Recent content by pingu

I am going back to south lakes wild animal park soon for the first time since i took up photography. if you like wild animals its a great place to visit. however I am very tempted to leave my camera behind despite tehre being oportunity for some great shots. I enjoy interacting with the...

that lens was the first bit of L glass I ever bought. its still my favourite lens.

he was lucky it was the modern forces... had he been a roman for example then the punishment for falling asleep when on duty was death - normally by being beaten to death by blows to the body so you cant just black out. when you join the forces other people have to be able to rely on you...

my main advice for any sort of event like this is: "there is no such thing as too much beer" too little beer yes.. but too much.. no. no such thing.

dp

running away from a crash in the future:

anyone else old enough to remeber the TRRL "kneecappers" thing? IMO and sadly IME the BEST thing to do when involved in a bike crash is to get as far away from the bike as you can. well actually the BEST thing is not to crash in the first place obviously. not too sure I would like an...

yeah looks more like driver error than anything else. rear wheel drive is fun to play with in the wet with TC turned off. ok 4wd will give you more grip but I would say that its more a case of the driver of the BM being a gimp rather than a problem with the car. I still giggled though...

there is a guy on another forum (non photography) I use (urban 75) who seems to specialise in this sort of thing. will PM you the details

i only shoot in raw as it makes me look like i know what i am doing when people ask me what I shoot in :)

depending on the contract it could easily be the case. i think the wording in the contract I disputed was something like perpetual and irrevocable right to IP and or copyright from any inventions, discoveries or other material produced or found during the period the contrct is in force...

check your contract. some contrcacts will have various clauses in them that effectively mean that anything you discover, invent etc whist employed or engaged by them automatically means that any IP or copyright goes to them, irrespective of wether it s related to your work for them or not. I had...

I have some shots that I have taken that I want a charitable org to be able to use freely but still leaves the copyright with me. I am happy for them to use the pics aspart of their promo material, web site, magazine and even for merchandising but dont want them to be able to sell the images...

ta I am happy shooting on manual (normally do anyhow) but tbh I very very rarely have to use flash as I shoot outdoors 99.9% of the time in reasonable light. I do know that I am going to have to shoot in a sports hall soon and will get that horrible yellow tinge to everything if I dont us...

keep any claim below 5k, that way you can use small claims court and keep legal costs down (not sure if small claims does copyright though) failing that nuke him from orbit ... only way to be sure