<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562</id><updated>2011-10-01T17:32:51.838+01:00</updated><category term='M42 Nikon adapter'/><category term='Tethered Shooting'/><category term='flash'/><category term='processing'/><category term='amateur'/><category term='Arlington Resevoir'/><category term='memory card'/><category term='Nikon 50mm f1.4 AFS'/><category term='free'/><category term='buy'/><category term='light'/><category term='SLR'/><category term='Sigma 100-300mm f4'/><category term='donate'/><category term='new'/><category term='365 idea inspiration photographic'/><category term='garden'/><category term='lens'/><category 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term='tripod'/><category term='35mm'/><category term='jumping'/><title type='text'>Matthew Hunt Photography</title><subtitle type='html'>The companion blog to www.matthewhuntphotography.co.uk and the experiences of a part time, freelance photographer.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-5516356839097332823</id><published>2011-01-03T18:17:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-01-03T21:42:58.792Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musicfirst Music First Orchestra concert school lesson'/><title type='text'>Photographing Music First</title><summary type='text'>365 Day 83, Music First, originally uploaded by Matt Hunt.Music First is based on the Venuezalen youth orchestras where school children receive free instruments and tuition - and they're good. Really, really good.As in the longest standing ovation I've seen at a classical music concert.The London version - inspired by the El Sistema orchestras - is still in the early stages with the first intake </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5516356839097332823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=5516356839097332823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5516356839097332823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5516356839097332823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2011/01/photographing-music-first.html' title='Photographing Music First'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/5269801010_8d3872c3af_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-3951219750227062246</id><published>2010-12-23T22:37:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-12-23T22:49:04.857Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='camera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='35mm'/><title type='text'>Donate your old camera to a charity!</title><summary type='text'>In October I arranged a photoshoot at the Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey. Myself and around 10 other photographers spent a day there taking photographs for over 40 individuals and families as part of a day based around the Help Portrait model.From that I am trying to help out with their project to develop (no pun intended) some photography capability at the Centre. However, funds were scarce </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3951219750227062246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=3951219750227062246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3951219750227062246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3951219750227062246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/12/donate-your-old-camera-to-charity.html' title='Donate your old camera to a charity!'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/TRPPV6EE5TI/AAAAAAAAAMY/p5cPgwCLYb4/s72-c/cameras.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-889768498813299711</id><published>2010-11-07T22:04:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-11-07T22:08:39.206Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kodachrome'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='365'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>The honeymoon is over</title><summary type='text'>365 Day 51, Portrait of my wife, originally uploaded by Matt Hunt.(Luckily I am not talking about my relationship with my wife, just my 365 day project).Yesterday two things happened. The first thing was that having not been able to find a window seat in the local coffee shop I failed to take the planned portrait of my wife. Kodachrome 64, Supertakumar 50mm at f1.4, natural light as she people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/889768498813299711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=889768498813299711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/889768498813299711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/889768498813299711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/honeymoon-is-over.html' title='The honeymoon is over'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1424/5155825764_4078ac0517_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7621247210878425192</id><published>2010-10-29T22:19:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T22:19:41.527+01:00</updated><title type='text'>365 Day 38 Sherlock Holmes</title><summary type='text'>365 Day 38 Sherlock Holmes, originally uploaded by Matt Hunt.Well I am just over 10% of the way through and so far it has proven to be quite interesting. I've not found limiting myself to just one lens (bar a few occasions when I've carried 2) to be limiting, but on the days when I shoot film I immediately miss changing ISO. In fact, I shoot at higher ISOs than I thought I did and seem to rely </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7621247210878425192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7621247210878425192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7621247210878425192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7621247210878425192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/10/365-day-38-sherlock-holmes.html' title='365 Day 38 Sherlock Holmes'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/5126399333_f274a05c4b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-8302472349163672663</id><published>2010-09-18T20:39:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T21:09:02.920+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='365 idea inspiration photographic'/><title type='text'>365: Any day, any camera</title><summary type='text'>The last two days seem to have been one big hint.Om Thursday morning I finally started messing around the camera in my new phone and found I really ought not to have been so dismissive of camera phones over the last few years. Then on Thursday evening I was looking at Chase Jarvis' blog and saw the link to his book 'The best camera is...'. On Friday a friend at work lent me a book of taken on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8302472349163672663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=8302472349163672663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/8302472349163672663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/8302472349163672663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/365-any-day-any-camera.html' title='365: Any day, any camera'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/TJUaOkIMcdI/AAAAAAAAAME/OTCefUGvEvQ/s72-c/0910_MH_mobile-5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4165642642885758749</id><published>2010-08-23T20:51:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T20:53:42.089+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Photographing garden birds, part II.</title><summary type='text'>Earlier  this year I set up an area of the garden so I could photograph birds  without showing them at a feeder. I’ve been regularly baiting it since  then, but because I had to send my Sigma 100-300mm f4 back to Simga to be  recalibrated, it was only recently I was able to try things out.Using  the longer lens lets me get the camera that little bit further away  from the birds. The shutter noise</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4165642642885758749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4165642642885758749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4165642642885758749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4165642642885758749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/08/photographing-garden-birds-part-ii.html' title='Photographing garden birds, part II.'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4885223296859964746</id><published>2010-06-15T21:25:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T21:38:50.809+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photographing pets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Springer Spaniels'/><title type='text'>Photographing Spaniels</title><summary type='text'>We, the assorted children and the people they married, are making a photobook for my father-in-law’s birthday. I thought that for the end covers we could have a pictures of his beloved springer spaniels, one dog at the front paper and the other at the end.Anyone thinking about that much quoted maxim: Never work with children or animals?Having spun some story about how I needed pictures of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4885223296859964746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4885223296859964746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4885223296859964746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4885223296859964746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/06/photographing-spaniels.html' title='Photographing Spaniels'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/TBfkMNII8DI/AAAAAAAAAL0/BVhwbzGniT4/s72-c/0610_MH_Dogs-91.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-220923645130331898</id><published>2010-03-07T12:23:00.007Z</published><updated>2010-03-07T13:12:20.667Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nikon D700'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hahnel wireless remote'/><title type='text'>Photographing garden birds</title><summary type='text'>I am lucky enough to have a garden that is visited by a constant stream of birds. We have feeders up and two nest boxes so there is plenty to try to photograph. Last year I concentrated on the feeders closest to our house. With a D300 and a 2x teleconverter I could just get a keepable picture although the background was less than ideal. I was also a little too close to the birds. In December we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/220923645130331898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=220923645130331898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/220923645130331898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/220923645130331898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2010/03/photographing-garden-birds.html' title='Photographing garden birds'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/S5OkOpFIvKI/AAAAAAAAALo/nbPu2quTpXk/s72-c/_DSC1761.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-6115124420922417885</id><published>2009-12-08T20:51:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-12-08T21:11:11.087Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='security guards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Somerset House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restrictions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='regulations'/><title type='text'>A photographic farce?</title><summary type='text'>Last night I went to Somerset House and its seasonal ice rink. My wife had taken some of her overseas students there and I’d wandered along thinking that they might like a few pictures of their prowess – or just progress – on the ice. Pulling out my D700 and attaching a flash I took a few frames and then walked over to a huddle of my wife’s students because she thought they would like a group </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6115124420922417885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=6115124420922417885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/6115124420922417885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/6115124420922417885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/12/photographic-farce.html' title='A photographic farce?'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/Sx7AXPBdNRI/AAAAAAAAALM/fPveUjsFfNM/s72-c/1209_MH_skating-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-5313840646981878668</id><published>2009-12-01T21:25:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-12-05T16:48:58.254Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diploma in Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City of London'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amateur Photographer'/><title type='text'>Personal project - Part II</title><summary type='text'>Well, from just before 5am on Thursday until about 6.30om I spent the day shooting for the final project. One way or the other I have have done 'A Day in the City' and hopefully I will have pass the course.Maybe I was overly thorough, maybe I underestimated the organisation, but this really has reminded me of getting married in that the day seems less hassle than the organisation.The Coporation </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5313840646981878668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=5313840646981878668' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5313840646981878668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5313840646981878668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/12/personal-project-part-ii.html' title='Personal project - Part II'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-6281163422425328674</id><published>2009-11-20T14:52:00.010Z</published><updated>2009-12-13T13:07:52.805Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exposure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aperture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='metering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ISO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shutter speed'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Some point last year I wrote about aperture and its effect on depth of focus and exposure.Talking to some friends recently, one of the things that came up was that exposure, despite the millions spend by camera manufacturers on their metering systems is a bit of a closed book to many people.There is no one correct exosure, you can exposure for the midtones, high lights or the darker tones. It all</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6281163422425328674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=6281163422425328674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/6281163422425328674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/6281163422425328674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-point-last-year-i-wrote-about.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SyTaasX4W8I/AAAAAAAAALU/GtLQa-hMgh4/s72-c/18%25+metering.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4740871153579511554</id><published>2009-11-19T20:24:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-19T20:33:47.383Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>After 2 and a half years I am almost at the end of the Amateur Photographer / What Digital Camera ‘School of Photographic Imaging’ photography course. I’ve done the 4 compulsory modules, the 4 choice modules and now I need to complete a personal project and something like a 500 word essay. The essay is going to be easy. I work in marketing so spouting 500 words should be a snap.The pictures on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4740871153579511554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4740871153579511554' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4740871153579511554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4740871153579511554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/after-2-and-half-years-i-am-almost-at.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SwWq6K_4W-I/AAAAAAAAAKY/gpwREPbraKA/s72-c/1109+MH+London+Bridge+BW-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-3071638622620347737</id><published>2009-11-17T17:01:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-17T18:37:15.397Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disadvantages of blogging'/><title type='text'>Why am I online?</title><summary type='text'>Big question, and yet to fully answered...why am I here (online that is)?If one is going to try to develop something then current wisdom will, at some point suggest going near the internet and possessing a blog seems to be part of that.However, possessing a website, other than the pages on flickr, also means:Spending more time in front of the PC preparing pictures for uploadRemembering to remove </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3071638622620347737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=3071638622620347737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3071638622620347737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3071638622620347737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-am-i-online.html' title='Why am I online?'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7937582702316712659</id><published>2009-10-22T16:42:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T16:45:10.549+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HMRC'/><title type='text'>Tax returns</title><summary type='text'>It is that time of year.Time to sit down, put the kettle on, place the cat away from the keyboard and workout how much and I earned and (terrifyingly) how much was spent. Although I’ve completed tax returns in the past, this year is the first year of doing so as being partially self-employed. I have elected to use the online approach and whilst it is convenient being able to stop, save and come </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7937582702316712659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7937582702316712659' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7937582702316712659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7937582702316712659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/10/tax-returns.html' title='Tax returns'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7029222511861329470</id><published>2009-06-21T22:30:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T22:35:58.197+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB-900 headshot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strobist Boot Camp II'/><title type='text'>Boot Camp II, Part 1, Shoot 1</title><summary type='text'>This afternoon I decided how I was going to do the headshot for Strobist Boot Camp II  (this one)   and had a practice run. My subject was my wife at the computer.The first frame was shot to get the outdoors behind her correctly exposed. This was shot at  ISO 200, 1/250 sec at f11 in manual.Then I added my main light. I wanted a soft, diffuse source because I wanted a soft light on her face, but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7029222511861329470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7029222511861329470' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7029222511861329470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7029222511861329470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/boot-camp-ii-part-1-shoot-1.html' title='Boot Camp II, Part 1, Shoot 1'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/Sj6nSffIZUI/AAAAAAAAAKA/C51WzngQROI/s72-c/Ambient.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7799183328098015208</id><published>2009-06-14T20:16:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-14T20:23:23.714+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Boot Camp Part II...stalled</title><summary type='text'>Blogging for the boot Camp II carried the risk of crashing and burning, but right now I've not even got the gear up. The animal charity concerned is, bluntly, utterly disinterested it seems and so I am back to square one on finding a worthy cause.I was thinking of having the  subject person lit by one grid spotted  strobe, light fall down the body, and then a line of animal cages stretching back,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7799183328098015208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7799183328098015208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7799183328098015208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7799183328098015208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/boot-camp-part-iistalled.html' title='Boot Camp Part II...stalled'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-3609856447622633621</id><published>2009-06-10T21:52:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T22:07:13.015+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strobist Boot Camp II'/><title type='text'>Back in  Boot Camp</title><summary type='text'>We all get comfortable photographing our favourite things, and sometimes it does us good to Do Something Different. Not least, the Different usually means trying something New and therefore Learning something.The latest excuse to be Different is here: Strobist Boot Camp II. The challenge revolves around producing a headshot of one subject and the photographer. Deadline is 23rd June. And by pure </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3609856447622633621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=3609856447622633621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3609856447622633621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3609856447622633621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/back-in-boot-camp.html' title='Back in  Boot Camp'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SjAffwIVnVI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/MeZ8aFOHOlo/s72-c/Ana+snoot+BW+blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-3897517402860002424</id><published>2009-05-09T21:52:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T22:41:43.125+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='takumar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='M42 Nikon adapter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='M42'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nikon F mount'/><title type='text'>Mounting M42 lenses on to a Nikon</title><summary type='text'>After reading the article about second hand  kit on this week’s Amateur Photographer, and since I am sitting on a pile of M42 lenses which are not often used now, I decided to buy an adapter to let me mount the M42 lenses on to my Nikon D300.The  M42 to Nikon adapter cost about £15 on ebay. I bought one made of black, anodized aluminium to reduce any internal reflections and it came with a small </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3897517402860002424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=3897517402860002424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3897517402860002424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3897517402860002424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/mounting-m42-lenses-on-to-nikon.html' title='Mounting M42 lenses on to a Nikon'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SgX4NPI-4fI/AAAAAAAAAJo/rKIL6nH-jFM/s72-c/lenses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-1166881797645888615</id><published>2009-05-06T21:02:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T22:37:31.131+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Financial Fools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aperture Priority'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safety'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Camp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G20'/><title type='text'>G20 in London</title><summary type='text'>April the first this year was ‘Financial Fools’ day. I was going to be limited in the amount I could shoot because I work there but the office is located close to several potential points including the Climate Camp and it looked as if there would be plenty of opportunity to photograph two opposing worlds as they met.Two considerations were uppermost when preparing for this. First of all I thought</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1166881797645888615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=1166881797645888615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1166881797645888615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1166881797645888615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/g20-in-london.html' title='G20 in London'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3405341258_437288763f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-1645467293325266012</id><published>2009-04-17T23:06:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T23:21:18.527+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Budget cuts!</title><summary type='text'>I was hoping that in a few weeks I could write about photographing the construction and then opening of on of the gardens at the RHS Flower Show at Chelsea but sadly this is not to be. I had offered to take some photographs of the garden sponsored by my employers and during the discussions this had evolved into a three stage process.The first part would be a series of standard photographs </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1645467293325266012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=1645467293325266012' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1645467293325266012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1645467293325266012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/budget-cuts.html' title='Budget cuts!'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-5163504252537886969</id><published>2009-04-03T20:35:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T21:05:24.653+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book keeping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accounts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cashflow'/><title type='text'>Getting ready to be taxed.</title><summary type='text'>Well the end of the tax year is nearly here and that means we're going to suffer a deluge of reminders to pay our tax by post or by a website that usually crashes or suffers a security breach. As this is my first year as a sole trader I am trying not to make a complete pigs ear of it and have spent the evening getting ready. Yes, I know there are far better ways of spending a Friday night.The big</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5163504252537886969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=5163504252537886969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5163504252537886969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5163504252537886969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/getting-ready-to-be-taxed.html' title='Getting ready to be taxed.'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_XawALBktic4/STBzZK6AlSI/AAAAAAAAAA4/eukLxB7-zaY/s72-c/Cash%20flow%20sheet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-182530473077077604</id><published>2009-03-22T22:23:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-03-22T22:53:44.188Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 Ex HSM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 EX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jumping'/><title type='text'>Horses!</title><summary type='text'>Instead of counting sheep tonight, I will be counting horses. This is because I've spent today at Flemish Farm photographing the Honourable Artillery Company's Light Cavalry during a day of dressage and jumping. This has given me a great opportunity to put the two new lenses to the test and both of them performed well.I'd looked at the place on Google maps before leaving and failed to see signs </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/182530473077077604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=182530473077077604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/182530473077077604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/182530473077077604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/horses.html' title='Horses!'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/Sca87uuvvCI/AAAAAAAAAIo/hZ2FoZCgHBM/s72-c/Bleu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-3617683563193004199</id><published>2009-03-17T20:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-03-17T20:52:20.945Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DSLR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compact'/><title type='text'>Knowledge &amp; creativeness is as important as your camera is.</title><summary type='text'>Last year, somewhere online, I saw a wry comment wondering why it was that all the people who say that “you don’t need a good camera to take a good photograph”, all have a good camera? I think that ought to be adapted to be “you don’t need a good camera to take a good photograph, but knowing how it works can help.This afternoon the in-house Graphics team were putting together a flyer for a ‘Win </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3617683563193004199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=3617683563193004199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3617683563193004199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3617683563193004199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/knowledge-creativeness-is-as-important.html' title='Knowledge &amp; creativeness is as important as your camera is.'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-1226647814174258628</id><published>2009-03-08T21:30:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-03-08T21:42:02.663Z</updated><title type='text'>Tripods</title><summary type='text'>In the New Year I went to Arlington Reservoir to get more familiar with the D300, sigma 100-300mm f4 and the 1.4x and 2x teleconverters. The main discovery was that my tripod, a generic thing I received in the late 1980s with a pan and tilt head, could not cope with the weight. The base plate was also too lose and would allow the lens to move under the motion imparted from the camera’s mirror </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1226647814174258628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=1226647814174258628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1226647814174258628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1226647814174258628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/tripods.html' title='Tripods'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SbQ57dESNFI/AAAAAAAAAIY/r0pAm1BFzn0/s72-c/The+skeleton+of+a+leaf.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-6781917182780418451</id><published>2009-02-24T12:53:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-05-06T21:21:47.071+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Food for thought</title><summary type='text'>The economic situation is all pervading and its impact upon or potential benefits for photographers has been written about by David Hobby and Joe McNally on their blogs for a start. Now Michael Clark has an article on his blog which is also interesting, diverse, and well worth reading.Here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6781917182780418451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=6781917182780418451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/6781917182780418451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/6781917182780418451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/food-for-thought.html' title='Food for thought'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7776519613604583456</id><published>2009-02-22T20:01:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-02-22T21:48:47.635Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teleconverter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB-26'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB-24'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sigma 100-300mm f4'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Garden wildife</title><summary type='text'>I have one more module to complete for the course I am taking through Amateur Photographer then I can get on to the project this summer. The module I have selected is ‘Wildlife’ and I want to show some of the wildlife that comes (or can be attracted) into our gardens. We live very close to ‘the countryside’ and have foxes, finches, tits, sparrows, starling, pigeons, doves, toads and mice all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7776519613604583456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7776519613604583456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7776519613604583456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7776519613604583456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/garden-wildife.html' title='Garden wildife'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SaHGlPLuVtI/AAAAAAAAAIA/CYMWCwnwovE/s72-c/Blue+tit+take-off.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4860447299401420712</id><published>2009-02-13T21:43:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-02-13T21:50:58.258Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Going digital'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='processing'/><title type='text'>The Pros &amp; Cons of going digital (after a year)</title><summary type='text'>On the 12 March, we will be at our first anniversary. Well my D300 and I will be anyway and after 12 months I have various thoughts on ‘Going Digital’. The relationship between us got off to a rocky start. I got the camera home, opened the box, put a lens on... and took it off and packed the whole lot up for 24 hours whilst I debated the wisdom of the purchase. The argument for adding a DSLR to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4860447299401420712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4860447299401420712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4860447299401420712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4860447299401420712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/pros-cons-of-going-digital-after-year.html' title='The Pros &amp; Cons of going digital (after a year)'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-2378367539347017369</id><published>2009-02-07T18:20:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-02-08T20:54:25.703Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='editing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='price'/><title type='text'>Pricing pressure and retaining control</title><summary type='text'>Last week, my co-photographer in this fledging freelance enterprise and I were taken aside for a chat about pricing. In a nutshell, we had completed a morning’s shoot using raw and small jpegs and at the end of it we had provided a ‘dump’ from the card to be used as a review which we and the graphics person would go through.Note use of the word ‘Review’.A week or so passed and then the chat </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2378367539347017369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=2378367539347017369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/2378367539347017369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/2378367539347017369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/pricing-pressure-and-retaining-control.html' title='Pricing pressure and retaining control'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SY9GZByWhcI/AAAAAAAAAH4/KGVxsY_zSuI/s72-c/Coins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7951676361444184207</id><published>2009-01-27T22:11:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T22:19:31.288Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='error'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mistake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HMRC'/><title type='text'>Tax: It really is taxing*</title><summary type='text'>When I decided that I would have a crack as a sometimes freelance photographer in November last year, I registered on-line with Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC). The process was quick, easy and simple and after a few hours I received an email thanking me very much and telling me that they’d be back in contact soon. We’re now at January 27th and so far I’ve received the following:A letter </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7951676361444184207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7951676361444184207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7951676361444184207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7951676361444184207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/tax-it-really-is-taxing.html' title='Tax: It really is taxing*'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-2326060678750329114</id><published>2009-01-25T22:05:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-01-25T22:07:19.108Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='professional'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='choice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consumer'/><title type='text'>Lens choice</title><summary type='text'>Buying a lens ought to be like buying a camera. You are buying an optical, photographic, tool. What complicates this is the range of choice and the range of opinions. There are so many reviews of lenses on the internet looking at things called ‘MTF tables’, reviewing photographs of walls, and staring at images enlarged 200% and these reviews do not always agree. Like a camera, what you mean to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2326060678750329114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=2326060678750329114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/2326060678750329114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/2326060678750329114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/lens-choice.html' title='Lens choice'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-5494159364884723756</id><published>2009-01-21T22:20:00.012Z</published><updated>2009-01-22T07:32:03.752Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depth of field'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depth of focus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='focus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circle of confusion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aperture'/><title type='text'>Aperture and how it changes focus</title><summary type='text'>Changing the aperture of a lens does two things. As described in a previous post it allows more or less light through the lens at any given shutter speed. It also affects how the lens focuses light at the film or sensor. There are two terms used around this topic, often interchangeably, which is not correct. Depth of Field and Depth of Focus are not the same thing.First I need to explain the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5494159364884723756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=5494159364884723756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5494159364884723756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5494159364884723756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/aperture-and-how-it-changes-focus.html' title='Aperture and how it changes focus'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SXeikjPqb9I/AAAAAAAAAHk/3qEiK4btfFA/s72-c/Depth+of+field.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4210708855158910427</id><published>2009-01-19T20:56:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:47:43.412Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NKRemote'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nikon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tethered Shooting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Camera Control Pro 2'/><title type='text'>Tethered Shooting</title><summary type='text'>One of the things that came out of the shoot I did a few Friday’s ago (the one advertised as 5 portraits) was that the Design / Graphics bods thought it might help to be able to see the pictures on a laptop as we took them. This was not a bad idea since it would also help us to spot inaccurate white balance settings, allow quicker review of pictures (showing a team of 15 people the back of a D300</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4210708855158910427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4210708855158910427' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4210708855158910427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4210708855158910427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/tethered-shooting.html' title='Tethered Shooting'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SXTp2RY9PVI/AAAAAAAAAGk/QJ9XEriVxbM/s72-c/Menu.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-102573636311798094</id><published>2009-01-12T22:02:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:49:36.942Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='umbrella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nikon 50mm f1.4 AFS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corporate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strobe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nikkor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freelance'/><title type='text'>When plans change</title><summary type='text'>On Friday I and Chris were meant to be photographing five investment professionals in a style not a million miles from this. Plan B was to get the relevant investment professional to stand in a corridor, place a gelled strobe on a stand way back down the corridor and then light them with natural light or some fill flash from the front. Right up until I walked in the door.Discovering we were in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/102573636311798094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=102573636311798094' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/102573636311798094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/102573636311798094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-plans-change.html' title='When plans change'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SWvARhWFkMI/AAAAAAAAAGE/kW8kl7Db4CY/s72-c/Looming.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-954867735192843080</id><published>2009-01-06T22:21:00.010Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:49:57.102Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snoot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='light'/><title type='text'>Working out light and controlling it</title><summary type='text'>I am rapidly discovering that one of the rules to having any hope of bringing in any money through photography is that if somebody asks if you can photograph something, the answer involves the word “yes”.Preferably as the first word in your answer.So when my work colleague told me that we’d been asked to take some portraits of the Directors of an associated company I was delighted that he had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/954867735192843080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=954867735192843080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/954867735192843080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/954867735192843080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/working-out-light-and-controlling-it.html' title='Working out light and controlling it'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SWPaiOglxAI/AAAAAAAAAFc/l98fdBEcZpg/s72-c/lou-2-hard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4625931888920521875</id><published>2009-01-02T22:28:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:50:53.097Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arlington Resevoir'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tripod'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sigma 100-300mm f4'/><title type='text'>Photographing Wildife</title><summary type='text'>I have one more module of the Amateur Photographer ‘Diploma in Photography’ to complete I have chosen to do the Wildlife module. I do not want to use any pictures taken of captive animals, even those in decent enclosures like those at the British Wildlife Centre. I have three useable images but I need a fourth. So far, my wildlife pictures have been a matter of luck rather than planning. I would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4625931888920521875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4625931888920521875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4625931888920521875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4625931888920521875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/photographing-wildife.html' title='Photographing Wildife'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SV6W99pIEbI/AAAAAAAAAEc/_SQ1dwJ22c0/s72-c/014+Ducks+blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-5783681762075546823</id><published>2008-12-18T12:44:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:51:28.061Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memory card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='size'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='failure'/><title type='text'>Memory cards: Putting all your eggs in one basket</title><summary type='text'>Big memory cards are convienient, you don't need to remember where the spares are or stop over and change card in the middle of something interesting. For people shooting underwater or with cameras in unaccesible places once the action starts they also make perfect sense. However, I would caution against concentrating on size and instead look for reliability.A 2 gigabyte (gb) card in my Nikon </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5783681762075546823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=5783681762075546823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5783681762075546823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5783681762075546823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/memory-cards-putting-all-your-eggs-in.html' title='Memory cards: Putting all your eggs in one basket'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-3993644986438058756</id><published>2008-12-17T17:53:00.018Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:52:05.881Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exposure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aperture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='focal length'/><title type='text'>Lenses: Aperture</title><summary type='text'>Lens nomenclature usually has two sets of numbers within it e.g. 50mm f1.8 or 18-35mm f3.5-5.6. The first set is nearly always the focal length with the ‘wide’ end being given first. The second value or values refer to the maximum aperture at the lens’s focal length. To be awkward, some lenses do it reverse e.g 2,4/35 on the 35mm f2.4 Flektogon below. For a prime lens there is only one number </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3993644986438058756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=3993644986438058756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3993644986438058756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/3993644986438058756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/lenses-aperture.html' title='Lenses: Aperture'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlflpZ7KcI/AAAAAAAAADQ/K2nrv8oxc-U/s72-c/lens-front-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4858264088537650196</id><published>2008-12-13T21:10:00.019Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:52:34.505Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zoom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aperture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='focal length'/><title type='text'>An overview of lenses</title><summary type='text'>In the early 1980’s an RAF F4 Phantom, Robert Prest, wrote a book in which he described runways as the beginning of flight. In a similar manner I find looking into a lens captivating, not least as I wonder what pictures it will record. There is a staggering range of lenses to choose to from. Prime or zoom? Super zoom or a selection of zooms covering more specific ranges? What ranges do you need </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4858264088537650196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4858264088537650196' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4858264088537650196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4858264088537650196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/overview-of-lenses.html' title='An overview of lenses'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUTSXcQ3TgI/AAAAAAAAACw/_Sa7MSWX_xc/s72-c/title+piece+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-1528870318247628995</id><published>2008-12-09T20:44:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:53:09.836Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strobe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB-26'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snoot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB-24'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elinchrom skyport'/><title type='text'>A morning's corporate shooting</title><summary type='text'>This morning was the third corporate shoot I have undertaken for my employer and it threw up something I’d not met before but which for flash photography, made perfect sense.Planning as much as possible in advance really helps, and as ever I’d tried to do as much packing as possible 2 evenings before. This gives me an extra 24 hours to realise I have forgotten something or to replace anything </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1528870318247628995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=1528870318247628995' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1528870318247628995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/1528870318247628995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/this-morning-was-third-corporate-shoot.html' title='A morning&apos;s corporate shooting'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/ST7ZkI1V40I/AAAAAAAAACA/r4POJT3O9pQ/s72-c/Chris+1+BW+blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-8482293794674762253</id><published>2008-12-05T09:45:00.012Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:53:44.085Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='professional'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amateur'/><title type='text'>A flash of inspiration from Strobist: Working for free</title><summary type='text'>One of the first things I do in the morning once near a computer is check David Hobby’s excellent Strobist blog. The post there today is really interesting post and for me, one at the right time. In a nutshell, David writes about how the financial crisis offers an excellent opportunity for photographers to work for free on projects that they want to do. Why? Because you get control of the project</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8482293794674762253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=8482293794674762253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/8482293794674762253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/8482293794674762253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/flash-of-inspiration-from-strobist.html' title='A flash of inspiration from Strobist: Working for free'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/STkLMk1rXfI/AAAAAAAAABQ/8Si_gwP3ovQ/s72-c/Money.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-2730993264669559026</id><published>2008-12-03T14:42:00.014Z</published><updated>2008-12-04T16:00:14.087Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DSLR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='choose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SLR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cameras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purchase'/><title type='text'>I'd like to buy a camera...</title><summary type='text'>We'd like to buy a bed camera with apologies to Monty Python...Cameras are, despite the best efforts of marketing departments, merely a tool. In their simplest form they are a light proof box with a hole in the front to admit light, a lens to focus it and a means of recording the focused image. A Kodak Box Brownie for example. You ought not to buy your new tool because the advert has assured you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2730993264669559026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=2730993264669559026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/2730993264669559026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/2730993264669559026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/wed-like-to-buy-bed-camera.html' title='I&apos;d like to buy a camera...'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/STatP4AvygI/AAAAAAAAABA/huxqB_2De5M/s72-c/Box++Brownie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7303497445480237771</id><published>2008-12-02T10:02:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T22:54:29.063Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='write-off'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VAT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HMRC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amortisation'/><title type='text'>An update on tax and VAT</title><summary type='text'>VAT: I called the Customs &amp; Excise National Advice number on 0845 010 9000 and whilst I do not have to register for VAT, there might be advantages to voluntary registration. So despite the increase in quarterly form filling I will do that. If you are registered, then invoices must be submitted as amount, VAT on amount, total amount and quoting your VAT number helps but is not obligatory.Tax: More</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7303497445480237771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7303497445480237771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7303497445480237771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7303497445480237771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/update-on-tax-and-vat.html' title='An update on tax and VAT'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-5484381191152386875</id><published>2008-11-28T11:14:00.012Z</published><updated>2008-12-04T15:32:20.252Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax taxation start-up advice money bank'/><title type='text'>Tax, not that taxing yet</title><summary type='text'>Other than my belief in my abilities, the tax, business and money management thing has been the consideration which has made me consider not doing this.I suspect that the taxation side is daunting for many people, not least because some of your money is going to be taken away. However, so far Her Majesty's Revenue &amp; Customs have been very helpful (I know it is in their interest to be) and they've</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5484381191152386875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=5484381191152386875' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5484381191152386875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/5484381191152386875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/11/tax-not-that-taxing-yet.html' title='Tax, not that taxing yet'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/STBzZK6AlSI/AAAAAAAAAA4/eukLxB7-zaY/s72-c/Cash+flow+sheet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-7990407758073485176</id><published>2008-11-26T21:54:00.014Z</published><updated>2008-12-04T15:54:32.116Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amateur professional photographer photography commerical guide ideas'/><title type='text'>A step beyond 'Amateur'</title><summary type='text'>This is not the ‘how to become a Pro Photographer’ post. That would be longer and not written by me. In fact a good example is here and Google offers another 278,000 hits on becoming a professional photographerThis is the ‘how Matt got to use his camera more seriously’ post and summarises my views on the things that can affect that opportunity and how to cope with them. They are not going to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7990407758073485176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=7990407758073485176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7990407758073485176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/7990407758073485176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/11/step-beyond-amateur.html' title='A step beyond &apos;Amateur&apos;'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SS3II8UB78I/AAAAAAAAAAo/eLsQ-GWxHho/s72-c/06+Typhoon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531701591610949562.post-4056791495347197005</id><published>2008-11-25T22:46:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-11-25T23:01:40.237Z</updated><title type='text'>The Opening Frame</title><summary type='text'>Like many photographers I've always hoped that the contents of the bag, then the bigger bag, and then the bigger bag and the small bag plus the two boxes in the corner might just give the me the opportunity to recoup their cost.And that seems to be beginning to happen.So along with the new web site at www.matthewhuntphotography.co.uk (under construction at the moment), the urgent need to meet my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4056791495347197005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6531701591610949562&amp;postID=4056791495347197005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4056791495347197005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6531701591610949562/posts/default/4056791495347197005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://matthewhuntphotography.blogspot.com/2008/11/opening-frame.html' title='The Opening Frame'/><author><name>Matt Hunt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870649884596366060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XawALBktic4/SUlnxGkEtmI/AAAAAAAAAD8/OIi6ks51np4/S220/blogger-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
