I, Simon Watkinson have very kindly been lent some fantastic equipment by Profoto to shoot outdoors. This equipment provides such prominent and direct light outdoors and can create stunning portraits such as these trampoline shots.

It's amazing the shots you can get with a little imagination... take a model named Libby, a blustery August evening in the heart of the Peak District and a 14 foot trampoline and see what develops!

The whole event was filmed for UTube, including all the fun of getting that rather large trampoline up and over a five foot dry stone wall. Worth the effort though when you see the results.

It feels pretty good when you see yourself in print- and in this month's Digital Pro magazine you can see my test-drive with one of the most talked about cameras in the industry: the Canon 1DS Mark III.
Here at the Peak District Photography Centre I get to work with lots of different cameras that our clients bring on to our courses.
Often clients ask what camera they should purchase next. It's vital that we keep up to date with just what's happening in the industry. So, me and Adam Scorey from the magazine set about testing the Canon versus a Leaf medium format digital back
Which camera won the test review? Two digital heavyweights, two pros, one day...
Read all about my post-shoot verdict and see some of the photos we took whilst out in the field, with our comments and thoughts, in August's Photo Pro Magazine.