Can we really be looking at the end of Kodak ? Surely an unthinkable thought. The company that brought photography to the masses with it’s box brownie now looks like saying goodbye to the world of photography. They say they have lost out in the digital camera market, how can this be they developed one of the worlds first consumer digital cameras, but some wise pen pusher decided they should not release/develop it to protect their film market. Is this person now thinking this is the biggest mistake of their lives ? Hopefully. This was probably one of the most spectacularly short sighted decisions in the world of business.

My first digital camera was the Kodak DC210 with a mighty 1 megapixel camera

Middlesbrough’s famous transporter bridge celebrates it’s 100th birthday.A milestone that the whole town should be proud of, it was great to see so many people of all ages out to celebrate a part of our heritage that shows the engineering prowess and expertise of our region.

From summer to autumn in minutes,change the seasons with Nik software Color Efex pro Indian summer filter.

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Autumn

The possibilities of these filters seems unlimited the amount of detail you can retrieve from an area that appears solid black is unreal

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The latest version of Nik softwares Color Efex pro has just launched and it looks pretty impressive. I have never used this set of filters before so did not know what to expect but the interface was easy to pick up as it works very similar to HDR Efex pro. The choice of filters is extensive 55 in total each with numerous adjustment options to suit all styles of photography. The new version allows you easily apply multiple filters to one image and the can be applied to the full image or specific regions.

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Here’s another example of a ‘photo artistic’ app on the iPad. This ones called MobileMonet, it produces some nice results and saves Hi-Res pics

Digital photo montage of scenes from bridlington in the style of polaroids

Here is a meerkat taken at Chester zoo

Here is a digital painting that started out as photo of a T-Rex from the dinosaur exhibition at Chester zoo

Digital sketch of Saltburn’s Victorian pier created on Apple iPad