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Canon 500D camera panic

I had a bit of a panic yesterday when I started looking at a problem I had using the flash at the RCRG vs SVRG game on Saturday when I found my Canon 580EX II would only fire intermittently…

Roller Derby in Bury

Another weekend and another afternoon spent shooting another sport that isn’t exactly mainstream in the UK. This time it was Manchester’s Rainy City Roller Girls versus Stuttgart Valley Roller Girls…

Aussie Rules Football Shoot

Saturday was the first of this month’s two “sports shoots” for me – and it was off to Burnage Rugby Club to cover a work mate’s Aussie Rules Football team’s final league game for this season.

Bees in the garden

This evening I decided to try and get some bee shots.  I took some pictures of bees a couple of weeks ago and – while not too bad – I wasn’t overly happy with them.  So, to try again…

I’m no good at self-critique

I’ve worked on the first few exercises for my photography course this weekend, which are all based around ‘getting to know the camera’.  That’s not much of a challenge for me – I’m pretty comfortable with the manual…