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edgescape exhibition continues -

Thank you to everyone who viewed our exhibition at Burslem School of Art - we were overwhelmed by the positive response. We were asked to continue the exhibition at two further venues! You can now see edgescape at Stoke Rep between now and 6th December - the opening hours are restricted - but you can visit 5pm (2:30 on Sat) - 10:30pm, 20th-25th October. The theatre will also be open 6:30pm (2:30 on Sat) - 10pm from 11th-15th Nov and 20th-22nd Nov. We may also arrange a guest evening - email us for details.

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evening isles	Nikon D40, Nikkor 70-300mm - Pen
the view out across Loch Tarbert from Drinishader see more edgescape images here

Limited edition prints and a book of images from edgescape are for sale - please email us for details.
Urban Vision have published a book of images from their competitions over the last three years, which features eight of our photos including Tone's winning image from 2008.
The book is available for £8 from Urban Vision. This adds to a growing tally of wins and publications over last 18 months - see some of those winning and published images here


autumn wind	Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-70mm, 1 sec - Tone
beautiful colours this autumn - probably because of the late burst of warm weather - it's also been pretty windy which encouraged me to do some long exposures to capture the movement of the leaves and branches


Devon	Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-70mm - Tone
Devon Sproule is a fantastic performer and a good "sport" see more Middlewich Folk Festival '08 images here


tarn howes	Nikon D80, Nikkor 70-300 VR@300 - Pen
a cold grey winter's day in Cumbria


Faris	Nikon D80, Sigma 12-24@24, SB800 flash - Tone
this image has been processed somewhat using Adobe's new photo-processing software Lightroom - this is a fantastic tool for making effective and striking changes to images as they come off the camera. I now shoot in raw format which by-passes all in camera processing allowing the photographer to take the greatest possible control over the look of their images. It is a refreshing change from Photoshop's clunky, bloated interface which harks back to the earliest days of digital photo processing - Lightroom is also comparatively cheap - students can get a copy for about £80.


van reflection	D70, Nikkor 18-70mm - Pen
I am fascinated by the sky and reflection - this picture incorporates both subjects - the object reflecting the sky is our campervan.


white orchids minus one	Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-70 - Tone
I took some CD cover photos for a Stoke-based band The White Orchids - they wanted a street shot with a blurred vehicle in the background, and this great opportunity came along with a large red lorry passing just behind them - perfect shot! The only problem was the fourth band member was behind me getting his cheese and bacon oatcake out of a carrier bag....


grass with photographers	D80, Sigma 12-24@12mm - Tone
taken on a bright autumn afternoon. Drops of dew were still on the grass which probably accounts for the bright reflection around the heads of the shadows. We have used a small monochrome version of this image for our site logo - it includes both of us taking a photograph, and the shadows form "a for atypical". This is the first image on this site processed with Adobe Lightroom.

multiply quoted focal lengths by 1.5 to find the equivalent for a 35mm film camera
for example - mounted on a Nikon D70 an 18-70mm lens has an equivalent focal length range of approx 27-105mm