Diploma Progress

I am now half way through my first paper in my Diploma in Digital Photography, this is the basic photography paper and so far nothing particularly new, still useful reminders and the exercises have proved useful in getting me out taking photographs and trying things that I would not normally try. So far nothing has [...]

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Family Portraits Are Hard

A couple of weekends ago I was trying to take some photos of my family, I have decided that this is hard. My kids have quite different personalities, this is pretty normal! One loves have her picture taken (usually at least) and can even be persuaded not to make too many silly faces. Not that [...]

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365 Project Progress Report No 1

On the 1st of January I started a 365 Project, now that I am a quarter of the way through I thought I would report on how it is going. So far I have been able to take a new image every day although some days this has proved harder than others particularly if the [...]

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Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D NIKKOR ED AF-D NIKKOR ED

So I bought a new lens, actually a second-hand lens which turned up as advertised with a few minor scratches on the lens body but the glass just fine. I like fast glass and this is a lovely lens, it is not surprising that it is still being made despite the Nikon 70-200mm VR II being [...]

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