We had a meeting at the club the other evening where we were discussing member’s images, it was really popular. At one point we got on to discussing how, over time, your library of images can grow to quite a large number of images. On my own computer I now have 12Tb of images and […]
The “Back Up Service” Everyone forgets they may have. Read More »
Will Generative Ai in Photoshop take over Photography? I have enjoyed photography for more years than I like to think about, becoming interested in the late 1980s and early 1990s. For all of that time I have been a member of one camera club or another. Quite a few perished along the way and its
Photographers versus Ai, who is winning? Read More »
Recently, my wife and I spent a lovely day in two New Forest locations, Denny Wood and Blashford Lakes near Ringwood. I have mentioned Denny wood before having visited there to take pictures of the very tame birds. Today was no exception and I wanted to share this special place with my wife. It did
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Each year at my local camera club, we have an AV competition. The competition is basically the creation, presenting and scoring of a “show” in one of two categories. The traditional category is the basic AV format, a series of images set to a soundtrack, this must be the sole work of the entrant and
Camera Club Audio Visual Competition – Natures’s Seasons Read More »
We are now into March and I cannot remember such a damp start to a year for a long time. It seems like it has been raining pretty much every weekend since the new year, and when it is not raining its usually mid week, so I am stuck at work. Even when it does
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Its been too long since I lasted posted here, there are no real excuses apart from the usual pressures of modern day to day life. As I have stated many times I am trying to improve my woodland photography and Autumn should give me the best chances of some wonderful images. After all, nature is
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I recently had the opportunity to visit Scotland’s Temperate Rain Forest on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. This beautiful part of the world is home to some of the last remaining Temperate Rain Forest. Two of our friends; PJ and JJ retired to the peninsula a few years ago and invited us to stay for a holiday,
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On Sunday I decided I had to break my period of inactivity and get out and take some photographic images of woodland. I had just read a magazine that listed some places to visit in the New Forest. I Had been to them all before but one, I had not visited for a very long
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Well it was two weeks ago. Every year there is always a few weeks in the spring when the woodland in the south of England bursts into a beautiful blue colour scheme. The Bluebells have arrived. Despite trying many times over the years, I have never yet got an image that I thing nails what
It’s Bluebell Season Again! What can you do? Read More »
Well this is one of those years where the weather conspires against you. Working full time means I can usually only get out to take photos at the weekends or in the evenings (unless I am on holiday). So far this year most weekends have been disappointing an uninspiring. This is the basic wisdom behind
Ne’er Cast A Clout ‘Til May Is Out Read More »
