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I took this image about 15 - 20 years ago on one of my many visits, business and pleasure, to Shetland. I had taken the family to Shetland for a holiday, and we had rented a croft north of Lerwick and well off the main road. On the way to Aberdeen, where we were to board the ferry, the lady who managed the property rang my mobile to recommend sea sickness pills as ‘we were expected to run into a gale from the north’ – as she said right on the nose!! She was correct, and altho

The memory card market is absolutely crawling with fakes. Even trusted sites and retailers have succumbed. So how do these dodgy memory cards get into the market in the first place? The Great Capacity Con Trick It all starts with the rejects of the tech world. Tiny, low-capacity memory chips that cost less than a Photo Club Kit Kat. Instead of being thrown away, they’re scooped up by scammers who reprogram the card's controller so they appear to be something much bigger. Whe

So, you want to see and photograph a stunning selection of seabirds. You want to have an expert birding guide with you. It would be helpful to have someone to make all the arrangements for you, and to speak the local language as well! I was fortunate to make such a trip in the company of one of the club’s tame Yorkshire men, our esteemed chairman David. We travelled up to Bridlington and stayed at a very homely B&B. A trip on the Yorkshire Belle pleasure boat took us around t

Locate your image file, then right-click it to open the context menu. 1. From the menu, click Properties . In the Properties window, navigate to the Details tab. 2. Click inside the Title field and enter your title. 3. Click inside the Author field and enter your name. 4. Left-click Apply , then Save to close the dialogue. If the fields aren’t editable Some JPEGs may restrict metadata editing due to: Read-only file attributes. Cloud synchro

Who really enjoys an early morning start on a cold, dark day? The roads had been gritted, that was a plus. It still took some determination to step out into the chilly predawn air. Sometimes, as photographers, we have to overlook the 'suffering' of getting up early, putting on too many layers of clothing and still getting cold over time. We do it anyway for the reward of being out with friends, especially a certain Jon, and the hope of achieving a couple of images that we are

Getting all parts of a macro image in sharp focus can be challenging. Using a lens for close up pictures at small distances from the subject may mean that you will only have a few millimetres of depth in sharp focus. This phenomenon is referred to as a limited depth of field. Stopping the lens down to a small aperture such as f22 may help, but may still not give sharp focus to all elements of the image. Small apertures cause a fall off in lens resolution due to an effect call

For the first meeting of 2026 member Dave Hornsey gave an interesting talk on the journey that he and his wife Janet had made to Namibia and Botswana. Showing a superb selection of projected images taken by the couple over a period of 6 weeks commencing with photographs of the amazing sand dunes in Namibia. Dave did admit that he was a little younger when they climbed to the top after arriving as soon as the gates to the National Park were open. Frequently staying until the p

The morning drifted in through a veil of grey subdued light penetrating the bedroom curtains, and the sound of a metallic growl, which I soon identified as a coffee bean grinder somewhere in the distance. I was lying in bed, figuring out what to do with my day, when I started thinking back on all the photography I'd done this year. I was mostly happy, but visiting the grey seals at Winterton in late January was a mistake. The season really starts in November through to late D

The Forum Norwich Although the morning of the 9 th December saw extremely heavy rain, by the evening it was warm and dry as a group of Club members assembled outside The Forum, Norwich, to start their photoshoot around the city. Commencing with the Royal Arcade, the members soon broke up into small groups of 3 to 5 as they decided what they felt offered the best photographic opportunities. As usual, the Jarrolds store was well illuminated, and several groups of tripods were