Recent content by liydjw3

I'm at work, counting down the time... oh I dislike Monday's!

I asked a similar question in a thread on here about 2 months ago, the answers were very useful. Camera Clubs do vary and I rang a few up to see what they had to offer. I went along to one in Haslemere and quite frankly it was quite boring, the chairman or whoever in charge just showed his...

A Giving Tribute's Dog Competition: Two categories: Beautiful Dog Category and Puppy Category http://biSPAM/WJrI2m The first prize winners for each category will win a portrait of their pet by the talented fine artist Jo Van Kampen. The second prize winners for each category will receive a...

Hi all, We are launching a landscape competition next week and we need prize ideas. The budget is £250. What would you like to see as prizes?

Into Wildlife?

A Giving Tribute's Wildlife Photography Competition: http://www.agivingtribute.com/about_us/photography_competitions.htm 1st Prize: £100 2nd Prize: £75 Runner Up Prizes: 5 x Novelty Camera Lens Cups Judges - Matt Doggett, Neil McIntyre, Paul Sawer and Phil Jones Entry is free!

In my experience of clubs (my tennis club) for example say they do a lot of things to entice you to join. For example, free tickets to Wimbledon, tour abroad and tournaments. I've been a member there for two years and none of those things have even come into discussion, we just play tennis. I'm...

I recently purchased a Canon 1000d as my first DSLR. It's an easy to use camera, however I've noticed large dust blobs on all shots with sky showing. This could not be seen on the sensor and the auto cleaning was obviously not doing it's job. I returned this to the retailer and exchanged...

I'm new to photography and would like to join a photography club but I'd like to know what they actually do. Obviously they take pictures but do they organise trips? Analyse photos? Give equipment talks? Are they quite serious or laid back and you just go along and do what you like? Thanks

I'm a strong believer in doing before reading and learning that way. In some cases it has worked but others I wish I did some reading first. This actually isn't a bad list of good books to read. I've read a few of them and I would recommend...

I'll give it a go!