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,from Carl... after the success of this years exhibitions, we are planning several more for next year,dates and places to be arranged , Check back regularly for the latest to be arranged ,but a likely theme is birds of prey.

Well ,
We start the new year with a re-vamped computer(thanks to Liveconnections)-and the digital age has finally dawned. Although I still shoot some 35mm slide film(a long standing addiction to Fuji Velvia)
I took the decision to go digital for two reasons-firstly camera/sensor quality is vastly improved, and prices have come down, and secondly cost of film and processing are eliminated. The only draw back is more time spent at the computer!
The digital slide shows are currently running about six months behind schedule, due to pressure on time, and the photo agency I was supplying stopped trading, which means I have to re submit several thousand images to another(I may even use two as I don’t want to get caught like this again)
Now as a member of NAPP-national association of Photoshop professionals, later in the year, I hope to put a” tip of the month” on this page, again time willing!
The link to print –fair, for bespoke cards will be added to during the year(pick an image, pick a boarder ,message and type face-and hey presto)

The Shotover diary page is proving to be popular, and will be kept up-to-date during the coming year, and the individual months will be available together as an email attachment ,should any one request them, every six months.



A long time since my last update to this page, but time seems to get less and less, and projects to fill the time get more and more!
Now with new slide show software-pictures to exe from www.winsoft.com and getting used to using it-hopefully some shows will be in place very shortly, initially they will be shown at country fairs and other events that I attend (or am asked to attend)
A little about digital cameras, which from my old Minolta film bodies (taken over by Sony).Sony are now heading in the right direction, to challenge some of the more popular brands, with the introduction of cameras, such as the Alph700,and rumoured to be released shortly 24 megapixel Alpha900,of which more information can be found at www.photoclubalpha.com-which is packed with news ,updates on alpha and Minolta
Firmware upgrades for alpha systems are always worth checking for from Sony at www.sony.co.uk
And a repair and service called JP Service solutions-email kmsupport@jpss.co.uk come highly recommended, and are very knolagable and helpful
Another useful bit of software for people worried about digital noise at high iso or low light is called Neat Image found at www.neatimage.com ,note the free version only supports Jpeg and not raw or Tiff formats
Hopefully the next update will be more about what I am planning, and I may even put the tips and technical info I come across on a separate page-must go and take some images now


During 2008 I will continue to work with conservation organizations ,in Norway Finland ,Canada and the Uk,although I will be concentrating on images from the UK,as I have a filing cabinet full off half finished-half researched UK projects ,and its time to sort them out.
Cards/notelets now available individualy-see price page for details

We now have the new blog up and running, http://wildaboutphotography-wildabout.blogspot.com/, which I hope to update on a monthly basis. It will consist of a mixture of images relevant to what I have been up to that month, general nature/wildlife “ramblings”, as seen by me-Sony Alpha Camera news and as and when ,time permits ,Photoshop tips and tricks (these will be based around CS3,but I will try to ensure that they are available in earlier versions)