Aug 13, 2010

Yep, we know, as budding amateur photographers, that the flash on our little compacts are nowhere near strong enough to illuminate a concert photo, but, though we may silently scoff at people who do it (go on, admit it, you have had a little inward grin at those times, havent you?), wouldn’t it be fantastic to see thousands of those little flashes all...

Jul 29, 2010

So far on LearningTheLight.com, I’ve not tended to talk about the video side of DSLRs – but that’s about to change. Although many people buy DSLRs for their photographic prowess, more and more are investing because of their fantastic video quality: high-definition, the ability to use all different types of lenses, and great overall quality mean...

Jul 19, 2010

If you’ve just splashed out on the brilliant Canon T2i (knows as the 550D in Europe), then you may be a little bewildered with all the controls and functions your new camera has to offer. If you’re anything like me, and you devour any reading material to do with photography, then you might want to look into getting the Digital Field Guide for the...

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...

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...

Feb 14, 2010

I don’t know about you, but one of my greatest bug-bears about normal low-light photography, is the horrible flash present on most cameras. We’ve all seen those awful shots, full of red-eye, where people look like they’ve just been blasted by the most unflattering light possible. I’ve heard it said that if you’ve got an enemy, just...