Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Monday, November 06, 2023

Camera balancing

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  Having arranaged to take a set of photos of Life in Longmorn , I packed all my gear up, for what was to be an early start. We might only l...
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Sunday, September 26, 2021

Knowing when you are beaten

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    This is my photo booth for small models. It sits in the chaos of the corner of my office. A portable booth with a couple of photo lights...
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Sunday, September 13, 2020

A new (Olympus) pen

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A few weeks ago, I was looking at my poorly Nikon DSLR and wondering if I really needed to replace it based on the sort of photos I take.  ...
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Friday, August 28, 2020

Splat autopsy

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My Migo Splat has a broken leg. It was fine and then suddenly things went wonky and useless.  This flexible tripod is invaluable, as I expl...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Do I need a DSLR?

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    My Nikon D5000 has died.  When I switch it on, the lights in the viewfinder flash on and then there is nothing. My first thought was a f...
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Sunday, June 14, 2020

Upgrading the photo studio

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For the last few months, my photo setup has included a roll of printer paper acting as a background. Since adding this, I've saved ages ...
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Splat

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When I'm taking photos and people are watching, the question I'm asked the most is "What's that blue tripod thing?...
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Sunday, December 08, 2019

Who needs a "proper" camera?

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You know what's special about this photo? Or this one? Both were taken at Pendon, on my mobile 'phone. And both are rea...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Photo tent review

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I've mentioned in the past that I have to take photos in odd places, and don't really want to be dragging a great big booth with ...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Judging photos for Bachmann

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A couple of months ago, I spent a few hours at Bachmann's Leicestershire HQ. My first job was to return the G scale Thomas train set...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Portable photography

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This time last week, I attended the London Toy Fair. My plan each year is to see what both Hornby and Oxford have announced at the show. ...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Getting close with a Infinoptix digital microscope

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Placing an order on the HobbyKing website, once I'd found the stuff I wanted, I had a look at some of the other goodies on offer. By...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Level camerawork

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Recently, I've been taking a fair bit of video on our Olympus SZ-17. It's an excellent camera with an amazing zoom and the abilit...
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Friday, September 08, 2017

The impossible photo challenge

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Sometimes it's good to have a bit of a challenge. When Paul Martin of EDM models put a request on his newsletter for people to take phot...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

All the gear, no idea

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  At a recent show, I suddenly noticed that  the hall had got a loot brighter, and the "sun" was coming from behind me. Turni...
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Friday, June 02, 2017

Dead G12

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Model railway magazine nerds will know that the camera de jour for toy train snappers is the Canon G12. A high end compact, it produces...
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Friday, August 19, 2016

What a difference 19 years makes

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  Lead photo in the Melbridge Dock article in the current BRM is this shot by Andy York showing the Y7 shunting behind Dougie and a sea...
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Friday, March 25, 2016

Pretty good photos

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Cameras are over-rated. What you see above is my aged Fuji AX650. I took yesterdays blog photo on it and the results, in low light, were...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

A most useful photography tool

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  RIP my GorillaPod . After well over a year of sterling service, it has finally bitten the dust. The three legs are turned skyward as ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

3D photos. The future?

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Over the Doncaster weekend, there was a first for one of my layouts - it was photographed by a proper 3D camera. Years ago, some kid had a g...
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