News from Bill Allsopp Photography

This question posted on a forum recently got my blood boiling. Why ask people to answer such a dumb ass, ill thought out, question in the first place? ..... However for the benefit of those that need it answering my answer is.....
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To help my clients find the photographs they want I have moved all the images that were in the panorama section and placed them back in their own geographic region.

Now the lazy or incompetent photographers will not have to take a tripod or worry about keeping the camera steady. "Save shots you thought were lost due to camera motion. Whether your blur was caused by slow shutter speed or a long focal length, Camera Shake Reduction analyzes its trajectory and helps restore sharpness." Say Adobe.
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We all take pictures of faces but who takes pictures of feet? Hardly anyone. But why not?




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Offers to be a collection of stunning black and white images; the book has had some criticism for the layout but I have just ordered this despite that. A book for reference and inspiration

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New legislation that has been rushed through parliament with no thought has now reached royal assent. This legislation means that photographers and illustrators alike will see their artworks legally taken and used for another's own gain.

Unless your works are registered or plastered with a watermark, anyone can use your copyrighted work for their own commercial and personal gains provided they have made a small effort to search for the original owner. If no owner can be found, they are free to do with it whatever they want.

Sign this petition now and share it with all you know to demand the UK Government make a U-turn and abort this legalised theft of digital artworks.

Please sign it now. Click here to do so.
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Despite the enormous hike in UK postal costs the prices of my prints remain unchanged and include P&P.

The Leica Society has awarded me the Oskar Barnack award for the best pair of large monochrome prints, one of which also won the impact trophy. The Oskar Barnack award commemorates the inventor of the Leica and is probably the most prestigious award the society gives.


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I had a wonderful trip to Scotland and Skye, the large amount of work involved in captioning and key-wording along with routine work and preparations for the Leica Society AGM week-end have prevented me from updating the blog with a detailed report. Suffice to say there are now many images form the trip on the website in both the "Scotland" Gallery in the colour section as well as in monochrome and panorama galleries.

The trip was made much more comfortable by the installation of the diesel heater in the "Snapwagon" without it it would have been difficult to cope with the cold and thermostatically controlled warmth made all the difference. I can thoroughly recommend the Webasto heater and PB Electrics who installed it.

The Snapwagon, my small camper van based on a Mercedes Vito panel van, had a diesel heater installed this week. The heater is a Webasto Air Top 2000 ST and the install was done professionally by PB Auto Electrics in Mansfield and should extend the useability of the van to twelve months. PB discussed the suggested layout ....

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I am currently planning a trip to Argyll and Skye which looks as though it will concentrate on Skye. The planning is taking a lot of time and effort
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I went for a walk this lunchtime with Georgina and the dog and, because it was bitterly cold, I thought I would not take the camera because Georgina suffers from the cold if I keep her waiting round while I shoot. I won’t make that mistake again. From about 30 yards away we saw a Kestrel hovering perhaps 20 feet off the ground. We walked across wondering how close we could get and at 10 yards the bird continued to hover silently, slowly dropping to about eight to ten feet from which height it pounced and then shortly after flew off with its prey to a fence post. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Finally decided to bite the bullet and fork out for a diesel heater to improve the comfort of my camper van and to extend the useability to colder months. I have booked it in to have an Air Top 2000 ST installed.

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According to the Telegraph today "Apple iWatch 'heading into production.' Fresh leaks about a wrist-wearable version of Apple’s iPhone – inevitably dubbed the iWatch – have suggested that development of the device is far more advanced than previously thought and could be heading towards the production stage."

Handle every stressful situation like a dog.

If you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away.

I have started to produce some digital slide shows using Boinx Fotomagico 3. This is supposed to be the best software to run on a Mac for the purpose but I think this is one area where Windows PC users have an edge with the universally used PicturesToExe or ProShow Gold.

Having put in a fair bit of time producing the slideshow on my 27” iMac and spent some time making final tweaks until all looked and sounded perfect I exported a copy to run on my MacBook so that I could take it to Photo Club. That was the first problem.....
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Sure the weather is bad at the moment, bad for wildlife anyway. Birds are struggling to find enough to eat and water to drink.

We have been feeding the birds for months at home, the wet summer had a dramatic effect on the insect population many birds rely on and acorns are in very short supply so as well as putting out seeds for the birds and peanuts in feeders for the tits and finches we have been putting a cupful of peanuts out every day recently for the jays.


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The following clips from newspapers were emailed to me by a friend. Some are the newshound having fun others just beggar belief. Laugh or you may cry.
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After years of this being in the offing Jessops have finally gone under.

With effect from 11 January 2013, Jessops online and retail stores have ceased trading. Edward Williams, Robert Jonathan Hunt and Matthew David Hammond of PwC were appointed as joint administrators of The Jessop Group Limited on 9 January 2013 and all the shops are now shut.

The group had too many outlets and suffered from high costs compared to online retailers. In the end however it will be photographers who will suffer. Why does the public think it is fair to go to their local retailer to handle products, get free advice and then buy elsewhere to save a few bob? Is there no sense of fair play (or even common sense) left in the world?

Support your local shops or you will lose them!

After visiting Heage (see previous post) we traveled to Ashbourne and the end of the Tissington trail with a view to giving the dog a walk. The dog enjoyed the walk but the high banks of rough brush and trees were a disappointment and there were no pictures to be has here. However when we got back to the van I decided I just could not resist a look in the old railway tunnel alongside which now forms part of the Tissington trail.


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