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Hi Carl Just got back from a week there myself, we stayed in a cottage in Wisemans Bridge, about half mile along the coast from Saundersfoot. Is a lovely area, have been there a fair bit with the kids :-). Both Saundersfoot and Tenby are quite photogenic seaside towns anyway, and Wisemans Bri...
Posted by Hullman on 22/08/2013 - 03:48
Trip to Southwest
Just come back from a camping trip in Cornwall. Places to go in Cornwall: Godrevy go just before sunset to get the lighthouse and setting sun, Marazion / St Michael's Mount, Pendennis Castle, Geevor tin mine. Places to go in Devon: Plymouth for the Hoe / Barbican or for views of the Roya...
Posted by screwdriver222 on 01/09/2013 - 08:39
In need of some new direction
Regulars may have noticed my lack of posts over the recent months, some of you may have even rejoiced over it:wink:, suffice to say my creativity has been at an all time low, went to a Steampunk gathering a few weeks back at Bolsover Castle and even "forgot" to take my camera:shock: Visiting York fo...
Posted by fatspider on 22/08/2013 - 22:31
In need of some new direction
Perhaps go back to basics. One body, one lens, go somewhere interesting. When you get there, set a project to focus your mind. For example, find 15 images that contain the colour red. Then stop and go home to process them and make the very best of them. put them on ePHOTOzine one per day and get ...
Posted by johnriley on 22/08/2013 - 22:54
In need of some new direction
Stick a roll of film in an old 35mm SLR or better still a 120 TLR (all back to front), and remember the skills you have got from wayback when.
Posted by Blythman on 23/08/2013 - 23:01
In need of some new direction
Put the camera properly away for a bit. Enjoy other stuff. You'll come back to it. Or hire a model! ;-P
Posted by Pentaxophile on 23/08/2013 - 23:49
In need of some new direction
Stick a roll of film in an old 35mm SLR or better still a 120 TLR (all back to front), and remember the skills you have got from wayback when. +1
Posted by johnha on 24/08/2013 - 00:50
In need of some new direction
Go and try something new, a genre you haven't explored before. Pick a subject you're not familiar with, look at some inspiring work by other photographers, and get out and take some photographs! I went through something very similar a month or two back, and then recently a huge commercial job came a...
Posted by aliengrove on 24/08/2013 - 11:17
In need of some new direction
Heh, I've had spells of one or two years where I've barely taken a shot. Then something will trigger my interest and BAM I'm right back into it. I don't see anything wrong with that, personally :) I can understand the idea behind setting new photo challenges, but if it starts to feel like 'homewo...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 24/08/2013 - 12:07
Wedding Advice
Hi Andy Looking at the kit you have available my best advice would be: - Put the lens you will use the most on the K-5IIs body; I would say the DA*16-50 or the DA*50-135 (personal choice) - Ditch all the other lenses you have listed and take the K-5 with the one out of the two above that ...
Posted by davidstorm on 23/08/2013 - 21:25
Wedding Advice
Hi, First of all- good luck with it. I'm 100% amateur but have shot two friends weddings and am doing a third friends wedding at Christmas. some photos from one of the weddings I did. Here would be some of my advice (repeating a bit of what others said): I know they want more informal photo...
Posted by dinneenp on 26/08/2013 - 10:52
Wedding Advice
Excellent advice above, to which I’d add you need to rope in at least one designated member from each family to ‘heard the sheep’ for formal photos. Echo David’s comments re focus calibration above. Pentax’s don’t detect faces in DSLR mode, so can frustratingly back focus in group shots all too...
Posted by richandfleur on 04/04/2018 - 16:23
Hedwig the ring bearer! What would you do?
Have a wedding to do on Sunday where the ring bearer is one of the owls that played Hedwig in the Harry Potter movies! The owl will be flying in from the back of the hall to a perch at the front, so we only have one attempt to get a good shot! Knowing from experience that tracking the bird in flight...
Posted by Unlocker on 23/08/2013 - 13:09
Hedwig the ring bearer! What would you do?
I certainly wouldn't rely on getting a definite keeper on the day. Having tried to shoot birds in flight (indeed snowy owls in fact) it is bloomin' hard! I have found I get best results by pre-focussing on a point where I know the bird will fly, and using burst mode on the shutter. If nothing else, ...
Posted by matwhittington on 23/08/2013 - 18:11
Hedwig the ring bearer! What would you do?
Thanks for all the tips, appreciated, wanted to make sure I had as many ideas in my head before driving over for the rehearsal! As is the way, when you get there, it becomes more obvious pretty quickly! Front to back, the owl is only going to be flying 20ft ish, so the idea of pre focusing on the...
Posted by Unlocker on 23/08/2013 - 21:22
tokina atx mf 80-200 f 2.8
I've got one, had it since the late 80's (I think), it's a big well made lens, lovely manual focus feel, push pull zoom with a compact tripod mount. Suffers a bit purple fringing wide open but mainly goes by F5.6. A bit softer wide open but improves in sharpness and contrast by F5.6. Here's a mtf gr...
Posted by walt on 24/08/2013 - 15:46
Problem with Extak
maybe this has something to do with it - http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/sep/28/bankrupt-electrical-firm-wae-extak my own expereinece is thus. i placed an order, i have no delivery. contact extak, week ir so later they reply, delivered at mailbox.. hmm, the package wouldn't have fit throug...
Posted by johnsouthwales on 04/10/2013 - 12:52
A rare breed?
I just got back from a holiday in northern Italy. There were 3 DSLR users in our group - 2 Pentax and 1 Sony. The only Canon user I spotted had a rather nice new mirrorless APSC jobbie.
Posted by smudge on 26/08/2013 - 22:41
Tablet screen quality
Thanks, friends! I am using the tablet just to surf the net, check my email account, read some news and watch some Youtube and other video. No replacement for my stationary PC with Eizo screen and PS plus Capture One for RAW. The Apple tablets are beyond my budget for a tablet, even though I am aw...
Posted by ronyzmbow on 29/08/2013 - 09:30
Tablet screen quality
Thanks, friends! I am using the tablet just to surf the net, check my email account, read some news and watch some Youtube and other video. No replacement for my stationary PC with Eizo screen and PS plus Capture One for RAW. The Apple tablets are beyond my budget for a tablet, even though I am aw...
Posted by Gwyn on 29/08/2013 - 11:12
