Your Pix
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

After extensive and expensive user testing of all the consumer online digital printers, in my opinion Yourpix comes out on top. The firm is part of the D.S. Colour Labs company established in 1954 and they will print your photos to sizes up to 18 x 12" and offer a glossy or lustre (satin matte) finish. They are the cheapest, don't have bizarre automated cropping built into their software such as the appauling service offered by Jessops and the photos arrive in no more than 48 hours! I've also been really impressed by the print quality... no fuzz as experienced by Bonusprint. They deliver clear, sharp, good colour saturated images. I still find no need to invest in a colour printer just yet, the only downside is their software isn't Mac compatible... come on guys!

I ordered a Nikon SB-600 Speedlight Flash for my Nikon today via Kea Photo on eBay. When used in combination with Nikon's latest digital SLRs, the D70, D200 or D2X, the SB-600 supports Advanced Wireless Lighting as a remote Speedlight that can be positioned off camera as one of multiple remote flashes to significantly extend creative possibilities.

I also bought a Stofen Omni Bounce "famous the world over" according to the blurb, this neat little gadget clips onto the front of the flash and disperses the harsh flash and gives a nice soft wrap around of light with a soft shadow behind the subject. These are all in aid of improving my portrait work; there being a distinct lack of this style and subject matter within my portfolio...

posted by Finn at 10:00 PM