David Plummer - Wildlife Photography Course

This weekend I took part in David Plummer's "Beginning Wildlife Photography" course at the Arundel Wetlands in Sussex.

The course was over the two day period and is aimed for anyone who has a SLR camera and wants to get the most from it, essentially getting away from the camera's program buttons and "AUTO" mode. You will learn all aspects, Exposure, White Balance, Depth of Field, Metering Modes, Composition and some information on Lens & Tripods. During the course you will be able to put to practice all the snippets you learn out on the WWT Wetlands.

I certainly got a huge amount out of this course and would recommend it to anyone who wants to get away from the camera controlling the picture, therefore meaning I can now control the control the camera rather than most things being on auto to get the best picture out of your subject.

It was an excellent course, well presented and David is an extremely good teacher. I now look forward to the challenge of putting everything I learnt to practice to get some really good shots.

I have placed some of the photos I have taken on the main site under Macro and Wildlife. www.sceniceye.co.uk


For more information on the courses please see Davids Website. He has a vast range of courses, through to photo tours. http://www.davidplummerimages.co.uk/

Live Streaming Video on the Apple IPhone (Akamai)

There have been times where I have been sat on a train where it would be nice to watch the News or catch some live event as it is happening, however up to now I've not found an application which allows you to watch streaming video on the IPhone. You can download radio applications and things for example WunderRadio but not LIVE as it is happening streaming stuff.

Yesterday I came across a website powered by Akamai. I came across the website when looking for current news on the NASA Shuttle launch. The website allows you to a couple of LIVE video feeds, one of which was NASA Tv.

Hopefully this technology will be used more by other websites in the future for the IPhone like BBC News etc. It seemed to work really well.

Link iphone.akamai.com

Mobile Phone Directory Service 118800 to launch

From early next week a company (118800) will begin offering a directory service which will allow you to find mobile numbers for people they don't know.

Anyone will be able to type in the name and location of a person into the 118800 website and locate a number.

Currently it claims to have over 15m numbers in its database.

Connectivity - the company operating the 118800 service - said that privacy is paramount to them, and thatit's easy to withdraw your mobile number from their databases should you choose to do so.

Why would you want to do this? To stop lots of unsolicited calls and txt messages to your phone like you get with your landline.

For most of the 20th century, the landline was the only phone around. With the mobile you're always available, so its the number most would dial first. So it is perhaps not surprising that a directory service is starting up that allows people to find out someone else's mobile number in the same way we've always been able to do for landlines.

So the choice is yours - but it's easy to unsubscrive but it must be done before the beginning of next week to makse sure that you are ex-directory.

To remove your number click on the link below:

http://www.118800.co.uk/

Click on "ex directory" and from there follow the instructions

Bing Photography competition

Microsoft has announced a competition which runs from the end of 29th June to the end of July to find a new photograph for Bing.

All you need to do is upload your photos via

http://apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/

The photos must be based around a summer traveling theme.

Via the same website you can also rate the pictures which have been submitted. You rate 8 at a time based on a 1-5 star rating.

The winning photograph will be placed on the Bing Homepage on August 3rd.

Good luck.

Microsoft set to launch Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 (July 10)

Microsoft has set July 10th as the date to launch Silverlight 3 and Expression 3.

Silverlight 3 was originally annouced as MIX09 and brings over 50 new features from its predessor, including support for running silverlight applications outside of the browser, enhanced video performance and quality and tools to improve developer productivity.

To follow the launch visit http://www.seethelight.com/

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009

I visited the Goodwood Festival of Speed on the Friday along with my trusty SLR. I managed to capture some reasonable pictures from the hill run, although some of my favourite photos were taken of the Red Arrows doing the afternoon air display.

To see a selection of my best shots please goto the main website http://www.sceniceye.co.uk/

IPhone acting as a SLR Remote

If your into photography and have a Canon EOS SLR or Nikon SLR along with an Apple Iphone or ITouch the the following might be for you.

onOne Software have a great application available called DSLR Camera Remote.

The software allows you to remotely fire your camera with your Iphone or Itouch. Additional features include:

• ability to control the camera settings like shutter speed and aperture.


• View images saved on the camera


• See the cameras view finder remotely

This software is brilliant for taking remote pictures (portraits, sporting events etc)

Take a look. DSLR Camera Remote