Recent content by iansimpson888

https://youtube.com/c/JoelTjintjelaar Joel Tjintjelaar produces very minimalist long exposure stuff, usually with shutter times in the minutes. Also covers a lot of the post processing. Good filters hold their value reasonably well too, so you can always resell if you don't use that often...

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Look great on my monitor but on my phone they lack a little warmth. I suspect it's down to the vagaries of phone screens, but i'm sure there are more knowledgeable posters who could tell you more

in the past i've used just the frames, without the perspex, and bought a bespoke mount for inside the frame for under £10. certainly looked great until i was sure it was worth investing in a more professional frame and mount. for something that i was undecided on

neither one nor the other for me. i'll use a wide angle if i want to get close and distort something in the foreground, or some element in the scene. sometimes use a stitch to control how much sky / or cut out the sky from a shot - typically woodland. it'd be great to get it framed right in one...

I like it, uncluttered, simple and shows off your work. Hope you get a portrait you're happy with! A candid shot of you shooting?

Cheers, thanks, can login okay now.

hi, tried to register on the site today with two different emails but have not received an auto-response account confirm email for either? can you please help....

Thanks for that, from what I've been reading they seem to have a lot of 'good for the money, but...' type reviews/opinions. Makes more sense to save a little extra more, up the budget and get a decent 27". What you said really hit home yesterday, that we spend a good deal of time looking at the...

I hope the OP doesn't mind me hijacking this thread, but I would also like some pointers with my purchasing choice.... weighing up a dual monitor setup (2x Dell2412M's as reccomended here) or a sub £500 27" for main display and use existing 22.5" for secondary display (to be replaced in the...

not sure if this will becomplete waffle, as i'm just looking at a new monitor myself and trying to understand the technologies involved, but a couple of questions: what graphics card have you got installed? what connection do you use from the graphics card to the monitor?

Ha! Thanks! And things were becoming clearer

thanks for the advice, a lot of common sense! never considered the light stand, but seems obvious now!! I understand the point about 'boring' studio shots, and to be honest i'm not a big fan and i feel like i'm selling my soul a little by looking to offer generic airbrushed studio family...

thanks! deep down i knew that was the most sensible solution!! walk before you run and that! but with the money burning a hole in my pocket i was tempted!! thanks again. think i'll get the essentials (i think?), a couple of backgrounds; some modifiers for the speedlight; and some 'props'

Hi, been reading with interest various threads and articles relating to home studio setup and i guess it could be easy to blow a huge chunk of money getting things up and running. I've got a budget of approx £300 at the moment. Thinking of clearing the garage space (attached to house) giving me...