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View from a cell
The vertical blinds in our kitchen were slightly closed and as I looked across the river to the pub car-park it occurred to me that this must look like the view from a prison cell – seeing other people...
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New link added
It’s not often that I feel the need to add a new link to the category of ‘inspirational professional photographers’ but today my new Twitter account was ‘followed’ by Richard Bernabe. I took a look at...
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Talk Photography
Thought I would just mention a photography forum that I contribute to occasionally. Talk Photography is free and covers many facets of photography. It also seems to be free of the opinionated regulars...
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Stock sale
A few years ago I was tempted by the thought of making a fortune from selling my photographs on microstock sites (see my previous post ‘Taking Stock’). I recently received an e-mail from one of them,...
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I was wrong…..
Well, it seems that my prophecy about the future of the Jessops brand under Peter Jones was wrong given the news today that 6 stores are opening back up over the next few days with possibly another 30...
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Iconic landmark up to let
The world famous Iron Bridge in Shropshire, England, has today been put up to let by its custodians English Heritage. Details of the 99-year lease (which has an option for outright purchase) indicates...
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Chimping – good or bad?
Are you a chimper? I have to admit that I am. ‘Chimping’ is a term used, often in a derogatory sense, to describe the habit of a photographer using a digital camera to repeatedly look at the rear LCD...
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Camera for sale
Pentax K200D + 18-55mm lens + battery grip + extras This 10.2 MP digital SLR camera was bought new by me and has been my main camera ever since. It is in excellent condition and has 10,421 shutter...
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Lightroom 5 Beta launched
The public test version of Lightroom 5 has just been launched. I have installed it on my PC and will be adding some insights into the new features shortly.
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It’s arrived…..
Well thanks to SRS Microsystems in Watford my new Pentax K5 arrived today – exactly as they said it would. Their service was exemplary and at a great price too – certainly the lowest I could find. All...
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Congratulations to David from Antrim, Northern Ireland, for placing the winning bid on eBay for my Pentax K200D. It’s been a great camera and I am sorry to see it go but after an e-mail exchange with...
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Stay safe – accidents can happen anytime
Just a quick note reminding all you photographers out there to stay safe – no matter how important the shot may seem to be, how indestructable you think you are – or even whether you are on a...
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The Instagram act – what does it mean?
A bill was passed recently called the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which contains a clause Orphan Works and Extended Collective Licensing Clause 79. This clause effectively means that any...
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Thank you all
I’ve just had a look at the site stat’s for last month and April had the most number of site visits EVER – and that’s going back to when my web site at www.john-hallett.co.uk went live way back in July...
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Velvia
Back in my days of film photography I generally just bought the cheapest film I could – especially if it came with processing as part of the price. It is only now that I realise that professionals used...
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Every (creative) cloud has a silver lining
It has recently been announced that Adobe, the software giant whose products include Photoshop & Dreamweaver (amongst others) is to radically change its pricing policy. This is already causing...
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Pirating Photoshop
Following my post yesterday, a regular contributor, Mike Hardisty made a comment echoed on many photography forums: that software pirates will not be dissuaded by Adobe’s new subscription payment...
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Most Topular
I was going to add a new tutorial to the blog this morning – until I logged on and noticed that my ‘Bridges of the Ironbridge Gorge #2′ post was listed in yesterdays 5 ‘most topular stories’ on the...
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Flickr updated – but not at all popular
The photo-sharing website Flickr has just updated its look – and for those without a ‘Pro’ account it now offers them a staggering 1 TB of space. Good news it seems. However, judging by the forum the...
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Another sale…..
Just had news that iStockphoto have sold another of my images. That’s another £1.10 added to my funds – and it was only a few weeks ago that I sold another for 12 pence! Woo Hoo…… So why am I...
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