Recent content by northernstar074

She probably did think she was doing them a favour but she has given out a phone number that she had no right to and the school should have stuck to their list of emergency numbers until they could contact one of us on the list. That fact that I am the 2nd on the list and they didnt even try to...

Hi Lawrie My kids are 6, 7 and 9 and all at primary school. We dont have a list of people with authourity to collect the kids but my ex was pregnant for most of this year so she told the teachers that her bf would be picking the kids up sometimes. I thought that the school must be in breach of...

I agree Spike. The school has a list of contact numbers for the precise reason. I was more furious I think because if it was a really serious emergency as oppose to my daughter feeling ill and needing to be picked up .... if I wasn't called and something happened to any of my kids .. how would...

Thanks Jim. I thought that as a list of numbers was provided it was the job of the school to phone the numbers in order of that list in an emergency. It is, in effect, the kids grandmother although she is divorced from my ex's dad. She may have had good intentions but I think she has overstep...

Hey all I don't know if this is me being over sensitive or the school are wrong !!! My ex and me split last year and have 3 kids together. She met someone else a year ago. Now all 3 kids go to the same school. My youngest was ill on Monday and the school tried to phone my ex but...

Cheers Rob. I was experimenting when I went wandering off onto f4 1/1000 ;)

Thanks anyway Chris ! Next time I am passing the New Forest :) It was my first studio shoot but will be doing more to get more experience and understanding.

Hi Chris Yes I am up north - Southport, Merseyside to be precise :) Thanks for your reply. This was one of the first photos I took before the camera was switched to manual f8, 1/125, ISO 200.

Seems to have lost the exif data ! :( Here it is in full: Exif data Camera NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D40 Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture f/4.8 Focal Length 35 mm ISO Speed 400 Exposure Bias -1/3 EV Flash No Flash File Size 2.2 MB File Type JPEG MIME Type image/jpeg Image Width...

Thanks Ian and thanks to you all for your help ! Just a side note - are my calculations on my first post correct with regards to the shutter speed and aperture adjustments ? f8 at 1/125, f5.6 at 1/250 and f4 at 1/500 would give the same exposure ?

Cheers Rob ! This now makes some sense out of me getting a decent photo at f4.8 with 1/1000 !

Not sure on the lighting set up but can find out. Wasn't using a flash gun. I was using manual and set the aperture and shutter speed myself and left the white balance and ISO and auto but shot in raw. I did notice in lightroom, as I had a play with the camera during the shoot, that...