City of London 'PhotoWalk'

Next Saturday 6th April we have our first PhotoWalk of this year in London.

Starting on Tower Hill at 11am  we will walk to London Bridge finshing around 2pm. A full itinerary can be found at - http://www.polypodphoto.co.uk/home/talks-tuition/london-photography-courses

Booking can be done online through Hotcourses - www.hotcourses.com

Detail of one of the sculptures by Sir Charles Wheeler on the Mercantile  Marine Memorial at Tower Hill.

Saving Old Photos & Documents

As part of my ongoing project to conserve the Sleigh family photos and documents I've been scanning material and saving the images to DVDs with the intention of moving the files to a Cloud storage solution in the future.

My efforts formed part of the course that I recently organised and ran at the Guildford Institute - Old Photos - Stop your past fading away! a second course will be run on 21st May, again at the Guildford Institute.

One favourite book of mine has been damaged by water and is in a sad condition but scanning may be a way of keeping it. I just love the illustrations in Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake (published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1945).

Guildford 'PhotoWalks'

Both PhotoWalks this weekend had to be postponed due to adverse weather, new dates will be advised ASAP. The next scheduled photowalk in Guildford is on Sunday 14th April. Hopefully the weather will be more 'Spring like' by then.

Keep any eye on www.polypodphoto.co.uk  for new Guildford dates and for dates of photowalks during the period July - September.

PhotoWalks

The PhotoWalk in Southwark which was postponed due to bad weather last Saturday now has a new date of Saturday 13th July. Book via www.hotcourses.com

The Guildford PhotoWalk due this coming Saturday 23rd March should be going ahead but may be postponed if the weather is too inclement, the same applies to Sunday's PhotoWalk.

Old Photos 2

Following on from the interest shown on the first Old Photos course there will be a follow up on Tuesday 21st May, 2-4.30pm at The Guildford Institute.

We will look at processing and dealing with digital images, keywording and digital image storage options.

Book direct with Polypodphoto by email: polypod@gmail.com or book online at www.hotcourses.com

Old Photos - Stop your past from fading away

Coming up next Tuesday:

A short introductory course to show what  can be done to save your family photographs and documents from being lost to you, your family and to future generations.

12th March 2013. 2-4.30pm

At the Guildford Institute

If you are researching your family history and have a collection of old family photos or just albums of more recent photos that you would like to preserve, then this course can help you.       We will cover copying and scanning, image restoration, cataloging & databases, keywords  & metadata, digital imaging & digital image storage solutions.

The tutor will be Photographer Mike Sleigh who has over 30 years of experience in professional photography and education.

£12.00 per person

Please contact Polypodphoto Courses by phone 07970034498 

email: polypod@ gmail.com or book online via: www.hotcourses.com

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