Or why it’s important to keep your kit clean….. So, we have been unhappy with the performance of one of our lenses for a while. Especially as it was renowned for its super sharpness. We just weren’t getting that ‘on point’ razor sharp focus and resolution. We have had this particular lens for a few
We have added a number of photographs to various portfolios on the website.
Twin Lens Reflex. TLR. Three words you rarely hear anymore in this current world of ever evolving digital cameras with their translucent mirrors, ever rising megapixels and cheap mass-memory cards. The Twin Lens Reflex camera is a technology that dates back to the 1870’s. Since the demise of the consumer film market and the rise
It’s fixed. Somehow when we were tinkering under the hood, we lost all of our blog posts and only the excerpts remained. unfortunately, it has taken us a while to find a way to fix it. It turns out we had previously downloaded an XML file containing all of the original blog posts from this
We have a problem with organisation. Our camera gear inhabits a messy box whereby all manner of gear is stowed, thrown and crammed; our camera bags are strewn across the house at the end of the day. In the last decade or so of taking photographs we have done the digital equivalent of chucking our
We didn’t win, but we did place in the Shortlist for the Light on Land category making it through to being 1 of 400 photographers who were shortlisted in over 17,000 entries. Not bad for our first time. I guess we’ll enter again when we feel we have some suitable images
Have you ever read the Terms & Conditions for a photographic competition, or a photography sharing site? Probably not, no one wants to spend an hour sifting through the fine print that has been carefully tucked away behind the sofa. You are probably more distracted by the thought of entering a competition and winning the
Ever spent time reading a photographic technique book? Or browsed through a forum looking for tips? We have and one thing stands out out the rules. Rules for composition, rules for exposure, rules for everything. Everyone providing the advice wants us to follow them. And if we did that, it would be a very bland
So, I got published. I didn’t plan to, it just kind of happened. I had been out taking photographs around our local town, Surbiton, when I struck up a conversation with someone else who had been enjoying the unexpected wildlife. It turned out they run the Surbiton Wildlife Group and long story short, I ended up providing one of our images
Flickr. 500px. Instagram. Facebook. Most photographers we know have dipped their toes into them, in a vague effort to promote their photography. Both of us have Flickr accounts, but they mainly serve to act as a platform to share photos onto the forums we inhabit. We haven’t ever used it much beyond that and our experience