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Neodigital Art | Monochrome
Neodigital Art is about using digital devices to create art. I used a camera and then edited with a computer to create this picture. I decided to change it to monochrome, this works well with man-made...
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Neodigital Art | Winter photos
This is an old railway track that has been turned into a little park. It was dark and cloudy and so I used a slow setting on my camera. Even on a dark and dismal day in winter you can find something...
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Neodigital Art | Artistic editing
Darlaston is a local town with quite a few Victorian buildings, so we wandered around there a couple of years ago taking a few photos. These pictures can be edited and the ‘modern’ things taken out to...
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Neodigital Art | Editing Victorian buildings
White Hart, Walsall Neodigital Art is about creating art using digital cameras and scanners. I went out to take some photos of buildings on Sunday and this was one of the more interesting and historic...
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Neodigital Christmas Creations
My first image today took me about an hour to edit. This street photograph was taken in the early evening and it was quite dark. I’ve used the gradient border again, but made the whole picture lighter...
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Photography: The Horse and Jockey
Today I’ve started with a artistic edit of the Horse and Jockey in Darlaston. Dave Mitchell and his partner Sharon Sadler took over this pub last week. Dave left the army last December after serving...
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Photography: Horse owners of Tipton
The Frying Pan This Sunday I was asked to take photos at the Frying Pan in Darlaston of a meeting of the horse owners of Tipton that was organised by Jason Foxall (pictured) in memory of his uncle,...
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Darlaston Pubs (in the Black Country).
King’s Hill is on the Wednesbury side of Darlaston. This is the Forge Tavern in Franchise street. It used to be a very popular pub, but I haven’t been in for years. If you walk up Franchise Street a...
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Mindful Gifts open their first shop
Yesterday I went to the official opening of the first Mindful Gifts shop in Darlaston, that specialises in gifts for older people with dementia. Mindful Gifts is a community interest company that...
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Its nearly Christmas
I’m starting to think about Christmas, like many other people. I have to get presents and food for guests. I’ll also be out taking photos, like this one I took last year. I know, our Christmas lights...
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Capturing the light #photography
This is the Horse and Jockey in Darlaston. I was asked to photograph it after it had been repainted. It was winter and dark days, so I had to wait for some light. The best time when the sun was on it...
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Carnival – preparing for a photo shoot.
When you’re preparing for a photo shoot, you need information about the location and what you’re going to be photographing. Next weekend I’ll be at Wednesbury carnival on Saturday and then on Sunday...
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Posters, postcards and flags
I designed this poster last night for something to do. It was quite easy, but I did make a mistake and then saved it. Mistakes are easy to correct, before you’ve saved, but not after! I managed to...
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Darlaston Fun Day #photography
I photographed a fun day at Darlaston Conservative Club yesterday. I was shooting towards the sun for this photo and that’s never a good idea. It was cloudy, but the sun did come out quite often. It...
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Gaining experience #photography
Mindful Gifts – Darlaston buy pharmaceuticals online To become good at anything you need to gain experience and photography is no exception. I need more experience photographing events and I’ve done a...
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Come visit the Black Country!
It’s Sunday morning and so time for another Sunday ramble from deep in the Black Country. The Black Country doesn’t really have a good reputation. The dark picture above is what people expect to see...
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Photographing buildings #photography
If you’re just starting to take up photography, then try photographing interesting buildings. You can think more about taking the photo and less about the settings. I took this photo of the Queen’s...
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Community blogger and photographer
Over the past few years I have slowly become a community blogger and photographer and since starting a Facebook page for A Zillion Ideas, I have been taking it more seriously. I’m now sharing art and...
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Can photo-blogging improve a community?
I went to a creative meeting last week and on the way home noticed there were no cars parked outside the Black Horse and took the opportunity to photograph it at night. Lots of pubs have closed down...
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Enjoy life, really?
Should young people get lessons on how to enjoy life when they are at school? I don’t mean endless partying or always being on holiday but choosing a career that suits them and one they will enjoy....
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