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Wedding Photography: What I’ve Learnt Recently

// August 5th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // My Photographic Life, Photography Tips, What I've Learnt This Week

I recently had the pleasure of taking photos (lots of them!) at 2 friends’ weddings over 3 days. Yep, quite exhausting, but good fun and really good experience. Of course, I wasn’t the main photographer at either of the weddings – not even a ‘second shooter’, as both weddings actually had 2 pros at each. But I was more than happy to take lots of shots without the added pressure of actually having to produce the goods!

At the first wedding I was actually an usher (the ‘photogrusher’), so couldn’t actually take as many as I wanted, as I had other duties to do (it’s actually quite stressful in itself, being an usher!). At the second wedding I was free from any responsibilities and so could take more. Over the two weddings, I shot around 500 photos. Anyway, here are a selection of some of my fave shots, and my thoughts on what I’ve learnt from this experience is at the bottom:

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What I’ve Learnt This Week: Photography Tips From Around The ‘Net (28th February 2010)

// February 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // What I've Learnt This Week

This is going to be the first of a regular feature, as I’m always browsing the hundreds of fantastic photography websites out there, and finding – and thus learning – more and more. I want to share these great features and articles with you – hopefully you’ll take as much from them as I do, and your photography knowledge – and thus, your photos – will improve as a result.

By the way, if you use StumbleUpon, you can subscribe to my web browsing activity here – every time I find a great article or photography feature, and add it to my favourites, you’ll be able to see what I’ve found straight away.

Alternatively, you can follow me on Twitter, where I’ll be tweeting all sorts of photography tips and tidbits!

Flash Photography With Canon EOS Cameras

This is the guide to flash photography if you have a Canon EOS (such as the 500D, which is what I use, available at Amazon here). Not only does it cover the use of the tiny onboard flash, but it also goes into massive depth on the the use of external flashes, such as the 430 Ex ii. If you’re interested in flash, visit and bookmark this guide you -won’t regret it!

What Every Landscape Photographer Should Know About Lenses

A great article from LightStalking.com that every budding landscape photographer should read. It talks about the different types of lenses you’ll need to consider, including great tips on choices of focal length and aperture. A recommended read.

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