I got a call from my good friend Gary Franks, owner of the popular magazine Enduro World, to ask if I would like to join him and his team testing the latest and greatest, full spec KTM 450 Rallye Dakar racing motorcycle. It was going to be entered in the 2017 Dakar event in South America – the most arduous, mentally challenging and physically demanding motorcycle race on planet Earth. What a question? Continue reading “Playing with Big Boys’ Toys”
Due to the variety of genres we shoot for our clients, we have a wish list for the gear we invest in, to make sure it meets the stringent requirements to produce world-class results. We have been fast approaching the switch from small sensor Full HD cameras to large sensor 4K cameras, and that time arrived very recently. The decision as to whether to switch brands has been made easy by Panasonic. Continue reading “A World First”
The world as we know it can be quite a boring place, but every now and then there are seismic rumblings. Less commonly, there is an earthquake that changes the lives of all those in the immediate vicinity, sometimes with tragic consequences. In this case, there is an ATOMOS (read ATOMIC) earthquake that has sent out tsunami-sized ripples and caused panic for its competitors all over the globe. Continue reading “Ninja Assassin — An Atomic Bombshell”