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I’ve put a post up on my personal blog detailing my goals for 2010 and this post will expand on some of the ideas I’ve had for the work goal.
The core of the goal is to create more freedom. Freedom to do what I want to do. Freedom to work when and how I want [...]

I’m looking to develop my portrait photography skills so I’m throwing this out there to see if anyone’s interested in a free photo session. I take a lot of photos but aside from weddings I generally haven’t had a lot of experience taking pictures of people. I want to change that.

Pebble Beach, Southsea, Oct 2008
A couple of months back I got an email request via my Flickr account from Schmap.com asking if they could include one of my photo’s in their next update. I rarely say no when politely asked for permission so I happily followed the link and approved it.
I just got a follow-up [...]

Jared Earle, Oban, Nov 2008
A while back I got introduced to the wonderful world of HDR by my good friend Jared Earle, seen here with a very big lens, and I stated at the time that I’d have a play when I got a chance. It took a while but I finally got that chance [...]

My mate Jared has posted a most excellent tutorial on High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. I haven’t tried this yet but I definitely will the next time I’m out with my camera – nice work Jared!

HDR example by Jared Earle, used with permission

As you may have noticed from my last post, I am now a Flickr user. I was using the Google Picasa Web Album service, mainly because I use Picasa to manage my photo’s. I wasn’t using it a lot and I don’t really know why. I have a large number of photo’s I’d like to [...]

Something I’ve been wanting to get for a while is a proper flash gun. The main reason I’ve been putting it off is the cost. A semi-decent one will set you back £150, and the one I really wanted was over £300! However, with my sisters wedding coming up, and the rest of life generally [...]

Last November I ordered a cheap extension tube set from Hong Kong, and I finally got it today. So I had a play using a few things that happened to be lying around on my desk. Note to self, when working this close clean the subject first!

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stuttle/ExtensionTube

Seen in a letter to The Register, Winkflash.com has the cheapest prices for photo prints I’ve ever come across. I’ll definitely be trying them next time I need some prints.

I’ve created an account at DeviantArt in an attempt to get my photos to a wider audience and to get some feedback. So far so good, but I’ve still got a lot of old photos to sort through and decide which to submit. Already had one person add “Moonlit Moment” as a favourite – [...]