Walking our way through the photographic world of the Isle of Wight, we discovered a gap in the Isle of Wight Walking Festival, which has inspired us to launch our own Photo Walks across the Island.

The Island is one of the best area’s in the UK for walking and whilst there is something for all ages and  abilities, one thing we found lacking in the Isle of Wight Walking Festival Autumn Weekend programme was a walk specifically aimed at photographers.

Open to anyone who wants  to get a little more from their photography ‘Photo Walks’ are not about competition but a  good way on getting other like minded people together to take photographs. Continue Reading »

One from the news: Blogger Alice Taylor, an amateur photographer, recently accused Mail Online of using her images without authorisation.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) outlined the legal position to Amateur Photographer (AP) as two major news organisations stood accused of breaching photographic copyright by grabbing images to accompany news reports. Continue Reading »

It’s official: once again we’re about to put the Isle of Wight on the photographic map. by hosting a worldwide photo walk. 

This walk will be unique as when we step out from Dimbola Lodge the centre of photographic excellence in October, we will be joining thousands of photographers from across the world.

This Worldwide Photo Walk event is free and open to everyone on the Isle of Wight. Its also a great chance to meet other local photographers, and find out what interests them. Continue Reading »

Photographers get focused as this Sunday as the Island Photo Centre is staging another Free photo show.

The show which is for one day only, will be dedicated to photographic and optics needs. Having already attended the last two shows we feel they are well worth a visit. 

Pop along to Ryde Rowing Club on Sunday the 7th August 10 am until 6pm to see the latest cameras, accessories and gadgets from leading manufacturers and hopefully get some fantastic deals. Read more from the IWDIG click here

On a recent visit to Dimbola Brian May could not contain his passion for stereoscopic images and seized the opportunity to use his Fuji Real 3D camera to capture the moment.  If one Gary wasn’t enough look away as we now have him in stereo.

The pictures, commonly called stereo pairs, make use of the parallel viewing method. Seeing them stereoscopically requires concentration and may take a while to master.  We found using the ‘Owl’ designed by Brian worked a treat. Continue Reading »