James Vellacott – mirror.co.uk

It’s a fact of life that right now the news and ideas flow is quite slow, people are more thinking of the summer breaks and holidays than reading blogs. However one of the blogs that we follow here is that of James Vellacott a photographer on the Daily Mirror newspaper in the UK. James is a keen Canon user and seems to be enjoying the flexibility of stills and video in one camera with his EOS 5D Mark II. James’ blog is a great place to pick up tips on using Canon cameras, and a lot of the background to the stories that we see in the national press in the UK. Like many photographers working on daily press stories he’s often shooting a varied range of work from personalities in the studio, to prime ministers and politicians having a bad or good day. Having had the opportunity to meet James earlier in the year and see some of his work from Afghanistan last Christmas he’s a really great person and his blog is definitely worth reading from a photographers point of view.