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Hiking, Waterfalls and Drama

Recently I went on a hiking trip to West Yorkshire area, near Leeds.

Visited the famous Ingleton Falls Trail. a 5 mile Hike around some stunning waterfalls. After Heavy rain in the area recently, the falls were absolutely raging, very slippery trail and I twisted my ankle on the trail.

Determined to complete the trail my friend and I soldiered on and saw and shot some magnificent waterfalls.

The following day we went hiking over the yorkshire dales in the Peak district in the UK.

After trudging through waterlogged dales to reach the limestone formations on the dales and a further trek down to the viaduct, while shooting the viaduct we were charged at by a riderless horse that had bolted after shedding its rider.

shortly afterwards we saw the rider trying to catch up with their horse.

To say my 3 day hiking holiday was eventful would be an understatement, but I had great fun shooting these beautiful locations, even in bad weather at times.

Cant wait for another adventure to go shooting once again.

Enjoy the images on my page

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/andy-comber.html

Andy Comber

FINALLY!! UK PRINTING FOR SMUGMUG IS HERE

Today Smugmug elves were working hard to bring us a long awaited feature.........

UK Printing by Loxley Colour and all the usual smugmug trimmings to boot.

Loxley colour has been in business for over 50 years now and is largely regarded as one of the best print houses in the world not just the UK.

Today all the UK and European residents can get all the benefits that, up until now, have been reserved for Pro Account Holders in the United States.

So how do things compare?

Well pricing costs to you, the photographer are reasonable and we now have the option to price as a percentage over the base cost (This option means if they change their prices, yours will automatically adjust to the same percentage of profit for you), you can set the final price to your customer and it will show your profit margin in your price list automatically.

This will make Pros in the UK and Europe setting prices and making sales effortless.

You can even set a minimum price of order that will allow the customer to choose "Boutique Packaging" on certain galleries which supplies their chosen prints and products boxed in a pretty package with all the expected care and attention from a smugmug service.

Currently the "packages" option that the US Printhouses that are teamed up with smugmug can offer is still disabled, but we expect these to be added later on down the line.

The setup is a snap, and the ability is included to create a separate pricing for different gallery types or individual prints that are special like a "Signature Series Print" for example can be priced differently to the rest of the gallery.

UK residents have been screaming out for this feature and its finally here.

I for one am not disappointed with the offering, a great choice of print house as well as great tolls to optimise my sales and make my business run smoothly.

VAT for all the UK people reading this is added at the checkout cart, so be aware that the prices you set DO NOT INCLUDE VAT until they are added to the cart by the customer.

What If I Have a VAT Exemption Number? (we hear you cry)

Simple just open up your CONTROL PANEL and Click the "SETTINGS" tab, then Click to edit your "Billing Info". The Last field at the bottom is where you enter your number.

They also do not include postage as these will vary depending on destination.

All in all a fantastic addition to the smugmug setup and now, all you guys like me in the UK have no reason not to join in the smugmug family and don't forget to visit www.myprofoto.com to get your site tricked out with a gorgeous looking template.

Thanks Smugmug for listening to your fans and getting us some printing love with your awesome service to boot.

Canon 5D Mark III Release Live Event

Come Join Us

As you know I have been on the PhotoTips Podcast with growing frequency, and I have been asked to attend this live event tomorrow night at 11pm as a technical advisor and producer. For what you may ask,,, well there is a new camera being released by Canon as you may or may not know. This camera being release will be a game changer in the realm of digital photography. There are some aspects that aren't public but some have made predictions about, but I can say in a fairly certain voice that those predictions are 99.99% accurate.. With these new aspects it will be pronominal and may get me to change brands if my brand doesn't follow suit.... But I digress....

The live event will start at 11pm 2300 hrs 11 -5GMT, can I be any more clear? The event is held at the PhotoTips Spreecast Channel. We will have a celebrity special guest joining us who is the GOTO guy for anything Canon, that's right Mr Canon Rumors himself Craig Blair. During this live event you the fans will be able to ask questions and interact with the event. We don't know how long the event will last but it should prove to be a great time had by all. I hope to see everyone from the Facebook group and the podcast fans as well as our forum family to join the event. You don't have to be a Canon fan to join in on the fun, remember this is history in the making for our world..

Be a part of that history and say "I Was There"!

Can't Wait To See You All There!!!

Andy Does the "Jarvie Window"

Recently I had been saving my money for a photo cruise with my friends and colleagues at Phototips.biz and MyProfoto.com to the bahamas.

It was gonna be awesome, however, I didn't save hard enough and in the end, I could not go.

However the money I had saved up was now free for me to spend, so what better to do than to cheer myself up with some retail therapy.

I headed to my favourite Photo store online and bought myself a new fun lens and a flash ring adaptor for my Nikon SB900s

What lens did i get?

A Nikkor 10.5mm Fisheye. What a cool lens this is too.

(Sorry claire, i have no idea what i said to make you pull that face, but I'm sorry lol)

So much fun, the reason i wanted this lens and the Ray Flash Ring adaptor?

To play with the "Jarvie Window" effect.

"Whats that???" I hear you cry,

THIS is the Jarvie window........

I love this effect.

My friend and mentor Jimmy Beltz of phototips.biz fame calls the technique "The Ultimate party Pics" and I think he's right.

A bunch of kids in one room, all pulling faces and you can get a bunch of consistent images of each kid, really fast and easy.

I took a bunch of my friend Claire, and it was great fun.

These are some of the images from my first attempt at this technique.....

This is fast becoming a second favourite lens in my kit bag.

Its not great enough to surpass my 24-70mm f2.8 Nikon lens, thats still my baby and my go to lens for most portrait stuff, but I've seen some fantastic uses for the fisheye to give interesting cool looking images, not just for the "Ultimate Party Pics".

I hope to have more fun with this lens in the future, but for now, I hope you like the first attempt images I  have shown here for you all.

I expect more will follow another time in the future.

"You keep pulling silly faces and I'll keep shooting until the wind changes" - Andy Comber

Valentines Day is coming!!!!

Ok all you lovely ladies out there,

The day of love and romance is almost upon us once again.

Valentines day is 2 weeks away now and what better way to delight your boyfriend, husband or significant other than a set of sexy boudoir photos just for him?

Booking dates can fill up fast so to avoid disappointment, book early and in advance to ensure you get your pictures on time for the special day.

Nothing says "I love You" better than the expression of yourself in some gorgeous tasteful photos for his eyes only.

Dont Delay, Book Today.