Matthew Oldfield Photography

Wilson Wathome Appeal – Please Donate!

Edit 26/8/10 – We’re there! I just received a donation today that has raised the total to £500 – with Gift Aid, that makes £625! A huge thanks to everyone that donated and helped me to reach this target. Using a time-honoured method of picking winners – namely putting everyone’s name in a hat – [...]

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Hadzabe, Africa’s Last Hunter-Gatherers

The Hadzabe of Lake Eyasi are some of the last functional hunter-gatherers in Africa, and perhaps the world. They have lived and hunted in Tanzania for thousands of years, and witnessed the introduction of metal, agriculture, pastoralists, guns and religion. Yet today they number less than 2,000 and their existence is threatened by a lack [...]

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Off-camera flash, off the beaten track… Pt 2

I am back in the UK once again after a 3.5 week trip to Sudan, Tanzania and Kenya, shooting for both a client and myself. Prior to heading off, I invested in an SU800 and SB900 to complement my SB600 with the intentions of shooting plenty more portraits with decent lighting. However, like all of [...]

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Off-camera flash, off the beaten track…

It may surprise you to learn that underwater photographers have been doing the ‘Strobist’ thing for many years now – well, almost. Using off-camera, multiple strobes is quite normal for underwater photogs, mainly in an attempt to minimise the amount of backscatter in the final image. However the vast majority of people don’t venture beyond [...]

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Images Without Borders

The Images Without Borders project was created to benefit Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Fronieres and to connect passionate photographers with a responsible charity and a reputable sponsor, creating a safe way to donate images for relief in Haiti. Members of the public wishing to donate to Doctors Without Borders can now buy limited edition prints [...]

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Protests at COP15, Copenhagen

I have just put up a selection of images from Copenhagen – more to come over the next few days. The protest today was relatively peaceful, apart from a chaotic 30 mins or so that resulted in the police bringing in dog handlers. Tomorrow I will be shooting at another protest and doing some band [...]