The Course - Week One
I got my new printer on Saturday (thank you Alan xxx). It's a Canon Pixma IP4600 and it's great. I printed off a photo or two of Riley in the park last week and they've come out lovely.
While my parents looked after Riley for a couple of hours, Alan and I took the cameras out for a walk around Stockport Market Place. None of the photo's I took jump out at me as great. Here are the best two of a bad bunch.
Looking through the arch from St Mary's Church at the newly refurbished Market Hall
St Mary's Church
Monday evening was cold. VERY cold. Something like -9C and the roads were treacherous, but Alan and I still made it to our first photography lesson.
It was interesting, although no actual photography took place this week as it was all about understanding the basics. Most of it I already knew from the reading up I did before and just after buying my camera. It was stuff like types of camera, image sizes and mega pixels, explaining film speed etc.
We got homework! Now here's where I think our lecturer is a little insane. Listen to this .... he wants us to take our camera's OFF AUTO and take some shots! Mad! And oh dear, we have our orders to thoroughly read our camera manuals too :o)
Compostion by Little Cat @ 20:40
9 Comments:
Lovely pics - especially of the little man. Hope you both enjoy the course, learn much & have lots of fun. Many best wishes for a Happy & prosperous 2009. :0)
Hope the course is going well hun, the pics look great.
Looking forward to seeing you this weekend.
Hugs xxxxx
Hi
I love the one of St Mary's Church. Have fun reading the manual. As I got DH the same camera as a Christmas pressie, I know just how thick it is!!
What beautiful photos!
Good luck with class...
;)
Lovely shots Karen! Don't be afraid to take your camera off of auto! I shoot using either Apature Value or time value all the time now unless the lighting conditions are less than ideal (still have yet to buy a proper flash) then I shoot on the auto modes.
Remember it costs you nothing to delet a picture off of your memory card.
Looking for inspiration can sometimes be hard :) looking at the marketplace image I noticed the row of bollards. If you go there again go to one end and get down low so they lead from the right to about two thirds across your viewfinder. Focus on say the third or four one so that the forgound and background is out of focus and you will be pleasantly surprised. Oh and use your 50mm lens set to between 2.8f and 3.5f to give a good depth of field.
Looking for inspiration can be very hard but I spotted some in your market place image. See the bollards? They dont look very interesting but if you stand at one end and get down low and take a shot at 2.8f with your 50mm lens then you will find them very interesting. Try and frame them so that they lead into the frame and focus about half way down then. When you take the shot the forground and background will be in focus leaving the middle ones in focus. I promise you it will look cool. Another tip is to shoot at different angles, take pictures from above or below a subject and they take on a whole new dimension! Stay tuned for the next episode :) and keep experimenting!
All the best,
Rob
Wow! I'm impressed.
Ohhh...the Market hall pic brings back memories!
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