As I mentioned at our club evening last night, Brooklands Museum - home of the historic motor racing circuit (plus a Concorde exhibit) - is putting on its annual Double Twelve Motorsport Festival on the weekend on 17-18 June. The basic premise is motoring competitions and challenges for vintage cars...

Following on from my last post, just discovered how to display images on Flickr via the forum!

addressbook (1 of 1).jpg by steve brooker, on Flickr

A couple of weeks ago I visited Banstead Wood and took some standard bluebell shots. Before leaving I tried a few intentional camera movement shots, which I've not really done before. For the uninitiated it involves wiggling the camera round deliberately for a couple of seconds using an ND filter to...

Mike I can see the potential of this approach, as it directs the eye to explore the two different parts of the image (rather than wander naturally over it) and invites the viewer make the connection between them. This provides a degree of creative control, although if used incorrectly it could direc...

In fact, the price was staring me in the face - £20 for adults, £5 for kids, £45 for a family ticket.

Sunday 30 April sees the 3rd round of the British Motocross Championships being held at Canada Heights track, near Swanley. The event runs roughly 9am-4pm. I've not been to such an event (except, from vague memory, as a child) and don't pretend to be an expert or enthusiast for the sport, but always...

Mike - the order list is correct. Thanks, Steve.

Thanks for the advice to the anonymous (me) member who suffered a lens scratch last week. The 24-70mm lens had a lens hood and UV filter attached and the camera was mounted on a tripod about waist high. I turned round to zip up my camera bag and the tripod toppled over. The lens hood snapped and the...

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Yes, snowscapes did rather well, but lots of wider inspiration here too.

Steve

I dropped by Beckenham Photographic Society's annual exhibition on my way home from work last night. There were 114 prints to admire and an opportunity to vote for your top three images - quite a nice touch. The was a wide mix of genres, with perhaps more still life and flower photography than we do...