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 »
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
2024 is Proving to be a Bit of a Damp Squib Read More »
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
Blackwater in the New Forest Read More »
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 »
Today I wanted to get out and take some images as I have been “missing in action” for a few weeks. I decided to go to a nearby nature reserve called Kingley Vale. Kingley Vale is internationally renowned for its ancient Yew woodland. When I arrived, it was after dawn but the sun was only
A couple of hours makes all the difference Read More »
Living on the south coast of England means we tend not to have cold winters. We tend to have mild wet ones. That means a period of very cold weather is something of a treat for photographers. Unusually, we have just had a week of very cold weather here, as a high pressure stalled over
Hoar Frost in the New Forest Read More »
According to the song, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. However, i think for photographers, Autumn is the most wonderful time. There is plenty of colour as nature prepares for winter, and when its not raining in the south of England, its a lovely time to walk in the woods and enjoy
Eyeworth Wood in the Autumn Read More »
Today I went to the New Forest, to a place called Bolderwood. Bolderwood is a popular place so I got there just as the sun rose, though the weather was grey and overcast with spots of rain. Bolderwood is famous for two things; its arboretum and the deer sanctuary. I was not there for deer
Bolderwood, New Forest Read More »
Last November, a friend of mine from the local camera club joined me for a day out taking photos. We had managed to schedule a day for just making images which is always a treat and should happen more often. We headed down to the Isle of Purbeck (Dorset) with a few loose ideas of
