Sep 28, 2010

It’s a fantastically exciting time when you get your hands on your first DSLR – I remember when I got mine last Christmas (as a little treat to myself): my Canon 500D was like my new little baby, taking it with me wherever I went. Although I was thrilled with my purchase – and still am, by the way – I soon came to desire a little bit...

Aug 22, 2010

It’s my anniversary in a few weeks, so I was browsing around online for some gift inspiration, and happened upon Anniversary Gifts By Year. One of the present ideas that struck me as being rather a good idea was a digital photoframe that can receive photos instantly via email – called the Kodak Pulse (available at Amazon US and UK). The ability to...

Jul 19, 2010

If you’ve just splashed out on the brilliant Canon T2i (knows as the 550D in Europe), then you may be a little bewildered with all the controls and functions your new camera has to offer. If you’re anything like me, and you devour any reading material to do with photography, then you might want to look into getting the Digital Field Guide for the...

Apr 6, 2010

If you’re into your photography (and the odds of that are pretty high since you’re reading this!) then you have probably heard about this book by now, as, apparently, it is the best-selling digital photography book of all time.  This is a statement which is proudly displayed on the book’s cover, and, to be honest, it’s pretty easy to see why it has...

Mar 7, 2010

Understanding Exposure: Revised Edition by Bryan Peterson (available at Amazon US and UK) was one of the first photography books I read, and I thoroughly recommend it to any budding photographer. The title of the book sounds dry, like it’s going to be very technical and hard to read – but this couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s actually written in...

Feb 22, 2010

With Canon’s new 550D now unleashed (available at Amazon UK via this link or Amazon US here, where it’s knows as the T2i) I thought I’d do a ‘real world’ comparison of how this new model compares to the existing 500D, which I have. This will be a ‘real world’ comparison in the sense that I won’t just be listing the...

Feb 16, 2010

OK, it may not be the latest SLR, or even a superzoom compact – but look – it’s a LEGO Camera! It’s a proper, fully working, 1.5″ LCD, 3 Megapixel digital camera – and though it seems apt to say ‘perfect for your kid’, I think I’d like to get one as well! Retro, nostalgia…call it what you wish. I think...