Apr 11, 2010

If there’s possibly one thing that makes a photo stand out as being ‘pro’-like, its the fact that the subject of the photo  – whether this be a person, a dog, a football or whatever – is in focus, whilst the background is a blur. This ‘blurred background’ is probably the major difference between pro-quality photos and most people’s holiday...

Mar 30, 2010

How I Got The Shot Camera: Canon T1i Lens: Canon EF-S 55 – 250 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 250 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Photoshop: Increased the contrast, and converted to black and white. The Story Of The Shot This was taken on a recent trip to St. Ives in Cornwall, and was the only photo I really liked from...

Mar 17, 2010

Was reading the local newspaper this afternoon, and stumbled upon a photo that looked familiar…a shot I had taken of local cornwall band, Gregor and The Martians! Needless to say, I was pretty thrilled to see one of my photos in print. Yes, it’s pretty tiny (it’s top-right, above); yes, it’s a local newspaper (the ‘West...

Mar 7, 2010

Understanding Exposure: Revised Edition by Bryan Peterson (available at Amazon US and UK) was one of the first photography books I read, and I thoroughly recommend it to any budding photographer. The title of the book sounds dry, like it’s going to be very technical and hard to read – but this couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s actually written in...

Mar 5, 2010

*Update, 17th March 2010: My local newspaper published one of my photos! More info here. I had my first taste of gig photography the other night, so I thought I’d share some of the pics I took, as well as my thoughts on the whole adventure, and what I learnt. I definitely learnt a lot! Thanks to Gregor And The Martians for letting me take so many shots of...

Mar 2, 2010

Swan Feet is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to use the image on your site, as long as you include a link back to this page. OK, it’s about time I actually show some of my photography, I suppose! Please bear in mind that I’m obviously not a professional photographer – I’m just...

Feb 28, 2010

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...

Feb 22, 2010

With Canon’s new 550D now unleashed (available at Amazon UK via this link or Amazon US here, where it’s knows as the T2i) I thought I’d do a ‘real world’ comparison of how this new model compares to the existing 500D, which I have. This will be a ‘real world’ comparison in the sense that I won’t just be listing the...