Well, the hosting of this blog to be more specific. I’ve moved from hosting it here on wordpress.com to a self hosted blog which can be found at http://d700diaries.net. There’s nothing wrong with the hosting service provided by wordpress.com, far from it in fact; I just wanted the additional functionality that a self hosted blogContinue reading “Times are a changin’”
Author Archives: pgtim
Remote Control Wildlife
Two new things for me: photographing wildlife & remote triggering my camera (ok, so the wildlife wasn’t that wild). This little fellow had been frequenting our garden for a while and had sort of got used to us etc. He wasn’t quite comfortable being close enough to get a good shot of though, seeing asContinue reading “Remote Control Wildlife”
A light surprise…
Thought I’d try something a bit new: using the sun as a back light & my SB900 as the main subject light. Obviously it’s a well known, tried & trusted technique but I’ve not really had much opportunity to do much with it. So when we decided to meet earlier (6:30am instead of 7:30am) forContinue reading “A light surprise…”
Back on the web…
The website is live once again following a bit of an overhaul. I’m also planning some further web presence i.e. Facebook fan page, but for now: http://www.timwilcox.net – check it out. I’m also on Twitter but that’s mainly to announce updates to the website etc.
To Pose or Not To Pose? … that is the question being posed!
So should your subject pose or not? Does catching someone unaware make for a more natural, less contrived image? I’m guessing that the jury is still out, and will be for a long time, on that one. To be honest I don’t really know myself. I certainly don’t like anything that looks too staged butContinue reading “To Pose or Not To Pose? … that is the question being posed!”
By way of an explanation…
So I’ve finally got around to it; a blog! Along with my own photo website timwilcox.net, which is currently undergoing a bit of a makeover so there’s not much on there yet, I’ve decided that I might just have gotten my photography to a level where I can show the world some examples of myContinue reading “By way of an explanation…”