Models / Dancers – How to Work with Me…
If you’re an aspiring model or dancer and would like to work with me, there are three options that might be of interest: 1) I pay you: This is the traditional modelling fee scenario. I will pay you for your time. Usually the images are just for my portfolio unless
Matt Smith achieves Qualified Status with the Guild of Photographers
I am hugely honoured to announce that in May 2020 I have achieved Qualified Status with the Guild of Photographers, the major trade body for photographers in the UK. Having won various awards for individual images and multiple lifetime memberships of ‘The Photographer’s Bar’ in various genres with the Guild
Matt Smith of Wildcard Photography Receives Multiple Awards from Trade Body
You may recall that in 2018 I was awarded lifetime membership of ‘The Photographer’s Bar’ by The Guild of Photographers, the leading trade association of which I am a member. The distinction of the Bar is hard to achieve as it requires submitting images throughout the course of a year that a
Best Enthusiast Lenses for Canon APS-C Cameras
Introduction Below you will find information on my recommended lenses for Canon digital cameras. All of these items I either own myself or have used in the past. Of course, there may be other products on the market that are just as good but I cannot recommend them if I
Matt Smith Awarded Membership of The Photographer’s Bar (2018)
Some of you may have seen me posting images over the past year that have received awards from the Guild of Photographers. Whilst these individual image awards are highly valued and very welcome, I can now reveal that what I was really working towards throughout the year was finally
Choosing your first ‘proper’ camera
It seems like a minefield with so many manufacturers each offering lots of different models of camera. It can be very difficult to decide what to buy. The first choice is whether to go for a mirrorless camera or a Digital SLR. Essentially they both do the same thing (ie take
Classic British Bikes Calendar 2018
We are once again very pleased to be exclusively supplying images to the Classic British Bikes Calendar 2018 that will be available online and in the high street this autumn. The images are taken from our extensive photo library of classic motorcycles and now represents our tenth year of supplying
Military Vehicles Photographic Activity Day
What a great day we had recently on our Military Vehicles Photography Activity Day at Armourgeddon on the Northamptonshire / Leicestershire border. We ran this day on a Friday to ensure that we had exclusive use of the venue, other than a film crew that arrived in the afternoon
Photography Tips: Pre-Visualisation
They say ‘the camera never lies’ but even in the days before the likes of Photoshop, people were manipulating images and attempting to trick the viewer, either deliberately as hoaxes or simply to create to something that wasn’t actually there for artistic purposes. These days we have Photoshop that can