Yearly Archives: 2011

Tong Church

I’ve driven past this church a few times on an evening and wanted to photograph it for awhile. Here’s a quick tester – it was too cold to hang around for long so I grabbed a few frames on the tripod using a cable shutter release, f/16 in bulb mode and set the timer on…

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Severn Valley Railway

Finally took a trip on the Severn Valley Railway this weekend with my Brother-in-law and his wife who were visiting for the weekend. It wasn’t that exciting a journey but passed the time watching some loverly countryside pass by. As we had guests I didn’t really spend much time with the camera.

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MTB Photography Course

I wasn’t able to take part in a photography course Benji Haworth ran earlier this year due to other commitments, so I jumped at the the chance to go on the mountain bike photography course he was leading at Alpkit’s BigShakeOut event last weekend. I was looking for some pointers on what works and what…

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Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Two photos from a quick stop outside Edgbaston cricket ground at the weekend while enroute to a friends for lunch. Shot with wide 10-20mm glass with some post processing in Lightroom and Topz Adjust for the first and a black & white conversion using Topaz B&W for the second. Both shot handheld a few minutes…

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Topaz B&W Effects

Topaz recently launched a new filter called B&W Effects. I’m a big fan of black & white photography and usually convert photos using various tools in Photoshop and then playing about with multiple curves for either global or local adjustments. Since the filter is currently on offer for half price I read a few reviews…

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