A rolling Photographic Exhibition by Larry Ellis is taking place in the Cameron Tearooms at Dimbola Museum and Galleries.

Very much up close and personal with many of the stars of the period, now you to can get up close and personal with the likes of Sammy Davis Jr, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and many more at Larry’s exhibition ‘Tea With The Stars’ at Dimbola. The exhibition is free as long as you enjoy a cup of tea.

With Beatle-mania and the Swinging Sixties scene in London about to explode, 1963 was a very good time for Press Photographer Larry Ellis to be joining the ranks of the Fleet Street ‘snapper’. Continue Reading »

Photographers can now focus on something that will bring an end to the mega pixel race.   Chris Marquardt has developed a mind blowing new camera called The Invisible Camera. 

Using ground breaking technology similar to polarization, to amplify the light that forms the image by harnessing ambient light.

This project to create the worlds first ‘Invisible Camera has its roots back in the early 1990s, and after years of research, a limited quantity of 100 cameras were available for field test.   Watch the Video Continue Reading »

An Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group snapshot  preview of the soon to be released Fujifilm FinePix X100.

This camera is without doubt, the most exciting model of the new Fujifilm range which is already being acknowledged as the answer to many professional photographers’ prayers: truly exceptional quality pictures from a compact camera.

Due to be launched in Spring 2011, the camera has been designed to appeal to the millions of DSLR users who need a slim, back-up, for high quality, in-fill shots, when the use of a bigger SLR system is either inconvenient or impractical. Continue Reading »

The IWDIG keen to provide the latest digital news, this week uncovered, Lady Gaga who famously sang about the Paparazzi could now be in possession of the ultimate weapon against them, Polaroid GL20 Camera Glasses. 

At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (video below), Polaroid and its Creative Director, Lady Gaga unveiled Polaroid Grey Label, an original line of digital imaging products. 

Polaroid claim the GL20 Camera Glasses (pictured) will let wearers ‘tell their story to the world’ by allowing them to capture pictures and then instantly display them on the glasses’ screen. Impressive news, but, wearing a pair of mirrored sunglasses used to serve the same instant imaging effect. Continue Reading »

Christmas 2010 started early for the Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group at the last meeting of the year on 15th December 2010 with our not to be missed annual christmas get together.

Thanks for all of the great photographs submitted in 2010 (it’s no wonder we don’t have time for in-house competitions)  looking forward to ‘the new batch’ in 2011.

The evening was well attended with 25 members and their guests and as with last year the most improved photographer was announced.  Continue Reading »

For those who have yet to view the ”Monochrome Miscellany Exhibition at Ventnor Winter Gardens you had better get your skates on, as it ends this week (25th November).

Well done to those photographers who participated, the exhibition was well received and managed to capture interest in providing  “something for everyone”.

We even got a mention in the 5th November, Weekender Section of the Isle of Wight County Press.

The recent Get Online Week 2010 heralded success for the Isle of Wight Digital Imaging Group, when we focused efforts and exceeded our target of getting over 50 people online.

We ran four events promoting web and computer use at our meetings in Dimbola Lodge, throughout October.

We were really pleased to be on the map as one of only three events taking place across the Isle of Wight.  We had a lot of phone calls thanks to the BBC who provided details of our events to interested callers. Continue Reading »

Sculptures and beach features across the West Wight were snapped over the summer for the West Wight Landscape Partnership Pebble People photography competition. 

Congratulations to IWDIG man of the moment Francis Chambers (pictured) for winning the landscape category.

It was thanks to Francis who proposed we ‘Get Stoned at Dimbola’ that we discovered news of the photography competition on our doorstep.  A free exhibition of entries will held at Dimbola Lodge in Freshwater from Saturday 23rd to Friday 29th October 2010. Continue Reading »

New research into some of the world’s oldest photographs which reside at the National Media Museum in Bradford, has revealed a previously undiscovered method of image making dating to the 1820s.

Recent technical analysis by scientists from the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles show three of the photographic plates created by the world’s first photographer, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (pictured), demonstrate a range of different photographic experiments.

All the plates, from the Museum’s Royal Photographic Society Collection, were previously believed to have been created using the same method, however the ground-breaking research shows one of the plates illustrated Niépce’s skill in copying prints of the day and included deep etching, done by the photographer, to enhance the original image. Continue Reading »

This month Fujifilm has announced the release of four new digital cameras, FinePix F300EXR , Z800EXR, Z80, and S2800HD. 

Today’s discerning photographers are looking for a camera with a high zoom range, yet compact and pocketable, with no compromises on picture quality. 

The FinePix F300EXR delivers on all those counts, and is destined to be the star performer in this year’s intense competition for the best ‘superzoom’ compact.

Here follows an IWDIG snapshot of three pocket rocket’s and one bridge. Continue Reading »