Novembers contest Winner

December 15, 2009 by Simon  
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The results are in for Novembers Photo contest ‘Cute Baby’
This months winner is Kiss the baby by Szabolcs
Congratulations Szabolcs, a deserved win.

Your Prize is an Acrylic Print of your winning entry.
This months photography competition is

I’d also like to congratulate everyone else who entered this competition, the entries were all top quality, great work by all. [...]

Octobers Contest Winner

November 8, 2009 by Simon  
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Ok, The results are in, and it’s been another amazing contest this month with over 500 entries, it’s been our biggest ever. Well done to everyone who entered, the quality of the entries are superb.
This months winner is Warning by Peter (PeteD.
Congratulations Peter, a deserved win.

Your Prize is an Acrylic Print of your winning entry.
This [...]

Selective Colouring – The Easy Way

November 5, 2009 by Simon  
Filed under Tutorials

Selective colouring is a great way to make an aspect of your photo pop out of the page. The tutorial below is a quick and simple way of achieving this.
To produce a photo with selective colour, you first need to convert the photo to Mono. This must be your first piece of post processing on [...]

Iso Explained in Simple Terms

November 5, 2009 by Simon  
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The most basic rule of ISO is that it helps you expose photos correctly in lower light conditions. The use of higher ISO will enable your camera to increase it’s shutter speed to avoid blur or handshake, but at the same time, it will let sufficient light in to the camera so your photo does [...]

The Rule of Thirds Explained

November 5, 2009 by Simon  
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The Rule of Thirds can turn an ordinary looking photo in to an exceptional photo, so pay close attention to the tutorial below, as it’s one of the first steps a photographer can take to improving their work.
The rule of thirds is a compositional aid used to help photographers and artists arrange the elements of [...]

Shooting Smoke Tutorial

November 5, 2009 by Simon  
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Many of you have asked how I and many others take pictures of Smoke. Here, I will walk you through how to do it.
So, what do you need?

Camera
External Flash/Bright Light
Incense Sticks (with a holder, a small glass will do)
Lighter/Match
Stool/Table
Tripod (optional but preferred)
Remote trigger (optional but preferred)
Macro Lens (For best results, but normal lens will do)
Black [...]

Home Studio Lighting Without Breaking the Bank

November 5, 2009 by Simon  
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This page describes one way to set up a home studio without breaking your bank!
Here I will explain and describe my home studio setup. all of my portrait shots were taken with this home studio, so if your trying to find out how it performs, check out my gallery, however thats limited by my skill, [...]

Cute Baby Photo Contest

November 2, 2009 by Simon  
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After a lot of deliberating we’ve settled on a theme for November 2009, the clue is in the title, Cute Baby Photo Contest.
We think this is an excellent theme that will put a few smiles on faces, or at the very least create a few AWWWWW’s
To get the full brief and details of prizes and [...]

Octobers Contest VOTE!

November 2, 2009 by Simon  
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Wow, what a month, we’ve had a record breaking number of entries this month in to the Wildlife Photo Contest.
I know this is not going to make the voting process easy, and combine that with the superb quality, it’s going to be tough selecting one photo, but this is what makes SnapAlley’s contest what they [...]

Photo Contest extended Deadline

November 1, 2009 by Simon  
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Due to the major upgrade and the website being unavailable during part of the contest entry period, we are extending Octobers contest deadline by one day – So you now have until the end of today 1st November 2009 midnight GMT to get your entry in.
Good luck everyone.

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