December 2007
15 posts
Seasons Greetings →
Well, Christmas is here again and being a Brit’ living in New England the recent snow has been very exciting…if a little chilly!
The Juncos and Sparrows have been putting on a great show recently and finally started using some of my perches for them. I hope they stay for the rest of the season and go find a few more of their friends too!
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Lens repair tip →
This has been doing the rounds on the photo forums and blogs, well worth the read.
Brian Ayling’s repair tip
You might want to wear some goggles to carry out the repair though
Stay safe…
How much gear do you need to take? →
I mean, how much do you really need to take?
When we recently headed down to Florida for a holiday, we both wanted to shoot birds, scenics and general snapshots…which translates into a lot of stuff, most of which we would want to carry on board the plane.
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Mattias Inks: Star Wars, the baroque version →
Too cool!
From sun to snow →
I have been mainly working on and posting images from our Florida trip over the past couple of weeks…so for a complete change…
The snow came down thick and fast yesterday afternoon and evening depositing about 10 inches where we live, allowing us to wake up to a bit of a winter wonderland this morning!
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Top tips from Rick Sammon →
Well known American photographer Rick Sammon gives 10 top tips to digital photography in this video, shot on location in the Desert of Fire, Nevada.
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Fixing lenses with sticky tape →
I have added a new bit of kit to my main camera bag…a roll of sticky tape.
I don’t mean duct or gaffer tape, I already have those in my bags/car, I mean the clear, sticky tape you use to stick bits of paper together.
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More images and inspiration →
Three more from Florida added to Latest Images and more to come over the next week or so.
I mentioned yesterday that the Henri Cartier-Bresson video was part one of two, so here is the second part, if you didn’t manage to look yourself. Enjoy.
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More images and inspiration →
Three more from Florida added to Latest Images and more to come over the next week or so.
I mentioned yesterday that the Henri Cartier-Bresson video was part one of two, so here is the second part, if you didn’t manage to look yourself. Enjoy.
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Finding photographic inspiration →
Read a photography forum on the internet and you will find a wealth of technobable and people comparing the size of their lens, how much gear they have and what the current favoured pro’ thinks is the best body.
I looked at my bookshelf and found that this too is full of technical ‘how to’ manuals.
I looked at the list of websites and YouTube bookmarks in my browser and...
New images and updated gallery →
I have tidied up the latest images gallery and added the first images from my recent Florida trip. I have also enabled commenting on images…so if you like an image, its easier to let me know!
So, how do you get to the image comments?
There are a couple of ways…if you are looking at the images in a gallery, you can click on the image title, rather than the thumbnail, and get to...
New images and updated gallery →
I have tidied up the latest images gallery and added the first images from my recent Florida trip. I have also enabled commenting on images…so if you like an image, its easier to let me know!
So, how do you get to the image comments?
There are a couple of ways…if you are looking at the images in a gallery, you can click on the image title, rather than the thumbnail, and get to...