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Porthcawl Park Benches

Written by Andy on January 22, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Photography, environment

There was an article in yesterdays local paper (The Western Mail) titled ‘Dilapidated promenade benches creating seaside slum’ (view article) The seaside resort in question is Porthcawl and I quite frequently visit the place as a really good friend of mine lives there. In an hour walking around the seaside town, i didn’t find one [...]

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My Photography Resolution

Written by Andy on January 5, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Photography

Happy New Year to You all! I rarely make resolutions but one I have made for this year is to take time out to do more ‘photography for me’. I’ve spent a lot of time over the holiday season tidying up my picture catalog from last year and here’s one that I’ve pulled together to [...]

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Video learnings.

Written by Andy on July 18, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Photography

So I guess the natural step from taking photographs is to shoot video. I’ve been dabbling with some simple video clips and publishing them for a few years now but the step-up from snap-shoot video to even a semi-decent clip, I’m finding, is just huge.
In addition to the obvious exposure/composition challenges, the lighting challenge is [...]

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Picassa slideshows – free and easy

Written by Andy on July 16, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Photography, tools

Here’s something worth trying.. Picassa Slideshows..All you need is a Picassa Album (they’re free at picasa.google.com). Then add some photos to a slideshow and you’ll get a bit of code to publish to your website or blog. This took me just 5 minutes to create.

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Cardiff Bay – Assembly Building

Written by Andy on July 16, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Photography

It’s a real shame that this beautiful building is being wasted on a bunch of second rate politicians. There’s a real feeling of space and openness and the use of contrasting glass, slate and wood works brilliantly.
The building was opened by The Queen on St David’s day (1st March) 2006 and it’s a real [...]

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