I bought the eye fi card for my club work so I could edit images quickly on the iPhone and upload to Facebook from the club but seemed to spend more and more time just trying to get the thing to work. I recently had it replaced by eye fi whose support is excellent by the way and despite numerous attempts still struggle to get it to work properly. Like you I found sometimes it works perfectly and other times annoyingly not.

As for battery life I usually get around 900 images from my k-5 mkii on a single charged battery with the eye fi card this goes down to 450 so a 50% decrease in usage.

I think for me on a trip like this I would buy lots of memory cards, back them up to the hard drive through the netbook and only use the memory cards once, keeping them as another backup method.

Another vote for Vapex batteries and chargers here

When I'm working in rain for a time longer than 10 mins I slip one of these on

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000PTFDYO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1388924740&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165

For the price they can't be beat.

Wow thanks guys for your comments so kind and positive.

The duchess shoot was a big deal for me. This was her first appearance since announcing she was pregnant and this was happening in my hometown Grimsby. Nothing like this happens in Grimsby and when getting down there the worlds press was already there, Grimsby has turned into London or Manchester with hundreds of press photographers. Some oft heroes in the photography world where there and I was there too. What's amazing about these kind of events is you need nothing to gain access to the press pen. So long as you look and act professional you're in, no press cards no preaccreditation needed. The subject may not be to everyone's taste but it's part of my photography story for the year.
The wedding proved really difficult not only had it snowed bit the temperature plummeted to -12 outside and I had all these shots planned outside which I had to cancel due to the cold.

Are you aware how much battery life the eyefi card uses in the camera? I have found them to be very unreliable and it maybe easier and simpler to just copy the cards over to the HDD through the netbook.

A brilliant set but that portrait of Faye is just simply stunning.

They returned my k-5 in its original box when I had a repair done by them.

Some great work there David, I particularly liked the Mediterranean Sunrise, something unusual in that shot.

Great set and showing a wide diversity too. The snowflake is wonderful

Been an interesting year, branched out into weddings and club photography, did less music this year and only did 6 festivals rather than the usual dozen or so.

Jodie In January




Bieber in Feb




The Duchess in March




First wedding of the year in a snowy April




Rudimental at Live at Leeds in May




Bruce Forsyth at Glastonbury in June





Something a little different in July




August was the Vaccines at V Festival




September and a sunny walk with Kai the Labrador




October saw me convert to Mac computing




November saw me shooting Seals




And finally december was spent with Wet Wet Wet




Finally my favourite image of the year from my favourite job of the year, shooting Simple Minds for their Facebook page at Hull City Hall.