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...was in Liverpool yesterday, and saw loads of vintage cars bound for the Isle of Man....

If you like this post, please visit my profile and go to my website. EPZ won't let me post a link. I must admit I'm no export on this field... I have a lot of weeks during which I don't even touch my camera once. But that's going to change, or ...

My shot today is of a traditional retail outlet that has survived the onslaught of supermarkets and DIY superstores. The Home and Garden store in north Chingford. Probably because of its geographical location on the edge of Epping Forest thi...

I came across these dead flowers tied to the railings at Bank Station today, were they for someone who had died in Bank Station? possibly threw themselves under a train or maybe they were run over on the road outside? Who knows:

I've been looking at some really nice buildings lately, one more stately and opulent than the other. But although the rooms where the rich owners used to live are very impressive, I rather like the cellars - you can have barrels of fun there with a c...

Decided to have a go using the zoom blur filter in PS with an image of a dandelion I took with the old Canon 10D. Ended up with this eye catching result. Going to have a bit more dabble with this and see what I can come up with...... Don't blink to ...

For today's pictures I had another go at photographing some of my bonsai. The first one I ever owned is now over 30 years of age and has survived years of neglect so now I care for it and re-potted it last year. In bonsai circles it would win few pri...

Phew! What a busy weekend. At the Chigwell Riding Trust we take people of all ages who have many and varied disabilities horseriding. Every year we have a competition weekend and many riders compete, and every entrant gets a rosette or a cup. Here...

Just playing with some pebbles:

What? You may ask...................buy myself a new compact camera!! :) I have had one (which I keep in my handbag) for a long time, but was always bitterly disappointed with the zoom function, 4x (or lack of). So I've ordered a Canon Powershot ...

I noticed the early morning sunlight shining upwards through the newly emerging leaves. It looked good, and so did the naturally illuminated bus stop. The roads were quiet, so I parked the car and took a few hand held shots. Not bad, but I wis...

No Bluebells were harmed in the making of this shot of one of the first Bluebells to show in our garden, it stands alone for some reason, I merely put a white reflector behind it to remove the distracting background. This is the original co...

On a recent PhotoWalk through the streets of Manchester with some photography enthusiasts, this shopfront was worth a shot for it's beautiful vibrant colours!

Photographed my first church wedding today! It was only small wedding 40 people at the most, it tipped it down but stopped just for photographs and the brides arrival, bride started crying at the site of me at arrival as she said she thought she ...

I took the camera for a drive today, with the memory card installed, but could not get any inspiration from the Essex countryside. I suppose I was looking for something unusual but it seems that everything has been tidied up, buildings repainted, bar...

Very often, I wonder why I have made no progress in my photography. I know I have improved since I joined the site back in 2005. But over the last 12 months or so, I think my photography has come to a stand-still, it is not moving forward anymore...

I have an odd feeling that some of you might come away after reading this slightly offended by what I'm about to say, but it has to be said. Internet Explorer 6 (aka IE6) is my worst nightmare. Why? Because its probably one of the worst web browse...

Adding a blog to the site was just one of the latest items from us to start to embracing the new way the web savvy people of the internet react with it. So I thought rather I'd announce a new site we've created here first. For the first time it...

Walking Charlie this morning I came across a pair knickers stuck high in a hedge. Did someone have a wild night or just lost their washing in the wind:

Far more views on the blogs than on the image. Far, far more views on the blog that included the word sex in the title. I think it is time I explored other peoples blogs to see what I might learn. I'll start with the folk who have commented on my ...

Hi all, first blog entry :) I would have posted ages ago but I had nothing to think of writing, but now I do. Firstly, let me begin with the fact that over the past 3-4 months I have been incredible stressed with hours of schoolwork and homework e...

The buddy challenges are going well. We could have many more members enter these but for some reason they don't like the effort. But the effort is more about challenging yourself and your photography. It's also about your skill in assessing someone e...

So what sort of a guy cons a 60 year old woman out of her life savings knowing she hasn't even got a pension to live off? And how stupid can a woman be? If this sorry tale makes anyone have second thoughts before being trusting it will have served ...

When you leave certain parts of Scotland, you see a sign with the text "Haste Ye Back". I like that. Makes me feel welcome to return at any time - in fact, it positively encourages me to do so. I don't know how well it will work for me, though. A...

I had been looking around for a while for a "break beam" shutter release for my pentax K10D, you know the sort, the shutter is triggered the moment somebody or something crosses and breaks an infra red beam. Well after various attempts at making one...

On ePHOTOzine we like to upload and discuss photos, have serious and not so serious conversations on the Forum, and publish articles, tips, techniques, etc., etc. Many members us don't seem afraid at all to write something, be it in the Gallery or on...

Well it's interesting that another feature is being used so much ;-) A few tried our blog once, several had a few goes and we are now left with just a few. So the recent page is becoming very blue with the number of Conrad's and my avatars. As ...

We really want to visit Southern Ireland in the next twelve months but neither of us has ever been there. Mountains , lakes or sea, small villages..somewhere really peaceful where we can just wander and relax. Hopefully we will rent a small cottag...

Well simple enough idea - have a leg sticking out of the hat. Not so simple to carry out - picture me lying on the floor with my leg stuck in the air hoping to roughly line everything up so that it would be easier to combine photos. Nope - next t...

On Wednesday the 7th March, myself and a friend are traveling to the NEC, just to the south of Birmingham, to attend the Focus on Imaging exhibition. I went last year, alone. I clearly remember feeling that I was an intruder. I have on previous ...

Shot with my old mobile phone while I was out with the dog. Again.

A quick shot from yesterday taken with the trusty Fuji. Just cropped and curves adjustment.

Back to the garden birds today, in the absence of anything else. It would really help me with this project if the weather was to improve. I've still got the enthusiasm and tenacity to finish this thing but I'm getting really fed up with con...

I finally picked up a camera about half an hour ago - alas I've too much to do this evening to start dressing up so ducky came to my aid along with food colouring and pringles tube snoot stuck over an energy saving bulb thing. It'll do the job. A...

A nut and bolt representing the letter I for my alphabet inner part of my photo365 project.

Seems to be a bumper year for kingfishers

OmgOmg I have a interview for Liverpool Uni!! On the 12th March!! Ahhhh I can't wait but I'm sooo nervous too!! Thankfully I'm going with my friend who has her 3 days after! So we're gonna make it a little holiday and stay there for 5 nights :D ...

I have never written a blog in my life and this may well be the first and last. I am so short of time I think this will become just one more thing to try to squeeze in. Brilliant idea though, so this is a thank you for the opportunity and I will bear...

One of two chainsaw carvings in our local park. OK if you like that kind of thing, I suppose.

"The Black Cat." No, not a pub but a neighbour's cat. There was a fieldfare in my garden this morning and a magpie also paid a rare visit. I spent seemingly ages at an open window in the vain hope that one or the other might return but a...

Just one of my collection of pigs. Yes. I know that's rather sad. And yes again. I was running out of time when I took this. Fuji S5700. 'Macro mode.' No idea about the EXIF.

My daughter, Chloe, showing the world, well, the queue for the bus anyway, her prowess as a gymnast.

A mobile CCTV camera car on the streets of Dunstable, presumably recording whatever it is that these things record.

This lives quite close to me and over a period of about twelve months its owner has morphed it from a Landrover into this. It's worn several sets of wheels, in fact, I think that the owner and his friends, some of whom have similar vehicles, p...

Not many pics taken today - a bit of a play with the fisheye in town this morning, then a lot of fence-painting this afternoon. I did at least manage to grab a few snowdrops from the garden for a few pics and I thought I'd show you my setup - if...

Spotted this chap by the banks of The Thames today. Not sure about this, is it too voyeuristic?

Another busy day, but I managed to take Charlie for a decent walk in the forest. Here is a fern that caught my eye in the rain:

Last day of my course, so time was short again. Spotted this chap at the station:

I nipped out today to Bunhill Fields, where I met this very friendly and inquisitive squirrel. I have included a second shot to show just how friendly he was:

I finally opened the box of B Movie Horror people or whatever they're called - picked up at a charity shop for about £4 - about £12 if bought online - another bargain. Now all I have to figure out is what to do with them.......

Popped up to Theydon Bois this afternoon, I do like the tree at the top of the hill in this field:

A dead tree near Little Gregories Farm, Theydon Bois, Epping Forest.

Well 2012 has been full on for me in the studio and out and about. Just finished editing last weeks work and got it off in the post, been out with writer Charlotte Marsden visiting sculptors in their studio's followed by an overnight stay in Charlbur...

I thought I'd get the glass chess set out earlier this evening and try that on the perspex. First I had to remove the black felt base on the pieces - it didn't look good at all. I think I need to try moving the light further back - the texture...

I'm still messing about with the Anemones - trying to find smaller suitable vases for them but I'm not at all sure about this one :) Still, I'll keep experimenting - I've plenty of vases to choose from!

Hi, I'm Conrad, and I'm a windmill addict. I've been sober for two days, but now I just have to upload another windmill shot. Sorry, but I can't help myself. So ... here's another one, processed with Snapseed:

Well I've been on ePhotozine for 5 days now, I only joined to see what it was about, as I wanted to understand what was the point. Was it just another Flickr? Or was it a forum for photographers to wave their diggery doo and say my is bigger n bette...

Whilst my fiancee was trying on wedding dresses, I took a look around Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens. This young fern drew my eye, and I spent quite a while choosing the best combination of focal length, aperture and working distance to get the ...

My tabby in one of his more pathetic moments. Poor guy just wanted to escape the traumatic rigmarole of our other cat. Nikon D300; Tamron 18-270mm PZD @ 100mm; ISO 200; F/8; 1/250s. VC off.

I don’t think that this is quite as striking an image as yesterday’s, but I do like to make the most of these subtle winter colours, so I headed back to the canal basin this evening to see how it looked at the end of the day. It features the sa...