Recent content by sandy

im based in west lothian, scotland. thanks for the offer but i think to save a bit of money (even £20 quid is alot of money to me at the monemt :'( ) i will try and take some pics myself and base them on some i seen on istock. thanks for your help everyone

touché awp... you are quite right, perhaps i am appealing to the amateurs of this world. i know this is a touchy subject on here. swag72.. thanks for your suggestion, i didn't realize they were so cheap... i thought i would have to subscribe or pay 2-3 quid per pic. i shall take a look now.

hi all i wonder if there is anyone on here who can point me in the right direction or help me out. i have recently set up a company and my website needs some pics. i am doing the site myself using Moonfruit. and it is now live, but lacking in pics. my skills are nowhere near good enough...

sorry if this is a dumb question (newb here), but why would you want to know? cant you just walk back / forward looking through the viewfinder to see if the person fits? im guessing you would want to know for if you were tight for space and wondered if you should use a different lens, or a...

some nice tips - thanks everyone who has posted so far, and thanks for the link Ray; loads of interesting pointers on that site!

Mark, great thanks, really appreciate you sharing this info with us all. i suppose the course is designed / aimed at people wanting to work self employed or start their own business. thanks for the app, ive downloaded it.

sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but i was wondering: - if this diploma was on my c.v and i applied for jobs, would an employer take it seriously? - is this affiliated to the BIPP? i have suscribed to this thread, very interesting. im also thinking of signing up. thanks

Afternoon everyone, I'm a newb to photography and was thinking there must be alot of rules of thumb that would be useful.. For example, the sunny f16 rule.. I wonder if you would e willing to share your rules of thumb or pointers you use when shooting in a particular situation. Thanks...

yeah that is what i thought, plus all the pro's shoot in RAW so i thought "whats the point in beating about the bush, lets get straight into pro mode!" should have done a bit more homework first.

long story short; i was playing about with my camera and stumbled upon an albino squirell! i tryed to get some shots of it but i had a 50mm 1.8 prime on at the time. that and bad lighting ment they didnt come out the best but some look ok. i would have changed to a longer lens but i thought if...

thanks guys, really appreciate it! now i can see how much of a mess ive made of these shots.. thanks again

evening all... im after a bit of assistance. i recently purchaced a Nikon D300, my first camera, and i was out today taking pics, and ive ended up shooting in raw format. how can i view these files, i dont have photoshop.. thank you

wow.. i wasent expecting such friendly and helpful advice! thanks everyone. i have been scouring the web looking for second hand models and seen this: http://www.beeston.cashconverters.co.uk/auction-item/335911/nikon-d300-with-nikon-24-120mm-lens seems like a good deal, maybe too good to be...

Hello all First of all let me introduce myself as this is my first post; My name is Sandy and I have been interested in photography for only a few months (since i first noticed what was possible with my girlfriends dads DSLR). I have read a few Scott Kelby books to help me understand the...