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PhotoboxRegular visitors to my website will have noticed that I have not updated it or added any photos to my gallery for a few months. The truth is that I have had so little time recently to take any photos so much so that in the past 3 months I think I've only shot something like 10 frames! I'm hoping to be able to start shooting more very soon but in the mean time I have just set up the facilty to order prints of many of my photos in a range of sizes from Photobox.

 

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Return To The Lake District

The Boat House on Ullswater When in September 2005 my wife and I made our first trip to the Lake District we loved it so much up there that we vowed to return. Well almost exactly 4 years later we did just that and have just returned from a two week holiday up there. Whereas last time we stayed in the tiny village of Troutbeck close to Windermere, this time we stayed practically on the banks of Ullswater close to the lovely village of Pooley Bridge.

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A Trip To Howletts Wild Animal Park

Gorillas at HowlettsThis weekend we made a trip to Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent primarily as a birthday treat for my wife's niece but I also took my camera gear with me in the hope of getting some new shots of the animals. So I took along my Canon EOS 30D and my Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L USM along with my Canon 2x Teleconverter and a monopod to see what I could get.

 

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Standen

standen1Last weekend we visited Standen which is owned by the National Trust which is a lovely house set in beautiful grounds in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Not only is it a nice place to simply look around but it also meant that I could try and get a few photos of the many flowers there as I don't often photograph floral subjects.

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Whilst moving house I seem to have lost one of my memory cards, a Sandisk 1GB Ultra II, so I've been looking to replace it. In the past I would... Read more...
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Lastolite have recently launched the Ezybox - Hotshoe which is a collapsible softbox that you can use with a speedlite turning your battery operated... Read more...
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008
One of the biggest advantages of Adobe's Lightroom is the use of Presets. For those that may not have yet experienced the joy of using presets,... Read more...

YouTubeA new feature of peakoverload.com is my new Photography Videos section. Here I have gathered dozens of excellent videos from YouTube on a wide range of photographic subjects from studio and flash lighting to composition and more. Many of these videos are created by leading professionals and offer lots of excellent tips and advice. To view the videos simply click on the link in the menu above and choose which category you want, you can then choose which video you want to watch by selecting it from the playlist in the player itself.

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