Photography

I am 25 years old and have never been good at art, drawing, painting, colouring in or any of those things but have always been very creative and so simply love picking up my camera and taking it out and about to see what I can capture. Photography used to be one of those hobbies that many considered to be an elitist passtime but with the ever improving camera market leading to a great amount of price reduction and better technology available to more people thanks to much better value for moeny it is now becomming a passtime that more and more people are taking up. I have personally always been into photography but not into spending hundreds of pounds to pick up a ...  Read the complete review

I posted this review in Ciao café the other day and it seems to have gone down well, so I thought I would share it with you. I hope this is the right category (Thanks to Colin for getting it moved to the right category :) ) Introduction. Most of you who have read my reviews will have realised that they are mostly photographic equipment reviews, here is a review of the original camera that got me interested in photography in the first place and my experiences with it, it is an old obsolete model which is not included on any review sites, hence my posting it in here. When I was a young lad I wanted a camera that could take close-ups (macro) ...  Read the complete review

Owners of cameras with interchangeable lenses - mostly but not only 35mm SLR cameras - can build up a good set of optics without having to spend a fortune. The second-hand market has a lot to offer, if you know how to go about selecting a good bargain. Used lenses are usually much less expensive than new lenses. You can save a lot of money if you are careful - but you can also end up with garbage. True, most lenses can be serviced but why put yourself through the hassle? Most camera owners are aware that the quality of the image depends mostly on the lens. This applies not only to its specifications and quality of manufacture but also to its condition, ...  Read the complete review

I have spent days racking my brains trying to think of a favourite item to write about so that I can fulfill Jill Murphy's request. I've had all sorts of ideas but not one single item really struck me as being something really special that I would consider to be a favourite thing. However, yesterday I was tidying out my wardrobe and lying underneath a pile of old shoes was a box of old photographs - packets and packets of photographs of people and places that I have very happy memories of. I opened the lid and slowly began ploughing my way through them, whilst looking at these photos I was struck by how many fond memories this old box of photographs ...  Read the complete review

Thanks to the ever-inventful Monty Python team for the title. OK, it's not as good as Conor and Kieran (the youngest members of the Murphy company) think up, but I like it. This opinion is all about photography. I love photography. Really enjoy it. It's an artform that lives forever. Unlike most art it can take place on two levels. You have all those party 'snaps' recording a moment of drunken laughter and glee. Hee hee. Hic. And then you can have 'real' photography. Where you go out with the intention of capturing something good, and come back with a photograph or two. I much prefer the second, mainly due to not being a loud, ...  Read the complete review