The Blog
I love writing about my photography experiences. I’m not 100% sure why I enjoy it so much, but I am encouraged by the feedback I get and it seems like they are useful to people. It’s usually a combination of descriptions of my outings and reviews of gear that I’ve bought and used. I like to think it’s a more realistic and genuine approach than much of the influence-riddled sponsored stuff you see on social media these days.
I’ve imported many blog posts from my old tobinators.com website which I had archived. I’ll gradually be going through those and adding back the images and sorting the formatting, so bear with me. It’s a lot of work! So don’t be too baffled when you see a lot of unformatted text - the content is still there.
Banger Racing and the World Dirt Final
Fantastic entertainment at Smallfield Raceway as the bangers go at each other and the World Dirt Final is contested.
4am: Where's the fog?
It's 4 in the morning on the last weekend in June and I'm standing by the River Thames
A Painful Night at Chelsea
Adrenaline, frustration, poor comms, painful shooting position, and other things that contrived to annoy the hell out of me as Chelsea lost 0-1 to Manchester United.
A bit of inspiration
A lightbulb moment occurs as I realise the extent of my slide into sameness.
New Year, New Gear
Canon's new 70-200 f/2.8L IS Mark II goes into the kit bag with excellent results.
That'll do nicely thanks
England are mauled by a superior Springboks team and go down 11-21 at Twickenham.
World Hovercraft Championships 2010
Towcester Race Course in Northamptonshire was the location for the Griffon Hoverwork World Hovercraft Championship 2010.Presented by the Hovercraft Club of Great Britian, the five days of racing were treated to the full spectrum of typical english summer weather.
World Rope Skipping Championships 2010
Belgium take the Male Teams world title, and Australia win the Open Teams title at Loughborough, UK on 31st July 2010.
2010 Veuve Cliquot Gold Cup
The 2010 Veuve Cliquot Gold Cup and The John Cowdray Trophy at Cowdray Park Polo Club.
Dubai take the Queen's Cup at Guards
Dubai beat Les Lions II in a very close final of the 50th Queen's Cup polo tournament at Guards Polo Club, Windsor, UK
Polo World Series - New York 11-10 Paris
Jack Kidd's Team City AM New York squeak past Lucas White's IG Index Team Paris with seconds to go to win the 2nd Polo In The Park tournament 11-10.
Winners Clean Up At World Custard Pie Championships
The High Pressure Cleaning Company win the World Custard Pie Championships at Coxheath in Kent, beating the Coxheath team 95-56 in a fast paced and very messy final.
World Marble Championships
The team world marble championship goes to Germany after an nail biting finish at Tinsley Green in Sussex.
BBL Trophy Final
Newcastle Eagles beat Cheshire Jets 111-95 in a slightly one-sided final at the Guildford Spectrum on 21st March 2010.
Thinking about the Canon 1D Mark IV
Is the Canon 1D Mark IV going to get Canon back to the top of the tree, or will Nikon stay up there with the D3?