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Dave Brennan

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A big hello from Tyneside :wave:

I've been taking photos for over 20 years with various compacts. The first SLR I bought was a Pentax ME super. A City and Guilds photography course soon followed which I gained passes in Portraiture and Architecture. Over time I changed my camera and eventually treat myself to a Canon AF SLR and have stayed with that manufacturer ever since :canon:. I've been a member of a few forums (even ran one for 3 years before work got in the way) and a couple of camera clubs, so I already recognise a few names around here.

I started experimenting with Smoke Art while recovering from a knee operation on 2009. As I was pretty immobile for a few months I needed something to keep my photographic hobby going. I spotted an article on a website which brought smoke art to my attention and it quickly became apparent that it would be something I could try out easily enough in the house while recovering. First efforts were straight shots of smoke, but I soon progressed onto duplicating and removing smoke to bring emphasis to shapes, highlighting them even further with the use of colours.

Earlier this year I took over the chairman’s role at West Moor Camera Club :help:
 
Just had a look on your flickr Dave some nice images as you mention the smoke art shots are good :thumbs: added you to my contacts :thumbs:
 
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Cheers Dave, I'm enjoying the Smoke Art at the minute (seperate website for it at www.smokeart.co.uk) and just finished a local exhibition of it which went well.
 
Hi Dave

Good stuff with the exhibition, pleased it went well for you.

I see your using photobox,to sell images, how much commission do they charge, as Ive never heard of them, TIA

Dave
 
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I'm using the Progallery (http://www.photoboxgallery.com/take-a-tour) part of Photobox which isn't bad at all actually. The costing is their price to print plus 10% of your actual price.

For example, they charge £1.27 for a 10" x 8" print, you sell it for £5.00 (you can either use a % mark-up or set individual prices). They take 10% of your price (50p) + the cost to print (£1.27) making their cut £1.77, you get £3.23. You still need to take VAT into account though.
 
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