mattsando

All with my Olympus E-P2 and Panasonic 20mm f/1.7.

There are loads. Google will honestly help you 4 million times quicker.

The 7D is good, but the 5DmkII is better. I owned a 7D and sold it for a 5DmkII.

I would also go and buy another if I lost mine! You could wait for the MKIII, but like the 5DmkI owners found... Canon will make you wait!

Lighting is either artificial or is shot somewhere where the light falls-off really quickly. For example, door-ways are good for light like that. The editing probably exaggerates the lighting. And then there's a lot of highlight/shadow work to produce a faux-HDR-type-effect. Oh, and then the B&W.

What aspect of the photo are you referring to? The lighting? The (obvious) PP like the grain, HDR-lite look?

Might have a Crumpler "The Big Cheese" in black for sale now that I have a lot less gear? More info on it here: http://www.crumpler.eu/index.cfm?seite=photo-back-packs&productID=6506&sprache=EN Mine's pretty much brand-new. No marks or scuffs or holes or anything like that. Let me know, anyway.

They stole all of those ideas off of me. Bloody Russians...

E-mail the photographer and simply ask for one: "heey:) me and my cousin wanted a cheap shoot. could you please give me one of your cheape prices? cheers x "

Yes, definitely make sure your photographer has the most expensive camera and lens on the market. If it's the most expensive then you're pretty much guaranteed great photos.

I'm sure they're great.

Do it for £10.

I'm referring to consumer 'digital' albums, such as Bob Books, Blurb etc... and not really the slip-in types. Even with the slip-in types the quality of the printed photos can be really bad if you don't use a decent lab.

...and with negligible quality.

Glad you took it in the right way. Usually people get defensive and offended - even when they've asked for an opinion.