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THEAPPRENTICE
COLIN is an avid nature and
wildlife photographer from Norfolk
and regularly goes photographing
at Pensthorpe, his local nature
reserve. He’s been shooting for
over a decade, picking up a Canon
EOS 1000D as his first DSLR and
progressing later to a 5D Mark III.
However, he’s recently made the
switch to mirrorless, investing in
Canon’s EOS R, so we’ve teamed
him up with astro photography pro
Chris Grimmer to show him how to
get the most out of it, even in
pitch-black conditions.NAME:
COLIN BRAY
CAMERA:CANON EOS R
APPRENTICE
CANON PRO
IN 2015 Chris was shortlisted
for the Insight Astronomy
Photographer of the Year and
was shortlisted twice for the UK
Astrophotographer of the Year! It’s
safe to say Chris knows a thing or
two about creating amazing
star-filled shots and he uses a
whole host of equipment from
converted cameras to tripod heads
that rotate to tracks stars and
telescopes. We’ve paired him up
with Colin to show him the ropes.
http://www.chrisgrimmerphoto.comNAME:
CHRIS GRIMMER
CAMERAS:70D & 500D
70D converted to shoot full spectrum
astro and 500D Infrared converted