It looks like a very difficult jigsaw puzzle.

Has anybody used or heard anything about www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary.

Has anybody used or heard anything about www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary.

Quote Iain="Iain"Has anybody used or heard anything about www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary.'" The address is a lock up in Carlisle and I wouldn't trust a site like that mate. At least with eBay you have the Paypal protection.

Quote Iain="Iain"Has anybody used or heard anything about www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary.'" The address is a lock up in Carlisle and I wouldn't trust a site like that mate. At least with eBay you have the Paypal protection.

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It could be totally legit of course.



But I wouldn't trust it with high value items either - I once had a customer in the Huddersfield area who ran an online camera sales business but they actually had a warehouse there and a sales office and everything you'd expect from a legit business, eventually they couldn't make it pay either, the owner withdrew all of his investment and took it off to Spain where he runs a similar operation without all of the office and warehouse overheads.

One of the most photographed buildings in Leeds - the former Holbeck Public Library.

There is a very similar one on Armley Town Street too if you're looking for a subject.



Just don't take your most expensive kit with you

It's on the list, mate, I'm "collecting" so-called [iGhost Signs[/i at the moment and there's one on Armley Town Street, so two birds with one stone ...



This ghost sign is in Belle Isle …















I'll take our lass to protect me, she's from Armley and well 'ard.

Not sure it's still there but there was drinks sign on the side of a building at the crossroads through Drighlington. Will you be publishing all your photos?

Couple of photos from the weekend.

Thanks for the info. I've added Drighlington crossroads to the list and will look next time I'm there or thereabouts.



I'll be posting the pictures on my Flickr account providing I can work 'em up to an acceptable standard.

Has anyone used eGlobal digital store? They have the Nikon D3200 I have my eye on for £323 which is about £50 cheaper than anywhere else

Presumably you have the coal merchants ghost sign on your list, the one opposite the Sandring building on the Burley Road/Cardigan Lane crossroads ?







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If I was any good at photography some of the old building subjects that I have noted are ...



The old Woodhouse workhouse - stand on Otley Road near the statue at the traffic lights at the junction with Clarendon Rd and look towards Woodhouse - the long brick building facing Woodhouse Moor is the old workhouse, then turn around and get the old Carnegie Library on the junction that is now a bar, then turn back and get the aspect of the hillside of Woodhouse back-to-backs with the old school and its clock tower sitting up proud right in the middle.



Or the back-to-backs that tumble down the hill from Burley down onto Burley Road, I believe some of those streets still have their shared toilet blocks and cobbled roads and there is a famous staircase rise up the hill that has been painted/drawn more than once

The goods are grey imports shipped out of Hong Kong, there is a good chance you'll end up paying £50 in duty and VAT.

Yes, it's on there. Passed it yesterday (for about the 1,000,000th time) but didn't have any gear with me.









I know the building you mean - red brick with castellations on Raglan Road. (You can't live where we lived and not know all about the Charge of the Light Brigade - Raglan, Brudenell, Cardigan et al.) I photographed it a few years ago but didn't know it was an ex-workhouse.









The school is Quarry Mount. When I was at Queens Road (later Royal Park) in the 1950s, Quarry Mount were our fiercest rivals. Even the inter-school cricket matches turned into bloodbaths! Such fun.









The 99 steps. Stuart Walton springs immediately to mind; Bob Barker hasn't done them but should. I think they've now been refurbed and you can no longer see the evidence of the thousands of clogs that climbed them.

Quote LeedsBornWelshRoots="LeedsBornWelshRoots"...The 99 steps. Stuart Walton springs immediately to mind; Bob Barker hasn't done them but should. I think they've now been refurbed and you can no longer see the evidence of the thousands of clogs that climbed them.'" Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now. EDIT : A simple google got me his web site www.stuartwaltonart.com/index.htm

Quote LeedsBornWelshRoots="LeedsBornWelshRoots"...The 99 steps. Stuart Walton springs immediately to mind; Bob Barker hasn't done them but should. I think they've now been refurbed and you can no longer see the evidence of the thousands of clogs that climbed them.'" Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now. EDIT : A simple google got me his web site www.stuartwaltonart.com/index.htm

Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now.'" Stuart Walton had his own stand in the "Pictures" section of the old Clover building in Kirkstall and also sold prints in Briggate on a Saturday, haven't seen him for ages though. I have a copy of his Whitelocks drawing, when I say a copy I don't mean its a copy of his drawing, I mean I copied his drawing

Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"Stuart Walton !!! ... I thought everyone had forgotten him. I have some ltd. ed. prints of Stuart Walton's drawings, including Whitelock's, The Hyde Park Picture House, The Original Oak and one of Dodsworth's Court (seen from this angle www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... ifier=4811 ) ... and others ... all bought from an art shop in Upper Briggate whose name escapes me now, as-and-when I could afford them, back in the early 1980's. You've done it now, I know the "steps" drawing you mean, with the iron banister down the middle, I shan't rest until I get a copy now.'" Stuart Walton had his own stand in the "Pictures" section of the old Clover building in Kirkstall and also sold prints in Briggate on a Saturday, haven't seen him for ages though. I have a copy of his Whitelocks drawing, when I say a copy I don't mean its a copy of his drawing, I mean I copied his drawing

I was a big fan and I didn't know either of those facts.

I do remember one guy selling small prints on a Briggate corner but the one I remember wasn't him.

I didn't write the above. But I could have done. Word-for-word.



Among others, I have a signed limited edition printed on heavy canvas-like paper, of Rosebank Road overlooking Burley (a similar scene to one suggested by Jerry Chicken a few posts ago). It cost me more than I could afford when I bought it.

I think I remember the same guy. No Stuart Walton, he; but quite good for all that.



He sold A4 prints of his work in packs of 4 or 5 in brown envelopes quite cheaply. I've still got 'em. Somewhere!

I think fans of Stuart Walton will also appreciate the work of Bob Barker.



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My favourite is "Chips and Gravy" from the 2011 collection - cos I was that boy.



Here's my attempt to recreate the Bob Barker look-and-feel on one of my own photographs …

I can see where you're coming from with that.

The contrast-y-ness, the sky and the wet paving.

Could any of you suggest a decent compact digital camera, not looking for anything too clever. Currently considering a SONY Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera. Looking to pay up to £150.

I have had Canon cameras since I was a kid but the compact versions don't seem to have as high a value on megapixels.

Thanks

The importance of megapixels in compact cameras is overrated because most don't have good enough lenses to make the most of the pixels. Equally think what you actually want to do with the images 12 megapixels can print very big if needed.



As for compact cameras - I always recommend people look at the Lumix range and pick what's closes to the price they are wanting to pay. Always good quality optics and good features. I still occasionally use my 2006 Lumix bridging camera when I don't want to carry my SLR around. The 6MP sensor easily produced A3 prints.

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Sport shooting for all of them.

Love these two