Recent content by Red Handed

Hi James - this is interesting! I guess a studio is something most of us would like to be able to have the space for. Please post your progress, maybe with some pics. Good luck, Mark.

Looks like I was a bit too quick there :bonk: Great shot. How do you rate the quality of the glass or is it not possible to say from just a visual inspection...

Excellent idea - love it. Need to make sure that light can't get in at the sides though.

Definitely hand baggage. I would never trust the carrier to look after my gear. Last time I travelled in May this year I just used a small camera rucksack with some room for extras.

Well the on-board flash is probably going to be a little harsh so it might be worthwhile trying to difuse it a little. You could hold any semi-transparent whitish plastic material in front of the flash when you take the shots. Also, if you can set the white balence in the menu settings to the...

Thanks for the tips guys. Will try both of them. :thumbs:

I'm in the South West - where the cloud will be :shrug:

If you are planning on doing a fair bit of post processing and editing then a tablet is going to be great help. It's much eaasier to use and more accurate when using pen strokes as opposed to mouse strokes.

Wouldn't it be nice to know the cost of manufacture for some of this kit? I can't help feeling that Tommy has a good point here. Of course, top manufacturers have a right to charge extra for quality but some of the pro prices are a little silly. If the D700 was £800 cheaper then I'd be saving...

I don't know where you are but if you are coming across the border a reasonable place to start might be Cleeve Hill which is quite a high ridge that runs around Cheltenham and Prestbury in Gloucestershire. Great view and plenty of ground to cover on the hill as well. If you google image it...

Definitely with Chris Clark on this one. I've recently got back into photography and I know now that I wouldn't have been happy with a bridge. Go for a DSLR and you'll never look back - IMHO.

Nice one - hope you get a royalty for each copy sold :)

Just something I remember from someone who took my ID photo once was to do Head and Shoulders with the shoulders at 45 degrees to the camera and the subject looking directly at the camera. I've seen a lot of personal resume/CV shots since with the same pose. Just a small thing but makes for a...

Thanks for the welcome everyone :) See you all on the forums and hopefully I'll bump into some you fellow Devonians when we're out and about...

Hi all, Been lurking for a while now wondering where to start so I thought I'd introduce myself and get going. Returning to photography from a break of many years and finding it difficult to recapture the inspiration that used to come naturally. Also finding that there is a lot to learn...