Tommorrow I'm at the Wex open day in Manchester. As its what was Calumet of old im not expecting to many Pentax offerings. But quite a selection of studio lighting items to interest me..

The new store is opened by Mike McCartney.. (Mike McGear) Who is now a celebrity photographer of some rapute.. If like me and your of a certain age and where around in the Seventies. You may know him as a poet or the lead singer of the group "The Scaffold" Having a little chart success at the time. Changing his name to Mike McGear because he was infact the younger brother of Paul McCartney.. Cant have been easy at that time.

He's there for the day to answer photography questions.... But my mind is blank.....!!

If you met a celebrity photographer what would be the type of things you would want to ask them...?
Help me out...lol Thanks in advance...

Lovely shots.. really highlight the pace of the sport.

Great post... Never seen light stand extensions before.

This kind of achievement is why the K7 is so underrated.. K1 wouldn't produce a better one.. Well done.!! Catchlights maybe open to debate.. Everyone's opinion is different,,

Though I own a Gary Fong diffuser and the 60cm Softbox. Ive never used them in conjuction with each other... (But im now sure gonna give it a try now...lol) Curiosity will kill me....!!

I'll be interested in the light spread and intensity difference. When using the Gary Fong as opposed to what I usually do when using a flashgun and just use the gun;s own diffuser to spread the light..

Perfect images.. Looks a very interesting place

nice work with only one light source. Good even light

Great portraits Nigel. Love the hairlight.. Great to see your system getting cheaper too with the V6 coming back into play..

I have the colapable softboxes and studio strobes. You cant use them together. the neck of the softbox is too tight around the strobes bulb and more importantly the modelling lamp... 250 watt on mine . It would catch fire.

Once again though lovely portraits and now young lady...

These are great. I had never thought about 135mm as a walkabout focal length. Will certainly have to reconsider..

"Oh no... He's not going.. He'll be posting more of those damn bugs. I cant match.....!! Nearly as bad as those other guys that do the trains...." Lol Great news Derek... It wouldn't have been the same. K3ii isn't that much of a step back.