Whatever crossed my time on the day, usually general muttering and rebelliousness over shady pricing by big companies, but also grammar, humour (100 funny insurance quotes is popular), and more
Multiple-choice photography quiz: part 5, questions 81 to 100 Menu: [ Part 1 (1-20) ] ~ [ Part 2 (21-40) ] ~ [ Part 3 (41-60) ] ~ [ Part 4 (61-80) ] ~ [ Part 5 (81-100) ] 81) Developers go off due to a) oxidation b) reduction c) redox reactions 82) Star and […]
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TWENTY FOUR PHOTOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 1) When was the first recorded Camera Obscura? 2) Can you name at least two members of the influential American ‘Group f64’? 3) You are at a rock concern using HP5 film at 3200 ASA. How would you process it? 4) When was the first ever Canon camera released? 5) You
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Photography word puzzles Hint: this was first written back in the 80’s – a bygone era with no PC’s as such, no Internet and no photo printers – when film cameras ruled the world and photographers used dark rooms to process pictures. Fill in the word / letters which best completes the first word and
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Photomacrography (with film) Note: this was actually written for an ‘A’ level English assignment in ages past, long before digital cameras came out. That said, everything here is almost as valid now as it was then. Enjoy. { Extreme close up of a red ant head } Have you ever wanted to fill your camera
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NOTE : A Work in progress! Day one: My current level of French is a few half-remembered words from an ‘O’ level college course decades ago, one I never completed anyway. I’ve decided after years of depression and of hiding forever in games like WoW* that I want to turn my life around before it’s
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Vox Pox: intro Note: This was actually something I did back in 1990 as part of a Desktop Publishing or some other IT course I was doing at the time. Can’t even remember the package I used. Long obsolete now, whatever it was. Vox Pox : The Voice of the People: Education in shambles! Lifes
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Picking a compact camera Before we go on, this isn’t about reviewing cameras, it’s about choosing the best camera for the job. In this case it’s a good quality, lightweight all round camera, one that a professional won’t be ashamed to have in their pocket, but at the same time isn’t too complex for a
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Squarewords See if you can solve this letter array puzzle. This is one of a large number of puzzles I wrote back in the 80’s. Seems a shame to waste it, so I’ve added it here. Squarewords Read clockwise or anticlockwise each block of four letters can form two or more words. No proper nouns
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