Author: Simon Day

What to do! Sony Camera, changing battery wiped photos (Sony A9, A7iii, A7iv). Rebuilding the database does NOT erase the photos!

Posted on by Simon Day in Photography

I was halfway through a wedding day, the battery was getting low on one of my Sony A9’s. As I’ve done a thousand times, I turned off the camera, took the battery out, and put a new one in. This time, however, when I turned it on I had a black screen with a message saying something about rebuilding the database. You can’t stop it from happening and when it was done, my camera was saying there were no photos on the card. DO NOT PANIC, your photos are safe! This is what you need to do…

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Dance group photographer using the stage at the Palace Theatre, Paignton.

Posted on by Simon Day in Photography, Portraits, Theatre

Anyone who reads my Theatre blogs may smile at this post. I often speak about the ‘Purple Beam of Doom’ LED light. In this case, I actually wanted it on for a dance group photoshoot. Let’s see how it went…

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A March Wedding at Cockington Court, Torquay. A tale of why a wedding photographer is always adapting during the day…

Posted on by Simon Day in Devon Wedding, Photography, Wedding Photography

No matter how planned a wedding is, no matter how meticulous you are, things can change. As a wedding photographer, you have to be able to adapt quickly to those changes and sometimes rejig an entirely new timeline, on the fly, to work those changes in. This was a great example of adapting to requests and changes.

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