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Photography
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AnninGlos | Report | 19 Aug 2013 15:49 |
Another craft to detach from the main craft thread. I know Jude is doing a photography course. It has been a hobby of mine since I was eleven years old so if it is your hobby, this thread is for you. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 19 Aug 2013 16:07 |
I would be interested |
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AnninGlos | Report | 19 Aug 2013 16:26 |
Do you do your own developing Errol? I envy you if you have a dark room. 21 years ago before we moved here we had an under the eves room which we made into a dark room, mainly for me although OH used to do a bit. I only ever developed and printed black and white but it was great fun. I can remember the excitement now that I felt when the first photo started to develop. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 19 Aug 2013 16:51 |
I don't do my own developing now but I have done in the past. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 19 Aug 2013 17:08 |
when we lived in Bedfordshire I belonged to a camera society but I am not really a society person, prefer to do my own thing. I did win one monor competition but other than that have not really entered anything. I love looking at exhibitions though. I think there is one on at the moment in Gloucester of black and white photos, might try and have a look at that tomorrow. They hold it in the old priory which is a wonderful setting. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 19 Aug 2013 17:10 |
I meant to ask, do you have your Grandfather's photos? Wasn't it much more of a skill then though? |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 19 Aug 2013 17:21 |
Yes I do have a number of his prints and one of his original cameras. A lot of his prints are portraits and I find it fascinating wondering who the subjects were. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 19 Aug 2013 17:50 |
Would like to have seen that Errol, an interesting concept. Lol The closest I have ever got to that was doping a quiz way back in the 80s, putting up lots of photos of close ups of objects for people to guess what they were. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 19 Aug 2013 18:58 |
Maybe we could have a GR photo competition? |
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AnninGlos | Report | 19 Aug 2013 19:48 |
Now thre is an idea worth thinking bout. |
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Annx | Report | 20 Aug 2013 00:12 |
Yes, I love photography too and have just entered a Hoverfly closeup in a competition in our local paper. I've had a few photos printed in the local paper, but have only entered a couple of their competitions. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 20 Aug 2013 08:55 |
I love looking at old photos of places I know/knew Ann. Have a few my Dad took around my home town which has changed a lot. trouble with so many of his photos they were quite small, if enlarged they don't really have the definition. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 24 Aug 2013 22:20 |
But photo albums are such fun to browse through. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 24 Aug 2013 22:33 |
Tess you can't go wrong with a digital camera just point and shoot, take as many as you like, no fil to waste. |
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Jane | Report | 26 Aug 2013 08:41 |
I am only a begginer at photography. Taking good shots doesn't come very easy to me so my husband and I decided to go to Southsea to practice taking photos of the kite festival. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 26 Aug 2013 09:12 |
The thing is, with digital cameras you are not wasting film so take ten photos and there maybe one good one amongst them. It really is practice and learning what works but it sounds as if you had plenty to focus on. I bet the tall ship and sub looked good. I used to work near southsea (towards the ferry to Gosport) so could easily picture it all. |
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Annx | Report | 26 Aug 2013 22:40 |
Yes, you can just snap away without any 'cost' and often something among the shots will be good. :-) Good idea with a digital though to get a spare battery to keep charged and carry with you. There is nothing worse than a perfect shot coming into view and your battery fizzles out! :-S |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 26 Aug 2013 22:59 |
Sounds like photography heaven Jane. Glad you had a good day. |
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Jane | Report | 27 Aug 2013 08:26 |
Thanks Ann I have already learnt that lesson. We went out to take some pictures of car trails. We got up on Portsdown hill and got the camera set up ready to go only to find out after a couple of shots the battery had run out and we didnt have the spare. The next time we tried again we forgot to put a card in the camera. Third time lucky! We thought we had to get it right this time, but no after a couple of shots the card was full. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 27 Aug 2013 09:19 |
I don't have a spare battery but I do charge my camera before we go out to take photos. I have a 2GB card so that holds a lot and I usually empty my card when the photos are downloaded to my pc. I also often carry two cameras. |
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