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Also seen one a few weeks back in my back garden on Abbeydale Road, near big Tesco. It's quite a little wildlife corridor with the river running a couple of streets over, sometimes see massive dragonflies, herons, a badger a few years back...seem to be a decent amount of fish in the river these days too.

I think you can mix with anything if you know it well enough. Be worth taking a REW test before you go so you can compare and contrast your new room. I'll keep an eye out for you as I'm having to move myself very soon and may have to find an interim place as I've just had an album, ep and load of singles dropped on me, been really quiet for ages - like a load of busses turning up just when you've decided to walk! Cheers Andy

You could give the lovely folks at Pointblank a call and see if they've any places in Sheffield at the mo: http://www.pointblank.org.uk/makeshift-studios.html As an aside, 4x4 isn't a great size for a mixing studio unless you've plenty of trapping/treatment, though beggars & choosers etc, I know how it goes. Mines roughly that size, though very irregular shaped which helps, and I've 2 entire walls of membrane traps to control the low end. Have you got a rough budget for rent? bx

Does anyone have some up to date feedback on Key2Go for selling, last couple of years? Have had Key2Go, 2Roost, Bloors, Blundells, Ewemove and Redbrik round to give their 'valuation', got 20k difference between them. Cheapest fee: Key2Go Priciest fee: Ewemove Most desperate: Blundells (asked them to price match fees, took £300 straight off) Nicest shoes: Redbrik (also offered to move upfront fees to after completion) Adventures in house selling.....

I applaud you wanting to lose weight, get fit and have fun, but it just doesn't sound like 'proper' MA's are your cup of tea really. Boxercise? A few asides - building muscle is actually a beneficial weight loss concept. All muscle mass consumes energy (calories) even when you're sat watching TV, muscles are never totally inactive. However, that doesn't mean you should just try and beefcake yourself slim and buff, for health you need cardio fitness too. A good mix is climbing and running/cycling, Sheffield is *rammed* with places you can learn climbing, which is very sociable, challenging and open ended, really is good fun. Don't think you're too old either, I've seen total geriatrics doing the same routes as teenagers. And of course you've the Peak on your doorstep....

I don't know about land, but you can get a 'marine mortgage' on a boat, so it's not just a house based concept...maybe there is a specialist out there, or maybe an ethical loan place that gives good loan deals for 'green' uses....?

The Welta in working or repairable order I'd pay up to £20 for and expect to find one at that price within a few weeks, wouldn't be interested in the Kershaw and I think not many would be, it's just a sub par Isolette really, though people collect anything. I do however only buy (or should say can afford!) bargains and you could get more for them if you stick to your guns. The Welta is lovely, you should keep it, or better still use it Andy

Hi - depends very much on what they are are in what condition, many old mass produced cameras are essentially valueless other than for a shelf curio. Some 'tanks' aren't particularly sought after but do still get used by idiots like me and may get you a few quid, some are classics and commend silly prices. If you can stick a picture up or PM me I'd be happy to tell you if any of them are potentially worth something.

I've used Viking lens cleaner (on the counter at Harrisons on London road, dead cheap) for a while now and it's been fine on *very* mucky lenses, I restore and fix old film cameras.

I used to smash guitars up on a weekly basis in my youth, depending on where and how it's broken it's actually pretty easy to glue back together with some wood glue. They often go up near the headstock (near the tuners) and with quite a long sliver of wood going down towards the body, no damage to the fretboard...this what's happened? If so, lots of contact area for a strong bond. Worth a try and enhances the 'rat' qualities

GIMP does pretty much everything Photoshop does but is a bit weird to use. Gimpshop is a version that's been configured to be more like PS, though not tried it for a few years: http://www.gimpshop.com/ Oh, I forgot, have you tried Windows free photo editor (Live photo gallery)? I sniffed at it at first but it's actually ok for all the basic level adjustments, sharpening, has a fairly clever retouch tool...depends how much you want to do really.

Ah, ok. I've a little point and shoot dig that I use as a light meter, that only goes down to 100 iso too but I thought bigger cams would have more of a range. Mermaids pool on Kinder a few weeks back, shot at 3 iso on Ilford MG IV paper, 1954 Graflex Optar 90mm lens on homebrew body: Mermaids Pool by BoogiePix, on Flickr

Pete Hartley passed away a while back I'm afraid (RIP)....don't know if the shop is still operating.

For a slow shot on normal film you could knock up a pinhole lens from a spare body cap. You can make quite an accurate one for your focal length with aluminium from a drinks can and a graded sewing needle, if it's a 35mm format you're looking at, ummm, f200-ish for a sharp hole, that'll slow you down. If you're digital, can't you just slow your iso right down? If not, tried shooting paper? Generally rates as 3-12 iso.... (edit - sorry, read an earlier post re dropping your ISO, don't really know digital so not sure how low you can go, 100 is fairly quick for me! I know the pinhole thing works for dig though, my GF has one of those body cap pinholes...)

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Unless things have changed recently, landlords of vacant business premises can get business rate relief by allowing charities (and maybe others) to use their properties for, er, stuff. All the arty displays down the Moor over the last few years (I'm presuming) are examples. Point Blank (the theatre company who own the Riverside pub) have been doing this for some time now - taking on empty places, managing them and finding people/companies in the arts who need the space. They've had some really huge properties on their books, like the old B&Q in Rotherham. It's been a double edged sword for the arts - big cuts in funding but opportunities for free or heavily subsidised spaces. bx

That's not quite as straightforward as I understand it, isn't there a definition of 'commercial use' such as advertising and promotion that does require consent and other definitions such as news journalism that don't? Do you happen to know if publication of street photography in an 'art book' requires release forms, as I can't see that this is possible in many, if not most scenarios, or do the publishers just have liability insurance up to their earballs? bx

Does anyone have a B&W enlarger gathering dust and taking up space that they'd like to pass on to a good home? Can pick up around Sheffield. Cheers Andy

It does still get read, just not much, and stuff gets posted online too, which all helps with search engine results in the longer term. For publicity purposes you should be firing out to everything of course, the Telegraph, the little Peak papers, the local area ones like Burngreave Messenger, there's some magazines covering the SW area...umm, here: http://www.heronpublications.co.uk/ get yourself a list compiled and whack your releases out to all of them. Eggs, baskets, that stuff....lots of little bits of readerships add up to lots of readers.

The Star (and most papers) will be very quick at reading any email sent to the newsroom, they have to be otherwise it becomes yesterdays news and useless - however, they'll only get back to you or do anything about it if it's actually newsworthy, and knowing a contact there won't necessarily help you out, they'd not put unusable copy in front of their editor. Read up a little on how to write a proper press release and send it to [email protected] and it'll have as much chance as any other approach in my opinion, have had a front page and lots of decent press hits from my releases in the past. bx

Are these paying gigs, straight fees, take on the door, house PA's available...?

Cheers Been trying to concentrate more on my B&W, just finished building a large format camera so I can do proper zone system (ie develop each shot individually).

From last year with my bonkers old Zenit 122 and Smena 8M 35mm's FlowersOfRomance by BoogiePix, on Flickr Zenit 122 & CR200 slide film xpro in Tetenal C41 by BoogiePix, on Flickr Smena8M & Tudor200 by BoogiePix, on Flickr

Zone focussing cameras like the Trip 35 are good for quick snaps (just 3 notched zone settings) with at least the chance of DOF. I've a Minolta XD-7 with shutter/aperture priority, unfortunately only one half works, but that at least gives you some manual control as well as automatically getting the right(ish) exposure and a quick snap (set to highish fstop and nearest hyperfocal you're likely to want). ---------- Post added 02-02-2015 at 12:33 ---------- BTW, interesting thread on Public spaces, and as a film photographer I don't have the luxury of showing or deleting my shots if confronted but would stand my ground (until they start lighting the bonfire they've thrown me on!). I did however get cards printed recently and always make sure I carry some in the hope that they'd give some reassurance and a point of contact, my Flickr albums and such...

That's my most modern camera, seriously! Was out with a box Brownie the other day. I also love using my old Trip 35, and you're right, I keep seeing a lot of modern compacts copying them these days. Another great street shooter too, utterly bombproof, no battery, fully auto exposure, very cheap, loads around. Last one I got was £10 in a Woodseat charrie shop, perfect condition. http://lewiscollard.com/cameras/olympus-trip-35/