The Photograph

Advantages: Dreams die - but there are always more.......
Disadvantages: You build barriers to protect yourself

...I'd had a perfect summer with a guy I believed truly cared for me. We were just moving in together and I was looking forward to a wonderful future. He'd brought his stuff to the apartment, dumped it in the bedroom and rushed off to work. There were papers and letters scattered about, and as I moved them a photograph fell to the floor. It was him with a young tourist. In the photograph he was wearing a jacket of mine - and my dream shattered before it even began. The Photograph You're smiling into the camera lens Blue eyes piercing my soul Eyes, which had melted my heart, Now shattering it. Laughter tumbling from your lips Wiping the smile from mine Lips, which had spoken of love, Now defiling it. She's sitting close beside you Your arms enfolding her Arms, which had delighted my body, Now sullying it. She...

Sandroulla 28.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Poetry

Ideal for photographers!

Advantages: Fantastic screen for working on images. Love the aluminum case.
Disadvantages: Gets hot. Lacks a slot for memory cards.

...This laptop revolutionized the way I run my photography business. Before I worked on a desktop PC which was quick and efficient, but I always thought I could work faster. I tried out a friends MacBook and was stunned. I found everything far more intuitive and this made tasks much quicker to complete. But enough about something so subjective. The matte screen is beautiful to view photographs on and retains it's calibration well. They keyboard is a delight to work at and the touchpad is sensitive enough to even do basic photo retouching. As other reviewers have noted, the casing does get very hot. There is a very good reason for this though, the aluminum case is used to cool the laptop rather than having an internal fan, as a result the laptop is very quiet to run. The other advantage of having the aluminum case rather than...

LittleCharlie85 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz - 15.4" TFT

Leave It For The Experts

Advantages: Written by experts
Disadvantages: Assumes a basic knowledge

...Amateur Photographer is published every week and is the longest running photography magazine in the world. It would have to be accepted that photography as a hobby has passed its peak but there are still many thousands of enthusiasts and there is a market for cameras and associated products which is still worth £500m per year. For the vast majority of people photography is too grand a title for what they do. For most people the mere recording of an image is sufficient. It provides a reminder of a place, a moment in time or an occasion. Equipment for most people is often bought for that basic functionality. There are however a significant minority for whom the content of the image is far less important than the composition and execution of achieving the image. Photography for these people is not just taking snaps but of taking...

polydeuces 12.03.2001 (11.03.2001) · Read review
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Review of Amateur Photographer

A Photographic Piece

Advantages: Quick start up, easy to use and plenty of functions
Disadvantages: Low internal memory

...For some strange reason, I have always enjoyed taking photos. Not necessarily of friends and family, but of scenery and objects that I think would make a great picture. I have the ability to see how something would look from a photographic point of view. It all started when I was as young as 5yrs old and used to get dragged for long walks with the rest of the family; my father would always take his hi tech camera with us. He would often let me use the camera, even though it probably weighed twice as much as I did at the time, this was where I got hooked. Somewhere between my early teens to until now, one of my favourite hobbies got lost (probably in the post). Back then, there was no such thing as a digital camera, now they are all over the place and I for one certainly want to get back into my old hobby. Now, when it comes to...

Reposter78 08.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100

SNAP! SHOT!

Advantages: interesting themes, well written
Disadvantages: none

...! Better not start the subject 'Men, Women and Photography' with me, it's one I can work myself up about! When I saw the book 'The Photographer's Wife' I knew at once I would relate to it. So it's one more on the already enormous heap of books on modern woman's probs with emancipation? Emancipation, yes, modern woman, no. We meet 19-year-old Dora Sawaya the first time when she's sitting on the beach painting the sea. Èmile Touta, aka Milo, a twenty-something, falls for her at once. 'He caught sight of the bootees beside the easel. She was barefoot beneath her dress! Milo pictured her skin caressing the warm sand.' Who says that a bikini made of three eye patches and four shoe laces is more erotic than a long dress hiding bare feet? The author, Cairo-born French journalist Robert Solé, takes us to Alexandria in the year 1891. Dora...

MALU 16.10.2003 · Read review
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Review of The Photographer's Wife - Robert Solé

Making bad photographers into good ones!

Advantages: Well built, easy and fun to use.
Disadvantages: None.

...As a model I spend most of my time in front of a camera and I have therefore never owned a good one of my own. Recently I decided to put this right, I did not go crazy and buy a big DSLR like the pros shoot me with but I did spend decent money on a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS62EB-R which was recommended to me by thebigc1690 (a guy on here who knows a thing or two about cameras and is also one of my photographers. Now my review for this camera will be in no way technical, simply because I would make a fool of myself if I tried to go into how all the settings work, I just know that they do. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS62EB-R has a ten megapixel sensor which means you get very high quality and very clear and detailed images and it also has a 4 x optical zoom so you can get a bit closer to what you are shooting without actually getting closer...

candy-pink 05.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS62EB-R

Fear of the Photograph

Advantages: Everything A Ghost Story Should Be
Disadvantages: Some very disturbing images

...unfolds we are more and more unsure of what is real and what is in the imagination. Hillenbrand's death is followed closely by the murder of the investigating police inspector. Hillenbrand is the contacted by Dafyd Lewis a press photographer who show him "snooping" photographs that he took of the house, and Hillenbrand and his wife. The disturbing thing is the presence of two young girls in Victorian garb, and the most disturbing , a photograph showing their daughter with the couple. Lewis and Hillenbrand investigate further, with Lewis becoming more and more frightened with turns of events. While the book is not Aycliffe's best it is very, ver scary and shocking, though quite short at 173 pages. After reading it for a second time it became obvious that Aycliffe was still finding his feet with the genre , but is still a stunning book...

mikeydred 08.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of Naomi's Room - Jonathan Aycliffe

  A GREAT CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOL

Advantages: Brilliant Photographs. Excellent Value For Money. Feels Great In The Hands.
Disadvantages: Very Complex Controls. Not a camera for beginners.

...FOR: Brilliant Photographs. Quicker witted than I am! Excellent Value For Money. AGAINST: Very Complex Controls. Not a camera for beginners. This is NOT a technical review, if you need all the techie details I suggest a visit to the Nikon website. My review is a personal one - from a camera users point of view. I am writing this particular review in response to the rather lacklustre offerings that I have read about this particular camera. I really was hoping that my favourite review sites would point me in the correct direction over the choice of my first D-SLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex camera, but sadly, no, that did not turn out to be the case. Without the aid of up to date consumer reviews, just how did I end up investing in this particular piece of kit? Well, several factors came into play; price, reputation...

RICHADA 08.07.2006 (09.07.2006) · Read review
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Review of Nikon D50

A photographers dream .

Advantages: Bite size trial versions
Disadvantages: want more !

...A Photographers Dream - 'Ilchester Cheese Chuckles ' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ".....smile please , say cheese ...." oh come on the title wasn't that bad . Now admit it , how many of you , when it comes to eating cheese , simply choose the basic yellow cheddar , in either mild , mature or extra mature ? Plenty I bet . Don't you ever feel like being adventurous , but feel the cost of experimentation to be a little too high , to do such . I admit cheese can get expensive , and the choice nowadays is enormous . So where do you start . Well for a gentle introduction to the alternative yet typical British cheese , why not pop down to your local Asda where you can purchase Ilchester Chuckles for just £1.33 . Hardly a bank breaker ! But what are chuckles ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well basically mini cheeses , similar is size...

CaptainKidd 13.06.2002 · Read review
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Review of Ilchester Chuckles

Nikon D40 - A great bargain for the beginning photographer!

Advantages: Cheap, easy to use, nice clear LCD screen
Disadvantages: No motor for auto focus

...I purchased this camera at a very good price when I was looking to first start photgraphy. I went for the Digital SLR (single lens reflex) so I had more functions and properties that I was able to change myself. For an entry level photographer, I would say it is perfect. With 6.1 megapixels it has a good range for what the beginner will need. The lens that came with it was a Nikon AFS 18-55mm. This has a good range to start with for average portraits or imagery. I have also managed to get some good micro shots with this lens. The screen is a good size to check any images after taking and the camera also has some good built in features such as red eye reduction and several tonal changes for on the spot editing. The main downside about this camera is at its cheap price, there is no motor for the lens built in the camera. This means only...

McBeer 17.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Nikon D40