The Belfast Zoo have kicked off their Annual Photographic Competition, sponsored by HB, challenges budding and amateur photographers to take a picture of the animals during a visit to the zoo. The competition has five categories. They are: * best photograph taken by a club photographer * best picture taken by a visitor * best black and white photograph * best picture taken … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : FlixelPix
Well I thought I would kick off the amateur profile posts with a look at my photography. I am probably not the best person to be starting the theme in that I haven't really been taking photographs seriously for more than six or seven months but here goes. They say the camera never lies, well I think that is why I started taking photographs as it pretty clear to me that this … [Read more...]
Poll Results: Do you keep every photo you take ?
Recently I entered into an interesting debate over workflow with a few fellow Adobe Lightroom users. One photographer kept every single photo they have ever taken in a single Lightroom library and simply increased the storage space as necessary while another ruthlessly rejected photos and actually deleted the entire project once the work was complete and paid for. The big … [Read more...]
Exhibition : Through the Mill
[dropcap1]T[/dropcap1]hrough the Mill, a series of thought-provoking images by local photographer David Cleland, captures a living history of aspects of Lisburn’s industrial past. A two hundred year story ended in 2006 with the closure of Hilden Mill – 'Through the Mill', a final chapter, offers us a unique opportunity to see the mill as it is now and a chance to imagine … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Yasir Qureshi
I was born and brought up in riyadh, saudi arabia. Being a shy little kid, I never knew that I'll end up being such a naughty soul. I used to do a lot of stuff, such as filming myself, my sister and brother. Dressing them up as characters from movie and re-inacting the movie (on a handy cam). Later on taking pictures from my dads good ol' Yashica Film camera and making … [Read more...]