Mar 1, 2011

I received  a lovely email from a reader today, letting me know about quite a unique photography competition going on over at The Feed. What it makes it unique, you say? Well, instead of there being a photo with each entrant having to come up with a suitable caption, they’ve turned it on its head: They supply the caption (in this case ‘It seemed...

Feb 14, 2011

Yep, that’s right, it’s LearningTheLight.com’s first anniversary today – I don’t really know why I started the site on Valentine’s Day 2010 (not the most romantic thing I’ve ever done…!), but at least I’ll always remember the site’s anniversary date now! I’d like to thank everyone for taking the...

Aug 5, 2010

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...

Jul 16, 2010

Have you ever wondered why the EXIF data isn’t showing for your photos on Flickr? I know I have, and, though it hasn’t been a major concern over the past couple of months that I’ve been using the photo-sharing site, I did wonder why my shots weren’t showing that info. The EXIF data, by the way, is all the information about how your photo...

Apr 27, 2010

If you’re anything like me, then one of the reasons you’re interested in photography – and why you shelled out on a nice camera – is to take some lovely shots of your family and friends. And, most of the time, I find that these photographic opportunities occur inside, where the light is low. Sure, there are the occasional barbeques outside, and holidays...

Apr 19, 2010

Google have released a really nifty new tool, called Search Stories – where you can create your very own video to tell a story via Google search. It’s really quick and easy to do – see the one I knocked up in about 5 mins below, entitled ‘Photography Perils’: What do you think? Pretty fun, huh? Why not try making your own video...

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 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...