Christopher's Photo and Tech Blog
Random thoughts and views from the mind of Chris Bennett
A couple of weeks ago I visited Donnington Hall here in Lincoln to attend a photographic workshop run by Through the Lens Photography's Adam Winfield. Between 28th July and 9th September, Donnington hall was holding a Sculpture and Ceramics exhibition. This had over 400 fabulous sculptures and ceramics from the UK and abroad displayed throughout... Continue Reading →
On Sunday I went to this year’s Photography show; this 4-day event runs from Saturday 18th to Tuesday 21st March at the Birmingham NEC. Like previous years, I visited the show with my friend Richard Brown; the only difference is that he drove this year as I no longer have a car. Richard has already... Continue Reading →
Today's the day of the annual London Camera Exchange (LCE) Lincoln's Photo show at the Lincoln Drill Hall on Free Schhool Lane and runs from 11am - 4pm, entry is as usual free This year it is on a Sunday (previous years were the Wednesday nearest the 5th November - so a bit earlier in... Continue Reading →
Two weeks on Wednesday is this year's London Camera Exchange's Photo and Optics show. I have been attending the show for the last few years now and it gets bigger and better every year, it's a testament to the hard work that's put into this by the LCE staff not only in Lincoln but further... Continue Reading →
Starting on Monday 8th June both of the Lincoln London Camera Exchanges will be hosting their annual Photo Week. Each store is hosting different events on each day from Monday to Saturday. Unlike last year most companies will only present their company's products at a single Store. Details for the LCE website are as below:... Continue Reading →
Thanks to a day off work both Richard and I are off to Birmingham's NEC today to see this year's Photography show. Thankfully Lincoln is not too far from the NEC and so it's only a 1.5 to 2 hour drive depending upon traffic. We both really enjoyed the show last year and although we... Continue Reading →
Adobe have released Camera Raw 8.8 for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. DNG Converter 8.8 is provided for all Lightroom customers and Photoshop customers using versions of Photoshop older than Photoshop CS6. The following cameras are now supported: Casio EX-ZR3500 Canon EOS 750D (Rebel T6i, Kiss X8i) (*) Canon EOS 760D (Rebel T6s, Kiss 8000D)... Continue Reading →
Last week Sony announced the second version of their popular “35mm full-frame” 24MP A7 camera – the A7 Mark II. Along with a number of feature updates and improvements to the Autofocus system the headline new feature is IBIS or In-Body Image stabilisation. When I read this I was surprised as they seemed to be... Continue Reading →
Thanks to a tweet from Richard I found out that Lightroom v5.7 has been released today. As I use the Creative Cloud for Photographers plan I will need to use their Creative Cloud application on my mac to do the update rather than download it as the screenshot above suggests. This version of Lightroom adds... Continue Reading →
