Tom Peddle's photostream  

Lo there!
If you’re reading this I imagine you must have some interest in finding out who I actually am...
Basically I live in thrilling Havant, went to Southdowns College last year (I even took Photography A-Level) and now spend my time going on 3am walks doing long exposures and light painting with my camera (Yeah, madness runs in the family).

Travelling is my other favourite pastime and I love just hopping on a plane and arriving in another world.
You could more from travelling than through any education.

Next year I want to revisit North Korea, (it *is* the Great Leaders centenary you know) Chernobyl when they’ve reopened the place and possibly Oktoberfest with some friends… That’s always sounded a great laugh.

Now to find a job where I can travel to all of these places, take photo’s and get paid for it :D

Current Equipment:
Canon 5D Mark II - Made me a better photographer without a shadow of a doubt.
Learning THEN getting a better camera is quite simply wasted time and wasted mega-pixels!

Canon G9 - For when my batteries have died or when I’m being more stealthy!
Normally Mum’s when I don’t use it. No, she doesn’t know how to use it either… :D

Canon 50mm f/ 1.4 - A lens that no one should be without. This is a portrait lens and is best suited in such a role!
It’s one that I rarely use, but it’s always there when I’m in the dark (literally) or when I have pre-empted a shoot :)

Canon 24-105mm f/ 4 L - My favourite and most used lens.
This is the one that’s always bolted to the camera and the focal range lends itself to most situations splendidly. Only drawback is the relative slowness of it, but the 5D’s superb noise rendition more than makes up for it!
Bloody useful if it rains, too - Waterproofing FTW.

Old Carl Zeiss Jena’s - Great little keepers from East Germany.
These have fantastic colour, good sharpness and are solidly built. Great for those occasions when you want lots of Bokeh and have plenty of time to fiddle.

And my iPhone with GeoLogTag to put all my photo's directly onto the map.

Software
The main piece of software that EVERYONE, whoever the photographer, should have. If you don’t have this you’re either thick or wasting tonnes of precious time!
Makes life a breeze it does.

Photomatix Pro - Forget Photoshop and any other ‘simplified’ programs, this is the one you need.
Could use bringing into the 21st century, but the ease of use makes it worth looking into whatever the shooters capability :)

Photoshop CS5 - Need I say more?
Content Aware fill is awesome and I generally only use PS to edit small parts or to crop/adjust.

StarStax - Great (and incredibly speedy) little application that makes star trailing easy.
Just tell it where the files are and it’ll complete it in an instant!