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Police Photography Rules

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:15:41 +0000

If you are confused about police powers on photography, whether you are entitled to photograph or not there is a useful article here from the Metropolitan Police.
You may also want to check out the I’m a photographer not a terrorist website.

We’ve not had many issues ourselves, but it’s worth reminding nosey neighbours/security guards/misinformed policemen etc etc what your rights are to photograph in a public place.

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Chatsworth BBC Documentary

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:15:59 +0000

Lovely to see Chatsworth on the BBC last night – we saw them filming this a few times. You can see how the team spirit is built up among the workers, and it’s great to see behind the scenes.

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One to One Photography tuition in Sheffield, 5 May 2012

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:16:01 +0000

Rachel went to Sheffield to teach Helen to take professi0nal looking photos of her lovely children, Otis and Oscar. Rachel got Helen using her 50mm prime lens, which she now loves. She also encouraged Helen to fill the frame and not be scared to get in close. Here are some of the results:

Thanks to Helen for letting us use the photos following her one to one photography tuition!

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This month’s Photography Mentoring Service photograph selection

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:16:17 +0000

April’s pictures had the theme “standing out from the crowd,” and the range of subject and ideas was truly staggering. Here is a small subset of the pictures sent in, no more than one picture per person except in once instance where we couldn’t decide and put two in!! Brilliant stuff!

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Bristol Civic Day photography competition

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:15:34 +0000

Have a look at the entries for Bristol Civic Day – we’re really looking forward to judging this. Have a look at the pics so far.

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Creative photography course in sunny Weston!

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:15:47 +0000

Rachel had a brilliant day teaching the Creative photography course…the sun was shining, we went down to the Pier, and apart from having an ice-ream, it was just perfect!
Bruce, Lee and Pete really came up with some amazing shots, and enjoyed the challenges Rachel set them. As ever, household objects placed ‘out of context’, and having a ‘job’ to do, a focus, and a reason for bothering to take their camera’s out and press the shutter!!

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Creative photography course at Charlecote Park

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:15:20 +0000

What a fantastic day we had today…loads of fun and some amazing photo’s into the bargain!! Lynne is back again, and so is Jean! Steve made up the trio!
All three took some very unusual and considered shots, and found the exercise of going out into the landscape for half an hour without their camera’s to ‘feel’ the landscape an unusual but surprisingly interesting and incredibly useful exercise.

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Creative photography course in Malvern

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:15:24 +0000

Well despite being dull and rainy, we had a great day being creative! Lynne had already done our DSLR course, and she came back to test her skills at being a bit more creative! Sally had a good working knowledge of her camera, and was keen to flex her creative muscles!

As ever, Rachel is keen to push people out of their ‘comfort zones’, and is always quoting Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again, and expect it to turn out differently”…..and how true that is with your photography!!

It was a really fantastic day, and Sally and Lynne both went home with several images they’re proud enough of to enlarge and put up on their walls…as promised by Rachel as ever!!

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Wedding Photography course in Malvern

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:17:45 +0000

Bill and John came to Malvern to learn how to photograph a wedding…they have got one booked later in the year. As always, we go through the entire day, step-by-step, including settings, lenses, flash, ISO, must-have photo’s etc. We always make sure that people go away feeling confident, with a ‘recipe’ sheet, and all the knowledge to cover the entire day from Bride getting ready to the first dance. Also, we reassure people that if they get stuck/forget anything, we are always on the end of the phone to talk it through.

They did some pretend preparation photo’s, and we also went down to Great Malvern Priory to practice low-light shots…..a real problem for wedding photographers! It was a pretty full-on and intense day, but we covered so much and had fun along the way!

We can also give business advice, and how to go about getting more work. We had to learn the hard way ie straight in at the deep end all those years ago!!

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One-to-one tuition in Derby

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:16:31 +0000

Rachel had a great time with two lovely ladies today near Derby….the sun was shining, and a productive day was had by all! It’s always nice to be with people in their own environment to learn at their own pace and concentrate on aspects of their camera’s/photography interests etc.with no pressure. We covered aperture,shutter, depth of field, white balance etc. Carol was chuffed to learn how to blur the background, and get that professional look! Sally took an amazing free-frame photo of water! Well done both of you!

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