Newsletter May 2009

Newsletter – May 09.

St Helens Art Exhibition.

As many of you will recall, I have recently been partaking in an art exhibition in St Helens, Merseyside called "Location".

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who sent me your best wishes and wonderful comments, and for those of you who took the time and trouble to visit. This was appreciated very much.

Spring Is Here.

Well winter is now well and truly over and spring is here at last with some excellent weather. The winter wasn’t too bad and at first glance it wasn’t too damaging to some of the more fragile species. I do hope that you have all been getting out and about with your cameras. At this time of year all you picture taking enthusiasts have got no excuse at the moment because virtually everywhere you look there are new fresh species springing into life.

Over the recent weeks I have once again been monitoring my usual spring subjects which as many of you will know are Swans, Geese, Moorhens, Coots, Mallards and Barn Owls just to mention but a few. I am also presently watching some sheep lambing a family of foxes in hopes of getting some excellent pictures. I will let you know how I go on.

Courses & Workshops.

I am very nearly in a position where all my courses and workshops will be finalised and ready for announcing. If you wish to get advance notice of what is to be included, just drop me a line on info@Fotographicimages.co.uk

Web Site News.

The new additions and updates to my web site is now underway, slowly but surely.

  1. At the top of the front/home page I have added a section called "Stop Press". This will enable me to post news and developments as it happens, which in turn can be linked to the news page, allowing me to expand on any item/story without congesting the front page.
  2. My web-site designer and I have recently been looking at a new piece of software which after conducting some tests we may use in the gallery section. This will enable us to add a flexible zoom control to each image displayed on my site.
  3. My courses and workshops page has now got some new information on what is happening this year, especially with reference to my very successful and exciting "One To One" events.
  4. The new section entitled "Question" has many new sub-sections within it. Feel free to have a look and to let me know what you think and what you would like to see.
  5. Last but by no means least where my web site is concerned, I promise that by the time the next newsletter is published there will be quite a few new images on my site and in more places than just the gallery section.

My "St Helens Star" Column.

Well my column with "Star" newspaper is now up and running and hopefully will go from strength to strength as time goes on. The column has already been given it’s own space on the papers web site www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/nature this we can expand with more ease than in the newspaper. Therefore I am asking you what you would like to be introduced on the web-sites page.

Here are just a few suggestions/ideas which I have had;

Picture of the month.

An image critique service.

A Q&A service with a question of the month.

Reviews of the month, including books, equipment and software.

Come on drop me line and tell me what you think.

Well that’s it for now, give me a shout should you feel I can be of any help and most of all keep on clickin!!

John Fairclough.
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