Members' Photography Blogs

Homemade raspberry cheesecake........................................I need a drool smiley. Taken with the Oly XZ-1 in 'pin-hole' mode, the first processed in Sliver Efex Pro 2 and the second just fiddled with in CS4 to tweak a little. I c...

I have a rabbit called Alvin which is mainly the subjects of my outdoor photos. But some times he can be a real fruit loop as you can tell from these pictures

I ordered this book a few days ago and it was delivered this morning. I've only had a quick look through it so far, but it's already clear that it's going to be a great read. He describes the background to all the shots in the book - and there are so...

When I say the word Conkers all I can think now is Dizzee Rascal's song "Bonkers" That thought aside, this is a bunch of conkers just about ready to pop. Taken using the Pentax K20D and 16-45mm lens, fitted with a polarising filter.

Well I picked up my Nikon D5100 late yesterday afternoon. This makes me a Nikon man, and it is my first D.S.L.R. I have a, steepish learning curve to contended with. However I knew that would be a give in for me. I spent much of the eve, reading the...

Sorry for the late entry, been a tad busy! S is todays letter and found it on one of those multi tools, this is off a set from a bicycle kit, purposely under exposed the B/G to show the detail on the blade.

Tonight I tried another hand-held panoramic stitch; this time with a focal length of 70mm. This gave much more predictable results, and helped to minimise the appearance of rain spots on the lens. Nikon D300; Tamron 18-270mm @ 70mm; 500 IS...

I know it is not up to the standards of all of the other blogs but i am experimenting and getting to know my camera in its standard form i took 4 or 5 photos and chose this one only because i like it the best i notice others name their photos so i...

I'm still making the most of the poppies that grew in my garden and I decided to try out my new hose pipe (bought for £4 from Tesco yesterday). I took the Elincrom D-Lite flash outdoors and positioned it to the right and behind the poppy heads. I th...

Its been quite nice and sunny here today, so when i got home from school at 1 ( because i have early finished) I grabbed my tripod , my camera and my remote and started snapping some pictures of myself this is my best result of the day

More wildlife togging. I was throwing some stuff in the composter and noticed this delightful looking creature, amongst lots of other creepy, slimey things. Butternut and slug soup anyone?

Second day on epz and quite surprised by all the activity here - loads to see :-) Thanks to all those who have commented and voted on my photos - I seem to have a viewers award already. Hopefully things will continue to come in threes - I got my L...

Just a test to see if it works this is my sea urchin in my fish tank taken with a kodak zd710

As a 15 year old girl, I am always out and about. And i rarely seen without my camera. I saved up for my first dslr 3 years ago, and i eventually settled for a nikon d70 with a 18mm-70mm lens. I do alot of photography for my school, i have ph...

As the sun looked like it was going to be around at sunset I decided to take a trip out to Baslow Edge to photography my favourite rock. As I approached the cloud was minimal but as the sun sunk lower, some cloud appeared to give me just the right am...

Meet "Alfie," another of Sprocket's companions.

Dads are awkward people to but presents for at christmas time, they usually end up getting something mundane like socks, or a tankard, or slippers. Boring. So i put myself in his shoes, no easy task, im a size 5 and he is a size 13, and came up wi...

Following on from a previous blog, a lot of work has been completed on the World Mining Heritage site in the Luxulyan Valley. The most recent is to renovate the muddy clay path that ran alongside Carmears Leat and it has revealed remnants of the tram...

Well, I got off to a slow start this year with no shoots in January. Never mind. First up in 2009 is Ruby in the snow :-) You can't count on snow in Sussex so you just have to do something with it when it arrives. Anyway, I'll post a few more pics fr...

.................are the little jobs so darned big!?! Well, daughter moved out over a week ago (and yes I do miss her dreadfully!), so it was time to 'sort out the spare room'! lol She had taken boxes and boxes of 'stuff' out - some had gone to...

A moment in the pub as the person was checking facebook or something similar that interrupts human interaction. This is part of my photo365 project which can be followed daily throughout the year and taken with a mobile phone.

The traditional pub, as we know it, has been in decline for years, but recently that decline has increased with factors such as high rising gas and electric costs, the recession, smoking ban, tougher drink driving laws and lower priced alcohol from s...

X I found was the easiest of the alphabet as I see this everyday when I shave. Taken with the 150 macro with the ring light to add a bit of punch to it.

A quick snap of my web cam I got fixed up to start testing hangout style options for future epz connectivity. I was also playing with a 50mm f/1.4 lens at full aperture. More of this type to come. I processed in Lightroom and gave it the B&W creati...

Hi all no I haven't got a headache nor hangover so I have no need for a pillule. But yay wat surprise to find in my stocking (not that I regularly wear any - stockings that is) well not on a regular basis, a tablet yay XOOM so I can view my pics wit...

If you read Tammy 1, this is another expansion on that style of shoot, using flash as the main light source and daylight as the fill. So, shoot 2, two days later, is overcast and well generally crap, grey skys, freezing cold ( minus 1 ) and lookin...

:D:D:D:D Last night I got the pictures I've dreamed of ever since I got my horse, Sabre, 28 years ago. And it was more or less an accident. Whenever I'd tried to snap him he would fidget, look the other way or just drop his head and eat. I swor...

I have a photograph in the exhibition called 200 Faces please take a look http://www.flickr.com/photos/polaroidsky/7197962154/ http://thephotographicangle.co.uk/exhibitions/

A shot of one of The Three Peaks, the plan is to climb that tomorrow:

I picked up some new glasses today. So I thought they might make an interesting subject for a shot or two:

I choose our holiday destinations carefully. My wife wants rest and peace, access to shops, seaside views, and vegetarian food. I want rest and peace, photogenic views, photogenic views and photogenic views. ;-) And both of us want landscapes we d...

Well, hello everyone, I feel like I have been here ages, I got my membership recently but have been posting as a Pentax user for a couple of weeks prior. I have always wanted to do more with photography, spent a lot of time with my old Olympus OM20 ...

Well, we had a wonderful few days away, we've come back absolutely shattered - so we must have had a good time!!! :) Graham took me away to Cornwall, to celebrate my birthday. He'd gone onto the internet to check places were open and planned ever...

Thankyou for the response from my last blog, I've got some ratings at last, its fun have a go. My latest is: Gate across the railway track, in unusual signs. Thanks for looking once again. Luci.

Hi Well we did manage out, it was cold and grey and eventually rain came down. We headed off to Brockhill Country Park near Sandling. The park is superb for a variety of reasons. It has an abundance of local flora and fauna, loads of different bir...

Today's photo365 is to join in the World Pinhole Day , where thousands shoot pictures through a pinhole. This one was taken using a Nikon D700 with a pinhole plate attached to the front using a T2 mount. The same effect can be had by drilling a fine ...

A thought I would share a few more sites that I've come across whilst researching a more "artistic" direction. Jim Fiscus .. you will have seen his work everywhere. Similar to both Dave Hill & Jill Greenberg in style but of the three IMHO the bes...

Surprises are the real spice of life. I think so. Well round here the food is getting decidedly hot. Over the last few days, while perusing the photos gallery I have come across four portfolios that will make your eyes water, unless you, dear reader ...

I have to say I'm just blown away by the talent here, and I've a feeling I've only just scratched the surface:D:D Bren:)

Lucky strike I know you’re not supposed to play with matches, but when the weather’s as miserable as it has been, you’ve got to find something to do at home. Thanks to so-called “Hurricane Bawbag”, I suspect I’ll not be the only one lightin...

New years day and I didn't really get time to plan anything. Took this during the respite from running around. My fave beverage. Taken with iPhone and hipstamatic. Big cup in the group

This is what shall be referred to as a 'bloody hell, I need something for the 365 project' shot. The top of an LED torch. And larger in the group

A chance encounter on the way to school yesterday afternoon. The usual treatment in Lightroom but I saved and Photoshopped it as RGB (rather than sRGB) as was suggested in a recent forum thread and converted it to sRGB during the 'save for ...

"Priory House." from "Priory Gardens" with "Priory Church" behind me and to my right.

I've shot the H.M.S. Warrior before with a mobile phone (for some reason I never seem to have my camera with me when I see it), but have to say that the iPhone image beats the Nokia image hands down - both before and after processing. This is the ...