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Shot of the Week

It’s been a fairly photo free week for me as I’ve been busy with work and other things. I’ve only managed to take pictures with my mobile phone, like this one of the low sun shining in onto a wall in the kitchen. However I did get a copy of Glyn Dewis’ fab Photoshop Workbook…

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Most Expensive – Part 2

Previously, in Part 1, I talked about some expensive cameras. So what’s the best way to be able to afford a camera worth £25,000?  How about selling a photograph for £2,500,000. Today I want to point you to this post on 500px which talks about the most expensive photographs ever sold. Given that photographs are easy…

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Most Expensive – Part 1

We all know that photography – as with any hobby – can get a bit expensive if you want to go for the latest and greatest stuff. But recently I was pointed to two articles that give the extreme end of photographic expense. In the second post I’ll talk about the most expensive photographs ever…

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Shot of the Week

Unusually for me, I was ahead of the game with the 52 Weeks Theme last week. One of the reasons I love doing the 52 Week challenge is that the weekly themes are always a mix of technical challenges – selective colour or negative space for example – broader subject challenges – food, macro, still…

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World Cyanotype Day

This Saturday is the inaugural World Cyanotype Day. Cyanotype is a simple printing process, originally developed to copy engineering drawings (blueprints) that also made its way into the photography world. You can find out a bit more about Cyanotype from Wiki. It is possible, and by the looks of things fairly easy, to produce a…

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Double Exposure

The theme for last week on my 52 Week challenge was Double Exposure. This is an interesting topic as there are many ways to create a double exposure – either in-camera, by illusion or in post processing so I thought it warranted a separate post rather than the usual entry as shot of the week. So,…

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Shot Of The Week

Usually, for my shot of the week, I focus on the shot I’ve taken for my 52 Week project, but I’m changing that this week for two reasons. Firstly, the theme for the week was Double Exposure which is a topic in itself so I’ll be blogging about that in a separate post in a…

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115 Pictures

A prime way to improve your photography is to practice. Taking pictures every day, or at least several times per week, will help you to better understand how your camera performs. You will get used to the best settings for different situations and learn to change your camera settings quickly almost without thinking. This ability…

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The Panasonic Lumix TZ60

We’ve touched a little bit on kit already, and I’ve mentioned quite a few times the Panasonic Lumix TZ60 that I have with me most of the time, so I thought I’d talk a bit about why I like this camera. And just to clarify, I am not being paid anything for this review. The…

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Shot of the Week

The theme for this week’s 52 Week challenge was Beauty in Everyday Items. As you can see from the link there is a great variety of submissions. Perfect for a LIGHT snack. Sadly my effort falls a bit outside the theme – not so much beauty as amusement in everyday items. Still, the themes are…

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Tips From Up On High

There are all manner of different ways to learn photography and learn about photography. I bought a polystyrene head to practice lighting head shots for example. One of the ways that I enjoy most is the podcast. I subscribe to a number of audio and video podcasts that roll out episodes every week (sometimes more…

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The Man With One Name

People who go by a single name tend to be legends in their field – Pele, Madonna, Prince, Sting, Moliere, Twiggy, Lenin, Caravaggio the list goes on. In the UK we have the incredible fashion photographer Rankin. But the guy I want to talk about today is known by many as The Strobist, real name…

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Shot of the Week

The theme for the week in my Flickr 52 Weeks the 2015 Edition group was backlit. I was hoping to get something nice and natural with sunlight behind but we had almost a whole week of rain, clouds and overcast skies so it was looking unlikely until Tuesday morning I spotted something as I parked…

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