important stuff. thoughts and observations of ben hennessy. » Photography http://www.important-stuff.co.uk just stuff, you know... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:28:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ben Hennessy – Back in Team MPPIX http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/2009/11/18/ben-hennessy-back-in-team-mppix/ http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/2009/11/18/ben-hennessy-back-in-team-mppix/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:45 +0000 Ben http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/?p=415 Good news, I am back in the Team MPPIX fold… after a few years with MPPIX, then a few years away, I am once again back and with new role and responsibilities. I’ll still be going to rallies taking photos but I’m also now responsible for the brand new website and keeping it update and sparkly clean. Mark now refers to me not only as a lazy shite, but also as the web monkey which is nice.

The site, like this one, is based around a Wordpress site but with a few more static pages as well. Mark has all the galleries hosted separately which makes things a lot easier.

Anyway, the new site is up now which you can find if you click here and my first proper event with MPPIX will be the Grizedale stages on the 5th Decemeber – watch this space for MPPIX news as well as some shots from the event.

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Here is a site explaining how to do it. There is also a Flickr group devoted to it. Go there, go now!

river_dart_model

plane

model_scooby

cornwall1

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rally-gb-2702

]]> http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/2009/02/27/random-photo-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Decisions decision – Canon 24-70 or 24-105? http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/2009/02/10/decisions-decision-canon-24-70-or-24-105/ http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/2009/02/10/decisions-decision-canon-24-70-or-24-105/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:21 +0000 Ben http://www.important-stuff.co.uk/?p=18 I am currently pondering over a Canon 24-70 lens and the Canon 24-105. The 24-70 is one of the best lenses I have ever used (some sample pics from it below) and I do dearly want one, but since our economy buggered up, prices have shot through the roof meaning its not quite so good baby brother is far more affordable now. So, I am currently hiring a 24-105 to try it out, going to take it to Budapest as well, so photos will appear when I get back.

Both seem like amazing lenses and both have their advantages, the 24-70 is a f2.8 lens whereas the 24-105 is an f4. The flip side is that the 24-105 has wider reach but then it is considerably smaller as well.

Who knows what I will decide. Will see how I get on in Budapest and go from there I guess.

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