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October 25, 2012

Canon Sureshot Sleek

Reading Time: 4 minutes This little compact was first produced in 1996, as part of Canon’s hugely successful Sureshot range. It is a wonderful pocket sized camera, which performs very well at metering, handling tricky exposures.

It has an in built flash, with a guide number of 7.5; with automatic, red eye reduction, and suppressed modes. One thing that is useful is that these are set by a dial, not a menu, so you can keep the flash suppressed when the camera is switched off.

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October 22, 2012

Canon Sureshot Ace

Reading Time: 3 minutes Another 75p Charity shop bargain, in very good optical, mechanical and cosmetic condition. I bought this for the top mounted viewfinder to see if that could be used in street work, but the camera is so noisy it doesn’t work brilliantly for that use. About …

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October 22, 2012

Agfa Agfamatic Sensor 200

Reading Time: 3 minutes This was another of my brilliant 75p finds in our local charity shop. My copy is in good mechanical, optical and cosmetic condition, though the case is a little battered. I am amazed at some of the interesting old things that crop up there. About …

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October 22, 2012

Agfa Optima Flash Sensor

Reading Time: 4 minutes I found this quirky little camera in Oxfam for £5.99 for a copy in very good mechanical, optical and cosmetic condition, with case. There is a reasonable amount of literature on the internet about the Agfa Optima Sensor series, though much of this is in …

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October 18, 2012

Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim Fisheye Mod

Reading Time: 5 minutes Fisheye photography is fun. There is no denying this. It might not be big, or clever (as the professionals put it), but it is a laugh. The world looks at you through a funky bubble. Peoples noses get bigger. You can nearly see behind your …

Cameras and Equipment, Photography, Photography Techniques, Resources, Saturated Imagery

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June 8, 2012

Flyer design for Sheffield Live

Reading Time: 2 minutes …a series of fundraisers from Sheffield Promoter Emily Strange in aid of radio station Sheffield Live 93.2FM.

Working with character art produced by local artist Felicity Hoy I have produced a series of flyers and posters…

Art and Design, Culture, Design, Other Things

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May 22, 2012

Image Tutorial – ‘Heading North, Heading Home’

Reading Time: 8 minutes Today I would like to share a tutorial about how I made one of my recent images – ‘Heading North, Heading Home’. My idea for this image was something a little crunchy – not fully crisp and bright, but blending the dirt of a northern …

Abstract and Experimental Photography, Editing, Photography, Resources, Subjects and Styles

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April 10, 2012

The Evil Airbrush

Reading Time: 3 minutes …And at the end of the day, fashion photography is marketing. Whilst many of us will happily buy a misshapen carrot, if you want to advertise carrots you would show them in their best light. If you don’t like it then just avoid the fashion industry, as it is not going to change. Sorry.
Sozzani’s comment is meaningless. I would warrant that the ‘very few’ who don’t use Photoshop don’t use it because they use something else…

Photography, Portrait Photograhy, Thoughts and Discussion

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November 30, 2011

Luddite 200

Reading Time: 3 minutes I was invited to come and document this gig at TJ’s in Woodhouse, commemorating 200 year anniversary of the Luddite Rebellion, with Chumbawamba, Dan Audio and some other acts who have slipped my memory. The term Luddite is one often used as an insult and …

Event Photography, Gigs and Shows, Other Things, Photography

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November 21, 2011

X-pro

Reading Time: 3 minutes I found this little page today, and thought that I would re-blog it. http://pixelfarmize.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/xpro-film-chart/ It has got me thinking a bit about cross-processing, and the results that you get. Cross processing has become a bit of a trend at the moment, with the whole l*mography …

Abstract and Experimental Photography, Developing and Processing, Film Photography, Photography, Photography Techniques

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October 31, 2011

Hallowe’en, Mush

Reading Time: 2 minutes I got a tip off about this event, that a couple of contacts were playing at, that it may be worth a photography blag, which was successful. I’d not really been aware of Mush before, but it was a good blend of harder music and …

Culture, Nightlife Photography, Other Things, Photography

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October 25, 2011

Vivitar TW35

Reading Time: 2 minutes This rather odd twin lens camera came from a charity shop for £2.99 I think, with a case. It has a slightly damaged battery compartment and is somewhat temperamental. About The Vivitar TW35 dates from about 1986. It is a twin lens 35mm camera; the …

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