I ended up using DSColourlabs, the prints were great, and they must've been good cause with my portfolio of work (inc other media not just photography) I got an interview at Oxford to study Fine Art, one of fifty, for twenty places

Even more interesting, the trailer is the mosque

Resorted through my 2000 or so shots from RAK last year, still on the K100D I think.

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/UAE-II/342790 (Full collection - 60 Photos)

I was going to suggest Charles Eagles - they have a shop in durham too

1. The current products weren't very good.
2. Quote, "I wouldn't buy a Pentax"
3. They all come from France now, big problem.
4. My flashgun wouldn't work with any Pentax I bought now.
5. Don't know how much longer they will continue for.

1. The K-7 and the K-x are the best cameras Pentax have made in the digital age
2. Shops make bigger profit margins on certain products, you do the math. Also, there are always canikon fanboys about.
3. Huh?
4. I know people on this forum and others that have used 20yr old flashes on current cameras.
5. If Hoya sell them, then someone else (JVC, maybe Panasonic) will buy them.

Unfortunately, not knowing the north-east too well, I can't advise you on any camera shops in the area.

Well I use Adobe Lightroom, so if you don't then itll be hard to explain
But
Under develop, you can alter the hue/sat/lightnesss values of each colour range, i altered the blues a bit to make the blue haze more purple, and fit in with the sky. I then selected the neutral density gradient tool (A replacement for using a physical filter, nowhere near as good but got the job done) to slightly darken the sky, and where it says colour I added an orange cast. To alter the ground I went back to the colours section, and fiddled with the oranges and reds.

In photoshop, you could do the same thing. If you press ctrl+u, you are able to alter hue/sat/lightness values as i'm sure you know, but if you look at the drop down menu, you can confine them to single colours, and select a range at the bottom on the slider to confine the values.

As for the sky gradient, if you create a new adjustment layer (layer > new adjustment layer > your choice..) you can change brightness and colour using one layer "brightness/contrast" and one layer "photo filter". By then clicking the layer mask (the white box that appears in your layers pallette) you can drag a black and white gradient over.. where its white, it shows, where its black, it doesn't.

I hope that explains it, i'm afraid im not terribly good at putting my actions into words!

As for where I've been, I figure I've just been too busy to post recently, schools been getting busier with applying to universities and im now coming to the stage of rushing to get photos printed for portfolios, as well as organizing all of my other art work. Fortunately, i've still had time to shoot, I just haven't been posting here as much, though the forums are still in my homepages, so if theres a topic title on the main page that catches my eye, i'll check it out.

Rob

darkened the sky and added a slight orange hue to it, while leaving the blue haze intact, suggesting more of a dawn scene, then adjusted colour of ground to match slightly.. probably needs more contrast, but I didnt change exposure

overexposed blue skies its best to darken the blues (if you have lightroom this is very easy) from RAW, add some saturation sometimes.

I quite like the sky on that shot actually, it suits the mood of the image - you wouldn't want to take away from the peacefullness with a bright vibrant sky?

Ill have a play round and see what I come up with

I knew I didn't want glossy, but the company i'm looking at using prints lustre or glossy only, and I wasn't sure if lustre was good or not. I would print on my own printer, but I want to print 12x12 and 12x8, so I can't

I'm in the process of preparing a porfolio for uni, and need to get prints done, just wondering what sites you use? Also, should I go for matte, lustre or glossy?