A blog on travel photography and our photography courses in the UK and Abroad.
After a 3 month lay off we are now pleased to be back working and offering courses again. You can book a 1-2-1, 1 day or Fotowalk on varoius weekend dates through summer and autumn and join us on one of our UK Residential courses in Dorset, New Forest, Lake District or Northumberland.
Check out our web site https://www.fotocourses.co.uk
Congratulations to Derek Smith for getting the most entries correct. No-one managed to get all the places but Derek got 12 of the 14 so well done. Here are the correct places:
Here are some images taken on my holidays over the past 10 years. Most are easy some, I think are difficult. First person to correctly guess all the locations gets a £25 Voucher to use against one of our courses. If nobody gets all the answers the highest number of correct entries wins. To see the full images click on the thumbnails below. Email your answers to forestside@btinternet.com.
Heres what you need to identify for each image:
With the relaxing of restrictions around Covid19 we are hoping to be able to offer courses again soon. This of course depends on government advice.
From the 4th July we should be able to offer our 1-2-1 courses, 1 day courses and Fotowalks. Once the guidance is issued from the government and we have a clearer picture with regard to the position for hotel bookings we may be able to offer some UK based residential courses later in the Summer / Autumn. At the moment overseas courses for 2020 seem unlikely due to travel restrictions but we are hoping to offer new dates for 2021.
Check out our website www.fotocourses.co.uk for the latest information and new dates. Website update due end of June.
It was good to see such a selection of varies entries for the competition. I selected my choice with great difficulty this time.
Here are my entries in the highly commended section.
Now for my Favourite Images. In third place Damian Garcia with his entry of the Red Arrows.
In second Place Nicky Geldart with her Red Squirrel
And in first place with a great shot of a Morris Dancer Elaine Henshaw. Well done Elaine.
Thanks to everyone who entered and voted.
We have had all the votes in for your favourite images. The results were spread across a large number of the entries but there were 4 entries that received the most votes by a long way. Here are the results for the peoples vote.
In 4th Place – Brian Allen
in 3rd Place – Amanda Booth
In second Place – Liz Reading
And in 1st place Liz Reading Again – Well done Liz.
Tomorrow I will be announcing my favourites so check back.
I came across this today – HDRsoft are temporarily giving away lifetime licences of Photomatix Essentials. Heres what they say on their website:
“We would like to play our small part in supporting the photography community in these challenging times.
We’ve gathered here a few resources to learn about HDR photography, and get you started with taking HDR photos.
We are also temporarily giving away lifetime licenses of our Photomatix Essentials software so that you can start creating your own HDR images.
HDR photography opens up a whole new world of photography possibilities, whether you’re an amateur, enthusiast or professional.”
Check out this link: https://www.hdrsoft.com/learn/stay-positive.html for your free download.
A big thank you to all of you who have submitted entries for this months competition. The submissions are in no particular order and I have chosen my top 3 which will be announced when we have had the votes in from the public vote.
To vote for your favourites send me an email to forestside@btinternet.com with your 1st, 2nd and third for the public vote. Make a note of your favourites – each thumbnail has a number. Make sure you click on the images below to see them full frame as some of the thumbnails below are cropped. Closing Date for votes 24th May.
| I will be running a new competition this month. The theme is “Best of British” which is pretty broad but gives scope for some nice variety from landscapes or wildlife to people or anything else you think fits the theme. Prizes of £25 off a future course will be given to the public vote winner and my choice. Anyone can enter up to 5 entries. Send your entries to my email forestside@btinternet.com Closing Date for Entries 15th May 2020 |
| Competition Rules Maximum 5 entries per person. Judges decision is final. There will be 2 prizes. Entires will be posted on the travelwithfotocourses blog at a maximum resolution of 800 pixels wide. The pictures will not be used for any other purpose without your express permission. |
As you can imagine since coming back from the USA in March the business has been very quiet. Things seem to be moving slowly towards a return to normal but training courses still seem some way off. I have therefore been looking at ways I can undertake courses remotely and I will be running 1-2-1 sessions online using Zoom from £15 per session. The sessions can cover anything from camera settings to Photo critique to photoshop / lightroom techniques – You decide. Please check out the link below to go to the website page for more information.
https://www.fotocourses.co.uk/1_day_1-2-1_Courses/Virtual.html
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