Over on the Flickr Travel Photography group, a simple question on tips to get the best travel shots turned into a discussion on the subject of appearing in your travel shots. Some of the group members thought it funny seeing tourists positioning themselves in the shot of a famous landmark or beautiful scenery. Others were [...]
Read the rest of this post »Lord Carlile, who heads the terror law watchdog body, has spoken out on police use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act (Stop and Search) claiming it is unnecessarily and stresses that no stops have ever led to a conviction. Section 44 gives police officers the power to stop someone without reasonable grounds for suspicion [...]
Read the rest of this post »So another Digital Photography School post (yes I know!) however this time DPS has posted an article on 7 steps to becoming a confident photographer. I’m not going to go into each step in detail (the links below) however these are the steps: Keep a notebook Shoot frequently Shoot in different conditions Set goals Read [...]
Read the rest of this post »Following a recent comment in the Leeds Flickr Group about the cost of things like Photoshop, Lightroom and other photo software, I thought I’d post a small article about some of the free alternatives that are available on the net. First up, how about a Photoshop alternative? GIMP GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Project) is a [...]
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