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Victorian Giants, the birth of art photography
Although I already had the book of the same name, which accompanies the exhibition, there is absolutely nothing to compare with being in the presence of the actual photographs by mid 19th century greats, Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander, and Clementina Hawarden.
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Using a Gimbal Head for Wildlife Photography
Using a gimbal head to photograph sea birds at Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire.
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End of Year round up of some of my favourite images from 2014
My end of the year round up is a selection of some of the pictures I have enjoyed making the most over the past year. To share their blushes, I have left out family portraits…naturally they would be at the very top of the list – pictures that bring back memories of the events of the year, from the birthday of my grand-daughter in January to the birth of my second grandson in July and the birthday of my first grandson in November – moments to treasure…along with the photos of my father with his new great-grandson only a week before he suffered a stroke which took his life. These…
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Review of the Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3) Close-up Lens
Review of the Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3) Close-up Lens
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Pentax K5 IIs First Impressions
Christmas came early in Saddleworth and I was very pleased to take delivery of the new Pentax K5-IIs two weeks ago and gave it a first try-out on commercial clients’ jobs over the following couple of days. It’s a while since I upgraded my camera and I was pushed into this purchase when a piece fell out of my K7 lens mount a couple of days before, leaving me a bit vulnerable if a client needed a job doing at short notice. Some of the features of the K5 IIs 16.28 MP CMOS Sony APS-C Sensor In-camera stabilisation ISO range (expanded) 100-12800 (80-51200) AF System SAFOX X 11-point with -3 to…
