An album of family photographs of Cumbrian-born slapstick comedian Stan Laurel will be going under the hammer in Newcastle. Stan was born in Furness, now Cumbria but spent the majority of his life in the North East managing theatres in the area.
The photographs have been put up for sale by his great- niece and are [...]
In my last post I wrote about the difficulty of taking photos of animals but
another tricky area of photography is managing to take photographs of babies
and young children. Unless they are asleep, getting a young child to stay still
for a photograph can be as hard as taking a photograph of an animal. I once did
a [...]
At the beginning of June a new photography exhibition opened at the Tate Modern called Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera. Controversy surrounded this exhibition as it featured images made without the explicit permission of the subject. This is what the general public are constantly exposed to; a surveillance society where one never knows whether [...]
Ex Take That pop group member and pop sensation in his own right, Robbie Williams is to back COOLPIX in a series of adverts that are due to run over the Easter break.
The advertisements are an attempt by COOLPIX to show how their Nikon COOLPIX range of digital cameras can be used for photography by [...]
With Christmas approaching very quickly I had the horrible realisation that I haven’t done nearly enough present buying yet! I still have a million and one presents to buy and by now I usually have at least decided what everyone is getting!! But racking my brains I thought this year I would buy my Mum [...]
The ghostly pictures keep coming - i told you once i get the bit between my teeth i have to find more
These next couple really do look very really - i wouldn’t have a clue about how you fact them.. my only question is why you would take a picture of a road or a [...]
I have always been fascinated with pictures people claim to have ghost of them. I always think a) they have had a few to many or b) i am sure if you look at them long enough you can see anything you want!
Well here are some of my favourite!
In this photo taken by the ladies [...]
When I was little I loved that idea of the fairies living in the garden and was fascinated about Frances and the Fairies and all the way back to 1917. I so wanted this to be true but the think was it was so believable and when you look back now an act of sheer [...]
How annoying is it when you take photo and you get red eye. Your lovely piccies are spoilt by you looking like the devil
So what to do and what do you need
• Anti-red-eye Pen
• Image-editing Software
1. Buy a red-eye pen from a photography shop. Draw over the red-eye
2. Or scan into your home computer and use image-editing software to [...]
I thought I would write about quick tick list to review for a Fun in the Sun camera, just a few points to consider when deciding what camera to match your holiday
What are you using it for?
Are you going to be going diving or just a kick about [...]