Pixabay – Positives and Negatives I will start this post by telling you a little bit about Pixabay for those who have not come across it before. Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images and videos. All contents are released under the Pixabay License, which makes them safe to use without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist – even for commercial purposes. What my content can and can’t be used for. What is […]
Photography Chat Board – As much as leaving most social media has been a release to me I still miss photography and general chat and friends. I have tried forums on here before as some of you know, at the time ‘spam bots’ spoiled all and I did not have multi-language support on the page, times have changed and I now have the time and resources to deal with any false posts and users, I also have multi-language support as […]
Switched from one camera system to another is something I see all the time on YouTube and quite frankly it bores the tits off of me, yet here I am doing almost exactly the same, please bear with me… It took me over a year and some photography work to earn enough to buy a replacement to my much loved Nikon D7100, but the money was only half the story, my biggest headache and torment was what to spend my […]
I remember a few years back when buying a new camera was an easier choice, it mostly depended on what brand glass and mount you had as to which new DSLR body you purchased. Then along camera mirrorless and those days were gone, choosing a new camera or system became a lot trickier! Since taking up landscape photography back in 2013, I have owned just 2 camera bodies, my first one was a Nikon D3200 which I sold to make […]
As I was learning photography, the author of every tutorial I watched on YouTube had a different view when it came to camera sensor cleaning, but most tended to fall into two different camps. One camp is telling you never try cleaning your own image sensor, you can do damage and make your pride and joy DSLR or mirror-less camera into junk. The other camp was screaming at you through the computer and TV screen to save your money and do the job of sensor cleaning yourself. Proving you are careful and sensible, the job is easy and over years will save you a fortune.
This Amazon Basics backpack was the first dedicated camera backpack I bought when I first took up DSLR photography back in 2013, so the bag has been thoroughly and literally tested to destruction by me out in the field. For £28 ($28) you get a very well designed, sturdy and practical camera bag, perfect for those just starting out in photography. The tripod straps aren’t particularly robust and the bag is not as sturdy as top money professional bags, but […]