Recent content by Manamarak

Filters are a must-have, believe me. Once you've used them and learned how to use them properly, you will never look back. The simple UV will protect your lenses, and yes, it is true, sticking a piece of ultra-thin glass in front of your lenses will degrade the image ever so slightly, but over...

Sorry, I didn't realise you were looking for lightroom specific! :bang::bonk::bang::bonk::bang::bonk:

I've read some great books, including everything by Michael Langford, which are the beginner photographer's bibles. A good one to start with is http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-Photography-Michael-Langford/dp/0240515927 However, online resources are almost as good. Have a look at one of the...

Hi all, I've found this really handy set of lessons and tips for people who want to stop using the camera in manual mode and go beyond the basics. It's on a digital photography magazine called ** Edited by Staff **, and I have learned a lot there. Here is the link: ** Edit by Staff **

Well, this ran out of steam quickly!

Could this be the most replied to first post ever? Do I get a prize?

Just for the record, here's one of the frames, originally shot in RAW, at 6400 Iso, with available light. http://pro-snapper.com/DSC_6287.jpg I have done no noise reduction to this image, just corrected the color balance and saved as jpeg.

Guys, it's certainly true that in the past all the night paps shot with flash at close range, but the beauty of a sensor that allows you to shoot at 25600 ISO, is that if you don't want the celeb to know that you are there, then you can get it with a 200mm 2.8 and they will never be the wiser...

joxby and fraggle101 with all due respect, you guys are in a dream world, half of London's night paparazzi have shifted to Nikon because there is no comparisson between the Nikons and Canons in low light at the moment. The difference is HUGE.

Sorry Canon boys, but you've got it wrong. The Nikon D300 blows anything the Canon has out of the water. I have worked with both the D3 and the D300 and, though the D3 is marginally better, the D300 is still spectacular in low light. You can still get magazine pritable shots on a D300 at 6400...

Flashman, compliments are always welcome, I am a sucker for flattery, but maybe you should wait until you've seen my shots. In fact, I'll take up the challenge and post a pic right now so I can hear what everybody thinks. Ps, I thanks for showing me how to post pictures.

Magnum, Getting the basics right is very important, and even if you do a full course somewhere else, it would be well worth doing an intro course at the other college. The better your grasp of the basics, the better you'll be in the long term.

Hey flashman, No, it's their's, I added a link to a picture on the site. I haven't even figured out how to upload my own pictures to this forum. All I can do so far is add pictures that are hosted elsewhere.

The Panasonics have improved a lot over the last year or so. Have a look at the Panasonic TZ5. Well worth the money.

Photography, as a master once said, is both an art and a craft. To be good at it, you have to have both the inherent talent, or as we often say, the eye for a picture, and the skill to capture that picture in the way that you visualised it. I have always fancied myself as having a fairly...