Jan 15, 2012

Camera: Canon 7D Lens: Canon EF-S 17 – 55mm f/2.8 IS USM Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec ISO: 100 Flash: Off-camera flash, using Lastolite Ezybox 24″ x 24″ Softbox Kit and 580 EX II Flash Focal Length: 35 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Post processing: Lightroom 3; increased fill light, slight increase in exposure, added...

Aug 12, 2011

 SimpleSLR: Hands-On Photography Training, is a fantastic book from Andy Lim – well known in the photography world for his photography classes and tutorials (as well as great images, of course!). His new book (which is available to buy here) is an extension of his classes; fitting in lots of practical lessons and examples to get the new DSLR-owner up to...

Apr 12, 2011

Camera: Canon 7D Lens: Canon EF-S 17 – 55mm f/2.8 IS USM Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec ISO: 800 Flash: Bounced from wall on left, using a Canon 430 EX II Focal Length: 55 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Exposure Compensation: -1 step Photoshop: Lightroom 3; converted to black and white, increased contrast, cropped, and added vignette. Sorry...

Jan 19, 2011

Camera: Canon T1i Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens Aperture: f/4 Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 50 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Photoshop: Increased contrast using Curves. Saturation increase. Crop. I took this shot whilst on a walk with my wife and mum on Christmas Day – we were just ambling past this house when this gorgeous dog...

Jan 4, 2011

You may have a keen interest in wedding photography, or you may not, but I think you can learn lots from studying it – and I’m not just meaning that you can learn lots about how to shoot weddings. No, I mean that by studying various examples of wedding photography, you can learn how to take better photos in general. Think about it: In what other...

Oct 24, 2010

Camera: Canon T1i Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 50 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Photoshop: Small use of Curves. I like this portrait of a friend I took at a recent gathering; I like the light, the shallow depth of field (obtained by using a wide aperture of f/2.8), and I like the fact...

Sep 14, 2010

Camera: Canon T1i Lens: Canon EF-S 55 – 250 mm Aperture: f/4 Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec ISO: 400 Focal Length: 60 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Photoshop: Small use of Curves. Hairy Horse Mouth 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...

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 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...