The 17th UK South-East "The Summer of Awesomeness" Thread (All Welcome)

Gundogs wrote in post #16233465

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Be yourself by Penelope Malby Photography, on Flickr

Lovely shot, full of character. Mind you, a better quote would be "Go on, I'm all ears"

Just one niggle. The feather (??) part of your logo in this shot looks like a smudge on my screen. Maybe increase the opacity a bit.

felt_tip_felon wrote in post #16235711
Patience, wet wipes and a de-brief from Mr Schofield good luck!

Yes, I'm waiting for Ian to chime in!

Jonathan wrote in post #16235913
A baby. You'll definitely need one of those

Lee was right, patience, I have shed loads of props, check my maternity site the gallery on there should give you some ideas.
Oh did I mention patience...
For me it's about trying to show off the size of the newborn, ask the parents to send you shots they like then at least you know what they want, shoot nice and wide open too.

Weekend off for me in Manchester, back to bumps next weekend though.

Enjoy Mike

Evening all, the weather here is ridiculous. i havent seen so much water in months.

Were off to the smoke for a few days this week, and i was wondering if anyone can think of any apps etc that will come in handy? Were mainly sightseeing so travel and offers ones would be great. Were staying just off Tower bridge, so anywhere i have to go at night would be cool. Im taking my tripod, although i wish i had bought a small one now too.

Cheers.

Wayne trip advisor is good, have used the city app abroad and tells what there is to do around you, hotels restaurants etc....

Citymapper is good for the transport network and tubemap which is just a map of the tube is handy to have.

@Mike re babies creativelive is doing a three day session on babies and day two has not long started. It is free if you watch it live http://www.creativeliv​e.com/live3

Cheers Adrian. Much appreciated.

Good job nobody from here came over to Cranleigh today.

Below is about the only thing of interest I saw all day!!!

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Evening all. Does anyone have an recommendations with regards to online printing? I'm hoping to get a couple of prints A5-A4 size, I've used Snapfish & Photobox before for odds and ends. I didn't know if anyone could recommend anywhere else, or are they all a much of a muchness?

Edit; Love the Squirrel shot Spuddy!

Andy nice consolation prize, I did think about it but after getting soaked going for a bike ride this morning.

@Mark http://www.dscolourlab​s.co.uk/ are good and reasonably priced

Any cracking capture.

Mark plus one on D S Colour Labs I used to use them till I started using a local camera/film shop.

Jonathan wrote in post #16235916
Lovely shot, full of character. Mind you, a better quote would be "Go on, I'm all ears"

Just one niggle. The feather (??) part of your logo in this shot looks like a smudge on my screen. Maybe increase the opacity a bit.

thanks JD. Yes I picked the wrong one - I should've chosen a darker grey for that image.

here's another

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Mike wrote in post #16235678
Hi chums, I've been asked to do some baby photos for some friends and their newborn...having never shot a newborn before or indeed any babies, should I do it and what do I need?? Any advice very appreciated!

Nothing like Ian's league but I've done a few. Warmth is very important cos if they're cold they scream. and if they're hungry / tired / bored / a bit fed up, they scream too I have a beanbag thing that I cover with a soft snuggly throw so they're really comfy. The clever arranging of arms and head etc is only really possible before they're about 2 weeks old - is that about right Ian? after that they aren't so co-operative... good luck Mike!

Gundogs wrote in post #16237895
Nothing like Ian's league but I've done a few. Warmth is very important cos if they're cold they scream. and if they're hungry / tired / bored / a bit fed up, they scream too I have a beanbag thing that I cover with a soft snuggly throw so they're really comfy. The clever arranging of arms and head etc is only really possible before they're about 2 weeks old - is that about right Ian? after that they aren't so co-operative... good luck Mike!

What, no bailing twine and duck tape Penel? Lol

adrian5127 wrote in post #16236626
Andy nice consolation prize, I did think about it but after getting soaked going for a bike ride this morning.

@Mark http://www.dscolourlab​s.co.uk/ are good and reasonably priced

Cheers guys, DS looks good to me, ordering now! Thanks for your help!

Went out for a walk along the Royal Military Canal today these are natural light different processing to normal for this type of shot as I wanted to try something a little differnt.

This one I wanted to bring out the details.

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