I treated myself to a new macro lens last week. After doing a bit of research I decided to buy the Laowa 2:1 100mm f/2.8. They also do a 5:1 and you may have seen those funny looking ‘probe lenses’ that they do. Anyhoo, here are a few shots I got over the weekend: These are the shots, straight out of the camera. I don’t think they’re too bad...
Read MoreICYMI some our members’ photos were featured on yesterday’s Look North. Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures at such short notice. Unfortunately, the club doesn’t get a specific mention but photos from; Steve Mercer, Daniel Firth, Diane Seddon and Mike Stringer do feature in a montage of photographs taken in the...
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In this quiz, you have 43 questions to answer in a rather generous 12 minutes! Thank you to those who have submitted questions to be added to this week’s quiz… if you thought my questions were hard, just wait until you read a few of these! I’ve padded it out with a few nicer questions that are more general knowledge than solely photography based....
Read MoreThere is a range of questions again in this quiz, so something to suit everyone. It’s still pretty tough and aims to test you in all areas of photography. 50% or more is pretty good! You have just 10 minutes to answer these 40 questions…...
Read MoreHello, everyone! Just a quick something to quench the boredom. Your challenge if you should choose to accept it is to answer 50 (pretty tough) questions on all things photography. You have only 10 minutes from when you click ‘start’, so no time to Google the answers! If you enjoy it or have any suggestions for improvement, let me know and I can do...
Read MoreI fancied having a go with wet plate collodion. I’ve had a go previously making tintypes using the slightly easier dry plate gelatine process. But I’ve wanted to do wet plate for a while, so last week I ordered silver nitrate, pre-mixed collodion, developer, sodium thiosulphate and Sandarac varnish. The collodion process was invented in 1851 by Frederick Scott...
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