Thanks for the comments guys...nice to feel welcome!!!
With regards to the lock its symbolic, the lock is open after all! Love your quote about keeping honest men honest MWoods!!! gonna steal that if you dont mind!!!

Hi Guys

Due to a bout of recent ill health, and many other developments including my first paid photoshoot for a customer and my Mrs and I deciding to have another baby and subsequently getting pregnant rather lively (Its a little girl and she is due in september :D ) I havent been very active on here of late. I now once again find myself able to take part in the wonderful world that is UHH and really look forward to reading posts from the old faithfuls and no doubt a few new peoples too!!! I have also increased my range of cameras and lenses and will hopefully be posting pix again soon for your critique.
So Hello again from England Guys...God its good to be back

Hopefully someone'll want to buy it :D

Thank you dayleft :D

Hi Guys need to raise a bit of cash double lively so am getting rid of some of my back ups. Listed Below are the items contained in the bundles. Serious Offers Only please. I am in Orpington nr J4 of the M25.
Thanks for looking. Can accept Paypal and arrange postage at your expense if required.
Sony Alpha A300 10.1 MP Digital SLR with 18-70mm Kit Lens and 50mm Prime Lens
Included in the Sale:
Sony Alpha A300 Body (No Box)
Sony 18-70mm f3.5-4.6 Kit Lens VGC – No Fungus etc
Sony SAM 50mm f1.8 Prime Lens with Original Box VGC – No Fungus or Scratches etc – Still Under Warranty
Battery
All Lens & Body Caps
Charger
USB Cable
Battery Grip (3rd Party But fully Functional)
Extra Battery (3rd Party)
8Gb Transcend CF Memory Card
2Gb CF Card
Lens Hood for 18-70mm Lens
55mm UV Filter & 55mm CPL Filter for 18-70mm Lens
Polaroid 55mm Variable ND Filter for 18-70mm Lens
Polaroid Studio Series Auto Focus TTL Flashgun with Box
Instruction Manual
Pullman Multi Pocket Adjustable Interior SLR Bag
Neckstrap

R1 Bundle:
Sony Cybershot DSC-R1 10.3 MP Fixed Lens Digital Camera with 24-120mm Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar Lens
Included in the sale:
Sony DSC-R1 10.3 MP Camera (No Box)
Battery & Charger
Instruction Manual on CD
4gb Jessops CF Memory Card
4Gb Sony Memory Stick Duo Memory Card
Hoya 67mm UV Filter
Unbranded Budget Tripod
USB Cable
67mm UV, CPL & FDL Filters
Neckstrap
Multi Pocket Cream Coloured DSLR Bag

Again thanks for looking and serious offers only I'm not looking to get rich but I'm not looking to get raped either :D

Alpha Bundle


R1 Bundle

Cheers Jim, hope to see some of your film work soon too. Once ive taken them, then found somewhere on this tiny isle that actually develops them, and then received them back and then scanned them I will happily post some film shots :D

Thanks Caboose, she's my youngest daughter and she says thanks too...though she got all shy and blushy when i showed her your comment :D

Hi Guys

Hope you are all well.

I recently read a post on here regarding light meters and made a comment on that post regarding an app I had downloaded for my iPhone called "Pocket Light Meter". I wanted to expand my opinion on the app and figured I would make a new post regarding this.

After reading Scott Kelby's very good Digital Photography Book Volumes 1,2 & 3 I started to wonder if a light meter would be of any use to me in my ongoing quest to master Manual photography with my A77. I searched Amazon, Ebay and B&H's websites and found that irrespective of whether they would assist me or not they were definitely not cheap. However during my search one of the google results introduced me to the apps available on the App Store. 2 apps stood out above the rest because they were Free, and Free is of course my favorite price. So I downloaded Pocket Light Meter & Fotometer Pro and I have to say I am very impressed.
Looking through some of the photographs I have used the light meter for I was impressed with their accuracy and the ease of use, especially seeing as I have never used a film camera that wasnt just a little automatic p&S and as such have never needed or used a light meter before. Both apps allow you to type in the aperture you want, or the shutter speed you want and make the correct adjustments to either the aperture, shutter speed or iso for you depending on the scene it is metering. For it to work you need a phone with a camera (Which phone doesnt have a camera these days) and for Fotometer Pro which does Incident & reflective metering you will need a phone with a front facing camera for the Incident metering to work (iPhone 4 onwards). Both apps are available on both iOS and Android and I highly recommend giving them a go if you have a phone with either of those operating systems.
Subsequently it is worth noting that due to the ease of use of these light meters I have decided to give Film Photography a bash and last night purchased a Konica Minolta Dynax 404Si 28-80mm Lens kit 35mm SLR Film Camera and a few rolls of film from eBay for the princely sum of £34.99 (approx $50.00) and developing costs aside am really looking forward to trying a new medium.
Any tips regarding film photography are welcomed!!!

Thanks for listening guys (or Reading lol). I have attached a picture of my daughter taken in manual mode with the assistance of the light meter.

Wezza

Just my two pence worth and I have very little experience with light meters but if you have an iPhone or an android phone two light meter apps are available. One is called fotometerpro and costs 99c I believe (69p here in the uk) and the other called pocket light meter is free. Both have got really good reviews and seem to work pretty well. Try em they may just make a difference
And will certainly be better than guessing
Wezza

this confused me...i was never in whit rock canada so have no idea about hosts called bob or otherwise :D as for the question relating to reflective surfaces, yes they were clear plastic so dont doubt for a minute you are right :)

While I mean no offence here I already knew I could fix the issue in pp and was asking what caused it and how to prevent it happening again I wasn't looking for others to pp the image and did mention that I knew how to fix it in my OP. thanks for your input bobbym and rmalarz but that wasn't what I was asking for. Again no offence intended

thanks for the advice bud but didnt have any filters on at the time

Didn't even consider that, I was shooting through a doorway so the door or wall acted like a reflector. So a change in position would have sorted it. Thanks for that goofy it honestly never crossed my mind. I guess sometimes you really can't see the woods for the trees lol

Hi All
Ignoring the obvious composition problems, I was just taking some practice shots of my kids upstairs with my A77 and the lighting wasnt brilliant. when i used the flash i got this horrible haze over the image, now i know i can correct this via the wonder that is photoshop cs6 but would love to know how to correct it using the camera. I tried changing the iso, no avail. shot in shutter priority and image was too dark without flash or too blurred due to handheld slow shutter speed, aperture mode too dark without flash and haze with. i just couldn't seem to find a happy medium. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as i really seem to struggle when the lighting is below par.
Thanks in Advance
Wezza

this made me chuckle lol