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Hi All, Decided to head further a field and found myself in a field with baking hot sun and shadows that were killing me any suggestions on combating the dreaded shadows and not the ones with Guitars lol. The trial was in Memory of Ron Stevens raising funds for Parkinsons UK, nice bunch of people and apart for the mile walk up to the sections had a great day. 2010-05-23 OWLS MCC - Penshurst Thanks Ian

Hi, I was told how tpo reduce the dpi when I export from Photoshop Lightroom (assume you have the same fucntionality in PS). When you go to export you can select the quality and also the dpi settings to use. Hope that hels Ian

Hi all, Couple of weeks off but back in the saddle: North Hants - Bagshot D2 16-05-2010 All comments welcome and any tips also Ian

Thanks again to Bob for letting me attend and the guys for letting me work on the skills: Here is the pics so far from the trial: Thames MCC - Knightons

here you go Mick Mick fitting snuggly into his one piece

Nice Sunny day again and surprising a few got quite wet, topped off with the best ever picture any pap wud die for Mick in a one piece cat suit lol. Here is the link: Normandy MC Trial - 18-04-2010 All comments welcomed, not finished all the photo reviews so check back as there are some great shots still to be posted.

Well latest outing today, as this is tips and tricks then feel I should not just keep posting links to the flickr pics. So I have just changed out from a Canon 40D with a 70-200 F4 L series lens, I am now running with Nikon D300s and 18-50 F2.8 & 50-150 F2.8 Sigma lenses, I avoid flash like the plague mainly as not really sure the club guys would be all that pleased with me both getting in their way but also blinding them with the flash. With the sun high and breaking through the trees this is making the pics difficult to make sure the faces are not all dark, so a combination of high ISO, settings with aperture priority set to max at F2.8 I am just about making pics that are both interesting and rewarding. Oh yeh biggest improvement to colour was not using auto white balance, running with a combination of cloudy and direct sunshine in shade. Other tip, get used to cleaning mud off the camera, cannot be avoided if you want the shots. Here is the link then to my latest: Twickenham TVTC Trial - Hook Woods, Surrey Lastly, big thanks to Jim Connor for letting me rock up and giving me a nice parking spot. Cheers all Ian

Hi Mick, Oh yes indeed Jim Connor invited me and that is enough for me, really looking forward to it esp as the weather looks like it will be great. See you there Ian

Thanks, Hook Woods was an eye opener for me in terms of the lighting, I think I have progressed since then. Was a good day and again great bunch of people. Ian

Hi again, the hits on flickr after my last post thought I should share another set, there are plenty of trials pics on my flickr site. Here is the great bunch from Surrey School boys: SSTC Riverside Farm Easter Sunday Cheers

Thanks, trying my best to support the local clubs and was lucky enough to be invited to attend the event by the Club, thanks again.

British Ladies Round 1 2010

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A couple of recent ones

Hi All, Well thought as Andy was kind enough to post a link to my pics from the Ladies Rnd 1 I should pop in here and say hi to all fellow Trials pic takers. Been working with my local clubs since Dec 09 and getting there slowly, I am no PRO and it is a hobby business not the full life and blood of my income. Not sure I should post a link to my Flickr site here so if you have a look around with my user name sure you will find some of my shots. All the best and may the sun keep shining for us all Laters Ian