Recent content by KateRose

I've dabbled with a few on Meetup, but my experience has been that the cheaper ones are just a bunch of people gathering in one place to take some photos, without much in the way of tuition, and the costlier ones (which can get quite costly) tend to be full on studio shoot setups for 1 to 1 or...

I do a bit of stock photography and was tipped off to the power of Hi Viz early on. You can actually order hi viz waistcoat type things off ebay with "security" on them. Not breaking any rules AFAIK (it's not impersonating a police officer or anything!) but mine has worked wonders for me in...

+1 for Snapseed, definitely worth a play. There are some photographers I really like who are posting to Instagram direct from their phones via Snapseed and I would have sworn they were "properly" post processed in Lightroom or similar!

The Olympic Park is good at night, too, plenty of interestingly lit stuff. And there's a fair bit of security around - i live in the area and personally would take someone with me to keep an eye on the immediate area, and maybe stick to the areas where you can see security patrols. Without...

My experience has been very similar to CymruChris. Stay out of everyone's way, and be super polite (and a bit surprised) if you're asked to stop what you're doing. Plan to not be able to use your tripod, though, as it's really hard to set up a tripod without a staff member noticing what you're...

Fuji 56mm f1.2. I keep putting it off, and i keep coming back to wanting it!

Not sure whether it'd be practical but Wilko online have some amazing photographic (literally - made from photos, as against "for photographers"!) wallpapers. THere are at least 2 variants of distressed floorboard on their online shop currently - here's one, you can track down the other similar...

Thumbs up to that!

Brought up just outside of Hereford :) There's an interesting driving route if you take the A465 out of town (toward Wales!) and immediately after you pass the big Tesco, there's a roundabout, go straight on, then take the next road on the left. Goes up over Callow Hill, some interesting views...

This is an area i'm trying to learn about at the moment. Not a course as such, but what worked well for me (on a budget!) is to look at meetup.com and find studio / fashion shoot sessions near me. There are plenty of groups who offer this kind of thing, for example a studio shoot with a...

I kind of agree that the endless backpacker lifestyle doesn't appeal, and i'll never have the resources to travel extensively in comfort...but one day i really do want to live and work abroad for a decent period of time. Ideally the west coast of the US so that i can spend every weekend shooting...

Hi travellingcello I'm just about to move to east london, right opposite the Olympic stadium. There are some interesting shots to be had around there right now, especially at night as they're starting to light up the stadium (doesn't seem to be every night though, not sure what the logic is!)...

Very cool!!

Really hope this takes off - one of the photography mags has a similar section on their website, but there's not that much on it. I think the nearest location was 2hrs drive from me! Another feature that might be good would be those iconic shots we all recognise (that pier in the lake district...

I use 9 and from what i recall, most of the changes to 10 are around stuff like image management, uploading to facebook etc rather than actual function or processing improvements. In fact, i only got 9 because it came super cheap with a new laptop, and I don't think i use anything in it that i...