Recent content by jammy1000

Hi everyone, In the Royal Wedding 'sales' this weekend, I purchased myself an Olympus PEN EPL-1. It comes with the 14mm-40mm lens, but I am looking at getting one with a bigger zoom on it. I am also very interested in a Viewfinder. Obviously Olympus do lens' and viewfinders themselves...

Cheers guys, ive sorted it an am now shooting tethered!!!

When i have been to photo studios they have the cameras connected to external screens. They can look at the pictures on a big screen, as soon as they have taken them. Can i do this on my Nikon D40 and my Dell Laptop??

Its this type of thing

I have recently come across some really beautiful pictures of people, close up, that show all the flaws in there skin. Freckles, wrinkles, lines, cracks, the lot. The pictures are very light and the background is very blurred. They were really striking and I want to take a few myself. I have...

Thanks everyone, been a great help especially Wail, never seen that site before, my hard earned cash will be disappearing even more quickly now!!

Anyone know a cheap place to get one of this? Thanks

I'm trying to take some portrait photos, and the light is all wrong, I'm going to invest in an umbrella, but would a lamp from somewhere like homebase, with a daylight bulb work behind it just to shed some more natural light? At the moment I'm not in a position to pay much , so while it is...

Thanks EdBray, and this is where I really sound like an idiot! How would i use it with a softbox? I have seen them used, but not quite sure how to do it!!

Thanks flashman, any particular ones you would recommend?

Hi everyone, Just joined here, recently got a Nikon D40 and have taken photography up as a hobby, didn't realise how much I would love it! Looking forward to getting help and comments and hopefully giving some as well! James

The only flash I have is the one built into the camera! I thought that, so later i will be off to buy a cheap bedsheet!! and i forgot to say, i also have a tripod and a remote control! Thanks for the welcome!

Hi all, I have a Nikon D40 with a Nikkor 18-55mm lens and also a Sigma 70-300mm lens, and have had them for about 6 months. I have taken it on Holiday to the USA and have really nice pictures, but im starting to want to take some portrait and more professional looking photos of people. I...