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Simon Hawketts' Photo Blog
Simon Hawketts' Photo Blog
A blog about photography and other things
  • Nottingham CenterParcs Pictures - Catamaran by the lake
    Family

    Some family pictures from Center Parcs in Nottingham

    17 October 20131 March 2023

    These are some pictures I took in the Nottingham Center Parcs when we stayed there for a weekend in September. We have been to Center…

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  • The best of my Beamish photographs
    Family

    The best of my Beamish photographs

    13 October 20131 March 2023

    This post contains all my best photographs from the Beamish living museum in County Durham which I haven’t yet published. My Beamish Photos We went…

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  • Raby Castle County Durham Pictures - A lone swan on the lake at Raby Castle
    Family

    More Raby Castle photographs

    9 October 20131 March 2023

    These are the best of the other photographs I took whilst at Raby Castle in County Durham Raby Castle Pictures All these pictures were taken…

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  • Raby Castle
    Family

    Raby castle

    6 October 20131 March 2023

    This is a wide angle shot of Raby Castle in County Durham shot with my favourite Tamron 10-24mm Wide angle lens set to its widest…

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  • Looking back to our holiday cottage in Frosterley
    Family

    The beautiful countryside around Frosterley

    3 October 20131 March 2023

    This is a picture of the countryside around Frosterley in County Durham, taken on a sunny day in August this year. On the Thursday of…

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  • View of Durham Cathedral
    Family

    View of Durham Cathedral

    2 October 20131 March 2023

    This is the Cathedral at Durham viewed from the bank of the River Wear. During our holiday in the North East of England we spent…

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  • Blogging

    Should I move to Nikon ?

    30 September 20131 March 2023

    I love my Pentax K5 and believe that for the price I paid for it I wouldn’t get a better quality camera. I love the…

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  • Typical lightroom processing steps - darkening the sky
    Cornerstone

    Typical Lightroom processing steps.

    29 September 20131 March 2023

    In this post I’m going to outline my typical Lightroom processing steps I go through to take an image from the initial RAW capture to…

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  • Wheels
    Family

    Wheels – Black & White

    28 September 20131 March 2023

    I found this set of cart wheels leaning against a wall at the Beamish Museum in County Durham during our holiday last month. When I…

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  • Lightroom post processing techniques – radial filter
    Nature

    Lightroom post processing techniques – radial filter

    24 September 20131 March 2023

    I like macro photography, but this post uses a macro photograph to point out a Lightroom 5 post processing technique I’ve started to use a…

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  • Wensum river bank
    Landscape

    Wensum river bank

    23 September 20131 March 2023

    The River Wensum runs through the town of Fakenham in Norfolk, which happens to be the town I was born and raised in. My parent…

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