News from Bill Allsopp Photography

I am currently running Fuji X cameras alongside a Canon 5D Mk3 although I suspect this will not last for long, I feel so much more comfortable with the X-T1 and X-Pro2 and the lesser weight of the Fuji X system suits me too.

With the Canon I needed the 100mm Lee Filter System but I experimented with the Seven5 on the Fuji X cameras.
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After a grim, grey wet morning the sun came out so we went off to our favourite field at the edge of the National Forest.......


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Just back from a fantastic day at the Photography Show at the NEC. After a very quick wander round a few stands I went to the Toute Suite for Carlie Waite’s talk which was very interesting and then onto the Fuji X Stand where Ben Cherry was assisting, I tried out both the X-Pro 2 and the new 100-400 lens. Impressive? Yes just awesome.
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Yesterday saw a fine morning mist and, as almost always, it called me to go out and see who else was there and what was happening. Often there are giants or fairies at play - safe in the knowledge that humans will not see them and there are ghosts that invade the mind and make all seem magical. So it was I set out with hope to meet new friends and old, see new vistas and shapes both friendly and foreboding.

As usual the Fuji X-T1 performed flawlessly.


"Stand and Point."


"Island of the mind."
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One very happy customer has just received a large acrylic of "Isolation." Must say it looked Fab, first time I have seen it printed as an acrylic.

Had a fab' day In Derbyshire yesterday with the Fuji X-T1 shooting stock images around Hathersage and Mam Tor. The little Fuji is so easy to carry yet so good to use. Weather was great too, not the endless grey we seem to have been palgued with but a steady flow of changeable conditions making for great light and atmosphere. Images all captioned and keyworded ready to upload this morning; now I can't wait to get out again!


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The recent dire weather has put me off a bit so today I borrowed the flowers I bought yesterday for SWMBO. "Black Tulips" Except they were purple. In camera jpeg with a bit of pp tweaking.

On Tuesday I visited Stratford Photographic Group to give my talk "British Landscapes in Colour and Mono." I found them to be a very friendly club with some excellent photographers in their number. It's always a slightly daunting thing to give a talk when a club has such a good reputation and the thoughts that run through my mind include; "Will they enjoy my images," "Am I helping to pass on the knowledge I have gained over my years of photography"

Well it seems on this occasion I need not have worried as the next day I received this email.

Hello Bill,

As I drove home last, I thought I must send you a note of thanks.........
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The long dark nights, the dark wet days, the constant grey skies; it builds and depresses. Only one thing can clear it; I have give myself a good talking to and get out and take photos. There is no such thing as the bad light; only a bad mindset.



So on Saturday morning I got up 90 minutes before dawn, got dressed, had a cup of tea and set off to Swithland Reservoir to take a picture or two. I had something in mind but a landscape photographer has to be flexible and adapt to the situation. The water level was the lowest I have seen at this time of year and acres of mud was not what I had envisaged. The forecast said that we should expect a bald blue sky so I had to move on quickly and sort out a new location. A couple of possibles were checked out and again I had to move on.....
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Ansel Adams said “Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.”

How right he was;


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I received this email from Take a View this week-end and am of course delighted.

"The judging of all shortlisted images in the Take a view Awards has now been completed and the final results decided.

We are pleased to tell you that one of your images has been commended by the judges and has won a place in the Awards book and will at the London exhibition."

This is the image

This is the second time I have had an image included.

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Work and other things have kept me from doing what I like best, going out with my camera and making pictures; but earlier in the week, while walking the dog, I spotted some thistle heads going to seed and thought how lovely they looked so yesterday I went back, armed with my Canon 5DMk3 and a 180mm macro lens


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I am not sure why I even entered the competition this year. Perhaps I was spurred on and encouraged by the progress I have been lucky enough to make after the health problems of the last year. Anyway for whatever reason I entered and am delighted to have had two images shortlisted.

The competition rules prevent me showing you the images.
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Delighted to see another of my pictures gracing a magazine cover, this time the July 2015 edition of Sussex Life.



This image was taken when I was using a Leica M9 and is from a series of images along the south coast of Britain when I travelled from Selsey Bill to Dungeness. This was a most productive and enjoyable trip in fine weather.
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Shooting into the light adds drama to an image but often causes flare. A flare dodger is a simple to make and use tool which can cancel out the effects of flare but you do have to make two exposures.

I have two dodgers, one made from a cut down tea-spoon and the other from a length of wire and some Shumi.


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One of the most important things for a photographer to learn is to make a mental checklist of the things to do before each shot AND to run through that checklist before each shot. No one is perfect, I still slip up sometimes, the light is changing, the moment is fleeting and for whatever reason the shot is rushed. It perhaps looks OK on the camera screen at the time but you get home, view it full size and “oh the disappointment!”


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The last few days, after getting back from Scotland, the days have had a fair bit of light cloud. The conditions were far from ideal for landscape photography but the soft even light of these days is ideal for flower photography...


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I like a drop of Scotch and will readily acknowledge that the main ingredient is water so having just returned from Scotland can confirm that supplies of the amber liquid should continue unchecked for the foreseeable future. Whether they really need quite as much as we saw is another thing.


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We had a sharp shower last night just as the sun was setting, just had time to grab the camera and take a couple of shots of the raindrops on our front window. The light was spectacular.

A week ago we were in North Norfolk, it seems a lifetime ago but I have the memories courtesy of the Fuji X-T1 which as you can see from the attached thumbnails turns in super results and cope well shooting against the light.



I can recommend this camera to anyone ...
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