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Arthur in Bradgate Park

Bradgate park - hooray! First weekend that we’ve really taken Arthur outdoors and let him see how the world works. Normally he just looks at it from his pram. He was happy as larry.

Apologies for the slew of baby photos. Life is so busy with the nipper I have little chance for “Proper” photography, so most of my best pictures are baby centric at the mo. I realise it’s a bit dull, but it’s nice for me to have a record of them on here!

Techical details: iso 400, f/11, handheld, graduated neutral density filter used to darken sky

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Arthur climbing dad

Apologies for the baby pics, I realise they’re not as interesting for others as they are for the parents… but I liked this one. Taken with one wobbly hand whilst he lay on my chest (in my tatty dressing gown) messing about.

Technical info: ISO 1600, f/4, 1/60s, 10mm, handheld

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Yay - my firstborn son, Arthur Solomon

Born yesterday morning at 9.44. 7 pounds 8 ounces. Healthy. Yay! I think I’ll be busy for a few days!

Technical info: ISO 200, f/2, 30mm, handheld

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Newborn nephew grabbing my finger

I won’t deluge you with pictures of babies, because let’s face it, pictures of other people’s kids aren’t ever as interesting to people as they are to the relatives. But I met my 2 day old nephew yesterday, and as you might imagine, was quick to stick a camera in his face. It’s nice to have a DSLR on these occasions, because you can take LOADS of pictures and then keep the ones where they aren’t pulling too ridiculous a face.

Technical info: ISO 100, f/1.4, 1/125s, 30mm handheld.

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Chinese New Year at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

Every year Lakeside puts on a fantastic Chinese new year show with lots of live acts, culminating in a massive firework display. Here are a few of my favourite pictures from this year. If you want to see the whole set, it’s on my flickr account.

For most of the evening, i was just shooting handheld using P mode (basically automatic where you can override certain features - bascially all I overrode was focussing (i like it centre only, so I can plan it) and raw output. The top shot is a 3 shot HDR and the bottom one just a long exposure with a tripod, with some tweaking to brighten up the bottom of the frame in post processing so the crowd is visible.

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