A blog on travel photography and our photography courses in the UK and Abroad.
Soon to be released Camera from Nikon looks to be a a great buy for the Nikon faithful. Around £1200 and released on the 21st March. Check out the link below for specs from the Nikon web site.
Nikon UK – Digital Cameras – SLR – Consumer – D7100 – Digital Cameras, D-SLR, COOLPIX, NIKKOR Lenses.
With just over 2 weeks to go until the start of the America trip preparations are nearly complete. ESTA forms, airline tickets and accommodation has been booked for the first part of the trip. (We need to keep things fairly fluid for the later stages when the weather can be a little more unpredictable in Bryce and Zion). We will be completing a daily post on Facebook so you can see how the trip progresses so if you are interested in coming on the trip next year check out our facebook page. New places we are going to visit this year are the Neon Sign Museum and the Fremont Street Experience in Vegas. We will be posting pictures as we go and will be updating the galleries when we return.
Check out our web site for a free camera buying advice service. If you are thinking of buying a new camera or lens and want an unbiased opinion or you just want some advice on which camera to buy we can give you our opinion. We are not tied into any camera manufacturer and our advice is based on cameras we have seen and used on our courses. All you need to do to use this service is fill in our online form and we will give you some options and current prices. The service can be used by anyone and is free. Check out our web site www.fotocourses.co.uk and follow the link.
It was sad news to hear about the departure of the Jessops brand from the high street on Friday. It really seems like the end of an era. For many years Jessops did all our printing for our social photography down in Bournemouth and I would go into the branch and chat with David, Lynne and Joe who are always helpful and cheerful. Then the reports started coming in of financial problems and there was change in the way people did their shopping with the internet becoming the dominant force. People would come on my courses telling me they had gone into their local Jessops for advice then bought on the internet because the price was lower. I can’t say I blame them as I have done the same but the writing was on the wall for the high street camera shop. Lets hope some of the small shops can keep going as it is going to be difficult to see and get an opinion on equipment. Maybe the larger camera and lens makers like Canon, Nikon and Sigma etc will get together and run a store promoting their products in the larger cities in a similar way to Apple. It certainly works for them as the London stores have proved.
I send my best wishes to all the staff at Jessops who deserve better.
We will be emailing and posting our newsletter to people over the next few days. To see your copy you can click on this link http://www.fotocourses.co.uk/Newsletter.html
It has a run down of the courses for 2013 and the America course dates for 2014. plus our early booking discount.
Our New Forest Course was featured in an article in the latest edition of Digital Photographer magazine. You can download a copy of the article by clicking on this link: http://www.fotocourses.co.uk/DP.pdf
The article was written about Nigel Dalton who attended on behalf of the magazine and gives his opinion of the course. Some of Nigel’s pictures are featured in the article but if you want to see a gallery of his work click on the New Forest tab of our web site and follow the link or click here: http://www.fotocourses.co.uk/New_Forest/Nigel_Dalton.html
Here are are top three ideas for Christmas for the photographer:
Third Place
: Polariser Filter.
No photographer should be without this filter. They screw onto the front of the camera and then the filter is revolved to create the effect. Takes down reflections and brings up skys on a sunny day. Best place to get these filters – www.7dayshop.com You need to buy the correct filter for the lens so look inside the lens cap for the diameter of the lens. Prices start at just £6.50.
Second Place :
Photoshop Elements 11
All you need to get started with photo manipulation. The industry standard and £49 for mac or PC at Amazon at the moment. While this is a fraction of the cost of the full CS photoshop version this software does a lot for the money. You won’t be disappointed.
First place: A Photography Course
Book a 1-2-1 day with me for just £150 which can be taken at any time next year. Or book a 1 day course for £75. We will give you a certificate to give as a gift at Christmas. Check out the web site 1-2-1/1day button for more information. You can even book a day to learn how to get the most out Photoshop Elements!
Three photos sent by Chris Routley showing the floodwaters near Glastonbury and some new techniques on photoshop we discussed on a recent course. We now have a new course starting in 2013 which is called our “winter course”. The idea is to spend some time learning some new photoshop and HDR techniques. The course will be ideal for anyone wanting to get up to speed on photoshop quickly with lots of hands on experience.
Check out www.fotocourses.co.uk and follow the “Winter Courses” link.
We have now published our new dates for 2013. We are running some extra courses and want to build on the success of the 2012 courses. If you book your course before the end of 2012 we will give you a 10% reduction on the course price!
Check out our dedicated wedding courses web site www.weddingcourses.net for more details.
Stunning shots in the New Forest over the past couple of days. Our New Forest course was enjoyed by all and it was good to see some old friends returning for another course. Thanks to Ron, Nigel, Neil, John, Chris, Rona, Nancy and Shirley. The pictures are streaming in now so I will be updating the New Forest galleries shortly.
New dates for 2013 are up on the site. Visit http://www.fotocourses.co.uk and follow the New Forest link.
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