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Moving Pictures

Generally I haven’t been a fan of audio-visual slide shows.  I remember when I used to work in a ‘cube farm’ in the old Motorola days and browsed to a site which automatically launched an audio-visual show: it brought on panic as I desperately tried to turn off the sound before my cube-buddies realised I was surfing instead of working.

Nevertheless,  I recently had the honour of being asked to talk to Mallow Camera Club for an evening and I thought a slide show might help to keep everyone awake.

This is from a session last autumn.  It has a soundtrack so if you work in an open plan office, turn off the sound before you start!

Apologies to Daire (aka John) for the unfortunate timing of one particular lyric

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How Photography Connects Us

“The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.”

Nothing much I need to add here.  If you have 15 minutes to watch this video – it is well worth it.

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Food & Wine

Two of my pictures made it to the May 2010 issue of Food & Wine magazine including this one of Brendan from Augustine’s Rocket Soup (which actually appears three times including full page on page 51)

The recipe is there too if anyone fancies giving it a try!

The Misses and I had the pleasure of dining at Augustine’s @ The Clarion on Saturday night.  Wow!  We’re still talking about some of the dishes we had.  Thanks so much to Brendan and Carol for a great night.

All this publicity is centred around the re-introduction of their tasting menu: six courses for €25.  I can  highly recommend it – 021 427 9375

http://www.clarionhotelcorkcity.com/eat-drink/augustines-restaurant/

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Alison and Family

A big thanks to Alison and her kids (and her Mum) who were the first to take part in the Spring Promo before Easter.

(you can click on each image to see a larger version)

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Spring Promo Extended

The sessions for the Spring Promo are now in full swing.  I’ve been having a lot of fun out and about around the County and there are some lovely pictures coming out of the sessions.

The only ‘problem’ so far being that with the great weather we’ve been having it looks a bit more like summer than spring!

A big thanks to those families who have already taken part – and I’m looking forward to the rest of the sessions this month.

The galleries from the first sessions are just going out to the families involved so once they’ve had a chance to have a good look at them I’ll post a few pictures up here.

In the meantime it looks like Spring is running late and I’m worried I might not get any bluebell pictures in April so I’m considering running a couple of weekday sessions in May.

So anyone still interested in a session who would be available on a weekday in May there is still a chance to take part in the promo.   Remember the session is free and you get a free framed 8×12 print in return for you time.  I will be using the pictures here on the blog, on the website and in future publicity material for the outdoor sessions.

So call or e-mail now rob@roblambphoto.com or 087 683 8511

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Egg Hunts

Another successful day hunting for eggs in the garden on Sunday.  Once again we ran the egg hunt with visual clues so that those kids who aren’t yet Readers can get there as quickly as those who can.

It’s a pretty simple set up: I wander around taking pictures of good places to hide things; print them small; cut them out; then hide them around the garden, one clue leading to another and eventually to some chocolate (it is easier if you work backwards).

Where are you hiding?
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Tech Talk

I don’t usually post techy camera stuff on the blog (hey, it is all about me!) but a couple of things caught my eye this week.

There seems to be a bit of a clamor on the forums at the moment about the lack of a (possibly) overdue Nikon D700 upgrade or replacement. How Canon is kicking Nikon’s butt with the 5DMkII, ‘I’m moving to Canon’, ‘Nikon doesn’t love me’, blah, blah.

As a D700 user myself (and a very happy one) I’ve been tracking this a bit out of interest.  I love the way people get so stirred up about the technology of cameras.

So enter this post which gives a credible and tangible background to something that seems to be coming out of a number of the more trusted and independent lens review sites: that the latest sensor resolutions in SLR cameras is starting to outperform the resolving ability of even best lenses (which most people aren’t using) and challenging the engineering of the small SLR sized bodies they are put into.  The comparison to the cost of the cheapest cinema lenses is most telling.  It is a simple question of engineering tolerances verses costs.

Then Thom Hogan hit the nail on the head (as usual) with his prioritised list of where to spend your money on upgrading: basically photographer first, camera last.  I like Thom’s posts a lot.  Although obviously a good techie, he is only interested in technology if it helps him take better pictures and he only moans about something if it prevents him taking better pictures – and he takes some pretty good ones!

So before you spend a few €1000 on a 18MP camera consider what you’re capable of with your current equipment.  Consider what it is that is limiting your photography: odds on it’s not the equipment.  For most photographers, the best investment you can make is time taking more pictures and critically reviewing them.

Now a new lens, that’s another story…