The title “On not buying cheap crap” was a close runner up for this article. A few months ago I bought a set of flashes from eBay. The price was very low, and obviously I wasn’t expecting miracles. For around £130 I managed to get two 150W flashguns, two tripods, all the power and syncContinue reading “Meltdown”
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Smoke – attempt 1
After seeing Ruth’s smoke photo in the Tuesday Challenge last week I wanted to have a go. I read about how to do it and bought some incense sticks. I quickly learnt some lessons: You need loads of light. I had a 150W flashgun on full power, with a honeycomb snoot but it still wasn’tContinue reading “Smoke – attempt 1”
Jelly baby
This week’s photo challenge was Pink. I didn’t have any particular ideas for pink photos , other than I specifically wanted to avoid flowers because they’re too unoriginal. So I decided this would be a good time to try some of the photographic ideas I’ve been meaning to try for ages. One of these ideasContinue reading “Jelly baby”
Deer at Ashton Court
I saw this deer in the deer park at Ashton Court, just across the suspension bridge from Bristol. Unfortunately it was the only one near enough to the fence to have its photo taken, and is the best photo of a bad bunch. For those who are interested, this photo was uploaded from Ashton CourtContinue reading “Deer at Ashton Court”
Big – The Making Of
If you liked my Big photo, perhaps you’d like to see how it was done. Not as hard as you might think! You will need: A mannequin (mine was £6 from Ikea) A toy car (47p from Tesco) Some boxes for buildings (I used boxes of slides) Coloured-in black Post-It notes for windows Matchsticks forContinue reading “Big – The Making Of”
Big
From Stu: Back to the usual rules, this week you’re taking a picture especially for the challenge. And the theme is BIG. Good luck! Well, I haven’t put so much effort into a photograph for a long time! I had fun with this one – cutting out, painting and making a mess. If you wantContinue reading “Big”
A stroll along the canal
This evening I decided to take a stroll along the canal near Atherstone with my parents, brother Edmund and girlfriend Hana. It was a really nice evening for a walk and we covered about three miles.
Best of
This week, the Tuesday Challenge brief is not to take a photograph; but rather to submit the best photograph we’ve ever taken. Tough one. I’ve managed to whittle it down to two (the first of these Water pictures, and a portrait of my mate Fraser), but I can’t decide between them. So I’ve set upContinue reading “Best of”
Fairy tales
“The theme this week is Fairy Tales. Interpret this in any way you wish.” I decided to set up a shot of me reading a fairy tale to a “child” in bed.
Reflecta DigitDia 5000 Slide Scanner – Review
I recently inherited a box of around 4,000 film slides and was asked to scan them in. I decided that my existing film/slide scanner, a Veho VFS-001, was not up to the task so I investigated alternatives, and eventually settled on a Reflecta DigitDia 5000 – which is simply a rebadged (and cheaper!) Braun MultimagContinue reading “Reflecta DigitDia 5000 Slide Scanner – Review”
Jonathan Gazeley 