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Bag Reviews linked on Billingham Website

By |2021-05-27T15:12:45+01:00May 27th, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

billingham bag with camera

Reviews on the Blog

Many years ago, way back in 2008, I published a review for my Billingham 445 camera bag over on the Richard Flint Photography Blog. Over the years, the review has remained the most popular post on the blog receiving plenty of favourable comments from photographers. The review helped a lot of readers decide on purchasing their first bag.

Twenty Five Years

Ten years after the original 445 bag review I posted a follow-up review for my older Billingham 550 bag, a bag I’ve had the pleasure of using since 1996. Just recently it accompanied me to the Mull of Galloway in Scotland. Its amazing to realise that the bag has spent 25 years with me. Lots of adventures had and different bits of camera kit carried during that time – not forgetting the places visited.

Links

So I’m very pleased that both of the reviews have been added to the expert review links section on the Billingham website. The links are below:-

https://billingham.co.uk/collections/camera-bags/products/550

https://billingham.co.uk/collections/camera-bags/products/445

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Lighthouse Prints available at RedBubble

By |2021-05-19T11:46:24+01:00May 19th, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mull of Galloway Lighthouse flashing its warning – May 2021

A new gallery has been added to the Redbubble shop containing a selection of new lighthouse images taken while staying at the Mull of Galloway lighthouse. New images are being added on a regular basis that can be purchased as wall art, mobile phone cases, and more. Check out the website at richflintphoto.redbubble.com

The Lighthouse

The construction of Mull of Galloway lighthouse was started in 1828 with the lighthouse coming into operation two years later in 1830. The design of the lighthouse remained pretty much a standard for all lighthouses constructed throughout Scotland. In 1986 the lighthouse was finally automated and the lighthouse keepers left the Mull.

The lighthouse itself is still owned and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board but the remaining buildings are owned by the Mull of Galloway community trust,

Lighthouse Photographs

A number of images of the lighthouse are available to purchase but the two night shots of the light flashing are favourites of mine. It was a photograph i wanted to get of the light flashing it warning – after all its what the lighthouse is for!

The two photographs were taken on different nights. Fortunately, the weather remained very good with no rain, however, the wind proved to be a slight challenge. Cold gusts of wind vibrated the tripod and camera making the exposures challenging. I am pleased with the resulting photographs. The darker, more moody lighthouse image has a cinematic feel to it whereas the lighter, less dramatic image has a closer view of the lighthouse with the cold blue of the night sky.

Lighthouse Prints

Several prints are available featuring the lighthouse with the gallery being updated to include new images. There is also a lighthouse gallery featuring images of lighthouses from a variety of locations around England and Scotland including Neist Point, Islay, and Scarborough.

The prints featuring the Mull of Galloway lighthouse can be found at the Redbubble store HERE

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20% off photograph copying and repairs in January

By |2021-01-04T11:15:20+00:00January 4th, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Ribbon photo created by kstudio

To celebrate the arrival of 2021 (and saying goodbye to the horrible year that was 2020) all through January the photograph copying and repair orders will have a 20% discount applied. More details about the copying and repair service can be found via the links HERE and HERE.

Now is the perfect time to get that favourite family photo copied or that cherished old photo repaired. Return tracked postage is included in the price with new photographs returned with the originals within a week to ten days. All sizes of photos can be copied including large and unusual sizes such as wide panoramic.

Check out the reviews from customers below:

Job well done !

Recently used Richard’s service for copying and reducing an old photo.Did the work very well and would recommend his services

Mark B

Excellent service and quality

Excellent service and quality would definitely use again thank you

Philip Morgan

I was impressed and reassured by the immediate response to my opening query to Richard Flint Photos – and the follow-up can-do approach. I was always kept informed on progress – and am more than satisfied with the old photograph restoration, brightening and enlarging. Thank you.

 

Martin Hiles

Very good service

I was given an amazing service, fast and reliable. The pictures I had were 40 years old and very dear to me. I was very happy I could have them enlarged and restored

Roberta, London

Excellent work

Richard enlarged some photos for me and I am delighted. Excellent quality. I was kept informed throughout. I highly recommend Richard. Thank you

Joanna, County Durham

Reliable service.

Delighted with the results of the photos that I required to be enhanced and enlarged.
Richard also came up with some great ideas, things that I would never have thought of.
I thoroughly recommend this service.

Mr Paul Hollands

Thanks.

Richard has been both helpful and resourceful in dealing with my request. A school photograph of 30 years ago could only be accessed in three parts, and by email transmission. Thanks to Richard’s skill he was able to produce a print for me, and I now have a splendid record, invisibly stitched together, of an important day in my Daughter’s life. It is soon to be suitably framed, and will hang on the wall of her home. An excellent job and for a fair price.

Many thanks Richard.

Paul Clifford Bradshaw

The photos arrived safe and I am very happy with them. Thank you for a great service.

John, Brighton

I contacted Richard as I was looking for a high quality copy of a 20×16” photographic print. While scanning such a large print was not feasible, Richard was able to photograph the original and touch up in Photoshop to produce a high quality copy at the desired 20×16” size. He was able to photograph, touch up and have the photo printed in a week. I’m extremely pleased with the print and I’d highly recommend Richard’s work.

Jason, Yarm
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Redbubble Store hits 300 images

By |2020-10-11T12:11:03+01:00October 12th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

In late September the Richard Flint Photography Redbubble page passed a small, but significant milestone with over 300 images – from Norfolk, Edinburgh, Glencoe, Islay, North Wales and many more – now available to buy as wall art, clothing, phone cases etc via the online shop.

This year has been a tough one, for obvious reasons. The COVID pandemic has strayed into all aspects of our lives in ways that we’d have thought unthinkable until recently. With restrictions in place, the opportunities to gather new images for Redbubble etc have been rather thin on the ground so to pass the 300 mark shows a least a little progress. It’s definitely been a year for safely getting whatever small victories you can.

A week-long trip up to the Highlands of Scotland in September managed to gather some images to further boost the Redbubble submissions for this year. A new Ben Nevis collection of images has been started on the store containing images from a climb to the summit made on September 17th 2020. Definitely my high point :) in an otherwise unpleasant year. More images will be added to the collection over the coming weeks.

The Richard Flint Photography Redbubble Store can be visited at https://www.redbubble.com/people/richflintphoto/shop

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