SHOOT OUT!

This issue, Ben Brain joins two photographers at the world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for a day of fantastic floral photography – without the aid of a tripod or a macro lens…

CameraS: Nikon D7100, D7000 & D60 Location: Kent

FOrmerly an engineer and IT specialist with BT, Richard is enjoying some quality photography time in his early retirement. His photographic taste is wide-ranging, although he’s keen on sports and street photography, and can often be found in Belgium and France shooting cycle road racing with his D7100 and 70-200mm VR lens.

Richard thought that a Shootout at Kew Gardens would be an interesting opportunity to go outside of his comfort zone – particularly as he doesn’t own a macro lens. www.flickr.com/ richardwestlake

CameraS: Panasonic G80 & G7 (infrared) Location: Norfolk

PAULA is a lead animal health and welfare officer for Norfolk Trading

Standards. She only picked up a camera a few years ago, but she hasn’t wasted a moment: she already lists an award in this year’s International Garden Photographers of the Year competition, as well as shortlisted images in Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Outdoor Photographer of the Year in her accomplishments.

In terms of technique, Paula enjoys working with infrared, intentional camera movement and multipleexposure approaches. iceniphotography.com