Recent content by jamesrh

There was beautiful rainbow the other day, and grabbed my camera and took a dozen or so shots, but I could tell at the time that I wasn't getting it. I tried a few different settings but it really didn't come out crisply. There were some really quite dark clouds, which made it tricky to know how...

For me I think that human skin is an amazing substance, the naked human body is such a natural thing, that to study it, to display good examples of it just seems to make sense. That said, whilst I might take photos of my fiancée but I doubt if I'll ever share the more revealing ones here...

Hi all, One of the reasons I got my 400D was to take better shots whilst (LARP)ing. Here's the full gallery on Flickr. And a few of my favourites: C&C Welcome. James.

To all: many thanks for the replies. I admit, that I'm not very keen, at this stage, in doing a lot of post photography work, but I can see that the more information you save the easier it is to do that work. I'll probably have a play with RAW and jpeg settings when my lens turns up. I was...

I understand that RAW quality is the best, and gives the best images, but is there another reason as to why I should shoot in RAW? I think I'm more likely to go with the higher quality L size rather than RAW. I've tried searching but I wasn't really sure what to put in to find a discussion of...

I just bought a 400D after a lot of consideration. The thing I realised was that whilst the camera costs so much, the lenses that you need to buy cost the same amount or sometimes more. I've bought a 400D with no lens, as my friends told me that the kit lens wasn't really worth bothering...

Hi I'm James, I've just bought my first SLR. My work colleague directed me here and it seems like just the ticket for my current needs. I'm taking it slow at the minute, as I'm waiting for my birthday before I buy anything else, in the vain hope that I might get the needed accessories...