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21st December 2009 - The Verdict on Camera Clubs
Well it’s been almost a year since I joined Swansea Camera Club so I thought it was about time I gave a long-term view on these often maligned institutions.
Despite my initial impressions on the age of attendees, there are few what I would call young people (anyone below the age of 40!) so I have [...]
8th December 2009 - Family Portraits – Easy?
Digital photography has lots of advantages, but to the professional photographer it also has a distinct disadvantage in that everyone with a digital camera now thinks they can do the same job just as easily themselves or that your work involves no real effort after pressing the shutter.
Take family portraits for instance. I’m sure that [...]
7th December 2009 - Changeable Weather
The weather in the Brecon Beacons can be decidedly changeable. The picture below was taken on the same day (about 2 hours later) as the image in the previous blog post. Both images include Pen y Fan but could hardly be more different in terms of weather.