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    Minimalism..?

    Feels like its another technique that is good to master in composition. To be able to (if its a landscape) get the horizon right and still be able to steer the viewers eye through and around the photo, even if theres minimal things to be able to do that with.
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    Show us your Bokeh

    whats the Bokehist lens around?>
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    Guidance for asylum seekers (and street photographers!)

    Indeed, and if you can't trust the government or "officials" , who can you trust.
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    Guidance for asylum seekers (and street photographers!)

    did you point out all the CCTV cameras within Leicester square and mention the irony
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    Guidance for asylum seekers (and street photographers!)

    and that theres a change management framework / management system in place rather than doing things in a "faux-agile" way I think I would have done it the other way and put the onus on them to 1) come and talk to you 2) show you where the law says its illegal. Anyone can make things up on the...
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    Camera gear on planes

    Most Full-Service Carriers align with TSA, Budget and Ultra Budget are very unpredictable, Worth paying the extra for the level of certainty rather than fly out with camera gear as carry on and then not be able to have it as carry on through the return leg and have to arrange to get solid cases...
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    Cotswold and Panamoz

    Not sure if this has been covered and in what detail - Do Panamoz have items shipped direct and Cotswold often have things shipped to their UK base (to check the item) - then send it on. What are the implications of each way should they get stopped at customs for additional import and tax...
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    Camera gear on planes

    I did have a cabin bag that was a Think Tank Airport Series put in the sizing cage at LAX to check dimensions. Was pretty confident that Think Tank has got their measurements right
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    Camera gear on planes

    no, my thinktank bag was about 20kgs and my rucksack was about 18kgs. The think tank was fairly easy to get into the overhead
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    Camera gear on planes

    Was on a long haul with BA and the allowance was two carry on bags one of which could be within the TSA guidelines - max 56 x 45 x 25 cm, which Think Tank build their airport series to. The weight limit for each carry on bag is 23Kgs
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    Learning photography from AI?

    At what point in the use of Ai is it no longer a photograph and might as well be fully Ai generated without a shutter having been opened. It feels like it’s back to when software like IG had filters that people applied to EVERY image because the photo was so boring that the only way to make it...
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    Local camera retailer

    The difference nowadays is between a photo that is good and a photo that will get you likes and content. Its just saturated now
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    Local camera retailer

    but 10 dollar doesn't stretch as far as it did back then due to inflation, unless you opt for the "panamoz" version of good time.
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    Local camera retailer

    I think for "browsing", the SOHO of Thailand is called Patpong Market - so I've been told Thats why the bricks and mortar have to now offer something that the online can't, like events. Odd how the customers want it cheap so go online but also want the ability to go try out in person, but...
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    New era Non-camera makers lenses (viltrox etc)

    Sounds like Nikon lost this one in court in China - https://www.thephoblographer.com/2026/07/29/nikon-patent-dispute-with-viltrox-invalidated-in-china/
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