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    Hello!

    Hi Bee.
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    Hi All

    Universalady - welcome! No dogs but I've got a few old Nikon's that THINK they're dogs and they certainly look dogged. My Mum's lab loves me though...
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    Baseball - NBL

    Date - Sunday 20 May 2012 Time - 12noon and 2.30pm Where - Grovehill playing fields, off Washington Ave, Grovehill, Hemel Hempstead Herts Falcons vs Croydon, two matches. This is the top level of UK baseball. You will need a 500 to 600mm for the home plate but only a 200 to 300mm for first...
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    Any advice?

    Rosie, you don't need to spend a lot. Especially while you're still learning. I'd suggest a 'low mileage' Nikon or Canon D-SLR. I'm a Nikon man, so here's what I would buy with, say two hundred and fifty quid. A used D1X pro body for one fifty. And a new Nikon short zoom. The 18-70mm can be had...
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    Hello

    Blimey Chris! I'll have to make some up!! ;)
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    What have you done to your gear because you were bored?

    I'm doing a low budget project with two Nikon D1X's [although I use D2X's and D2H's mostly] so, for my fellow Fleet Street and regional shooters amusement, I taped the D1X symbol over with black electrical tape on both of 'em. I toyed with the idea of making up 'D5' logo's but I didn't want to...
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    Who's work inspires you?

    Magazine [war] photographer - James Nachtwey [dvd 'War Photographer'] Magazine [war] photographer - Louie Palu [currently in Afghanistan] Magazine [war] photographer - the late Tim Hetherington [dvd 'Restrepo'] Nature - Joel Sartore [National Geographic - dvd 'At Close Range'] And if you are...
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    Hello

    Thanks to all who said 'hi.' Andy, there's still some interest in true photojournalism but the regional and - to some extent - national media are to a large extent just rewriting PR copy and using supplied pictures. It's unfortunate but a reality. But I'm happy to help any budding Jim Nachtwey's...
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    Photojounalism on a budget

    Personal project but you are welcome to follow / comment! :) http://austerephotojournalist.blogspot.co.uk
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    Hello

    :)New guy from Hertfordshire. Twenty-seven years pro photojournalist. Ten [how did that happen] Nikon D-SLR's, 500mm f4, 300mm f4, 200mm f2, 70-200mm f2.8, 24-120mm, 12-24mm, SB strobe, Quantum, 1.4X, 1.7X, 2X and 2X aspherical. My online portfolio is...
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