Welcome all Bloggers! The talk last night in Leeds was really great and I am still buzzing today. A great audience, great organisation and having my Edge of the Circle exhibit outside made a really nice package. I really love giving these theatre style talks as it gives me the chance to show my enthusiasm and passion for wildlife, the challenge for next season will be to present a completely new talk for the 2500 people who have seen the 10th anniverary one so far. I have some good ideas so watch this space. Anyway we still have two talks left for this season (Southampton is now sold out), the next is in Cardiff on March 14th in a spectacular theatre venue. Click here for full details and come along, I will not disappoint you.
Today I have driven the length of Wales, what a beautiful country it is that I now call my home. I cannot really go into details yet but I have been working on a couple of very special projects that will tax my experience, skill and patience as a wildlife photographer to the limit. I will have to be very creative and almost at my most careful as the species concerned is highly sensitive and one mistake will be a costly one. Still I enjoy working under this pressure and the conservation benefit of this work, to both the species and the wonderful people involved in the projects that I met today, will be more than worth it. Details as the project unfolds but watch this space! I am off tomorrow to London for a talk at the National Geographic Store in London on Tigers. Nothing surprising there except that it is my most scarey audience yet, 8-10 year olds!!!! Argghhhhhhhhhh. So I have tried to write a fun presentation that will appeal to them and keep them interested but my god am I scared! But it is sooo important to get the younger generation involved with conservation that I am determined to do a good job, I will let you know how it goes if I survive.
Happy Days! The talk last night in Leeds was really great and I am still buzzing today. A great audience, great organisation and having my Edge of the Circle exhibit outside made a really nice package. I really love giving these theatre style talks as it gives me ...
Andy @ Focus 2010 I have been at Focus now for as long as I can remember and my presentations are always so well attended. This year I have been asked by Nikon and Paramo to attend for three days and I will be at Focus now for the 7th, 8th and 9th of March (Sunday / ...
Little Chaps It has been a strangely de-motivating week as I have not felt like doing much and have really had to push myself to get out. This is mainly due to the pressure of work at the moment with lots of projects in the starting blocks, plus the stress of trying ...
Nuthatch A new hide today with Welshie James and working well. Specifically targeted at Nuthatch and Woodpeckers, it will take a while to get going but this is not bad for the first try anyway!
Inner Visions 2010 announced! Yes we are back again with Inner Visions 2010, getting behind the image and seeing what top photographers think before they take the shot. This time I am pleased to welcome my much esteemed colleague Laurie Campbell to the stage, and we will be ...
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tfttf437 - Scratches on Lenses - Tech Guy What do you do when your nice, expensive lens gets scratched?! Getting a 1A Skylight filter to protect your lens isn’t that great an idea. Anything in the light path will add reflections. The question you need to ask is, does a scratch really impact ...
tfttf436 - Photoday 2009 Video - Post Processing with Jon Arnold - Part 2 of 4 [See post to watch Flash video]
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In this episode Chris and John Arnold talk about post processing your images and John shows you how to do it in Lightroom.
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tfttf435 - Ups And Downs With My Urge Journalistic photography vs. art photography, the Canon 5D Mark II will get a new firmware soon, backup strategies for your images, focusing video with a DSLR, and how to tackle the photo backlog.
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tfttf434 - Foreground and Background - Tech Guy Today, we’re talking about “foreground,” and “background” composition. It’s one of the key concepts when taking pictures and it’s very easy to get it wrong, even for professionals like Chris.
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tfttf433 video - Everest Trek #07 - The Other Kind Of Gear [See post to watch Flash video]
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Let’s have a look at some of the not so photographic gear that we had some issues with: the satellite phone and the satellite modem.
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Photo Day Panorama Remember the Photo Day with all the photographer interviews last summer? I’m still releasing the Photo Day videos every other week on Fridays (taking turns with the Everest Trek videos). The latest videos were the interview I shot with Ron Pepper ...
tfttf432 - Running at full speed again The dreaded CHA error on older Nikon D70s and what do to about it. What are your thoughts about extended warranties? Ever used a ROES? And some tips around macro photography.
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tfttf431 - Leo goes China - Tech Guy Leo’s calling out to Chris for help of what to pack for his trip to China. Leo’s bringing along his Canon 5D Mk. II for this once in a lifetime trip. Will he be with photographers? Only amateurs. How much can he comfortably carry all day? Leo has a ...
tfttf430 - Too much light - Tech Guy What to do when you have too much light. Use a short shutter speed. Although, that tends to lead to “frozen” moments. The other thing you can do is make the aperture really small (called “stopping down”). The downside of that is everything is in ...
tfttf429 - Photoday 2009 Video - Post Processing with Jon Arnold - Part 1 of 4 [See post to watch Flash video]
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In this episode Chris and John Arnold talk about post processing your images and John shows you how to do it in Lightroom.
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The 2010 workshops are ...
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