Category: Photography
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Apertures #photography
Today’s photo is one that I took during the lockdowns. It was shot at a wide aperture that gets the robin in sharp focus while the background has a nice bokeh. The background is blurred. This is essentially a portrait and a wide aperture is suitable for portraits of people, birds, pets and flowers. A […]
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The photographic journey #photography
I began my photographic journey in 2008 with a Fujifilm S5600 bridge camera. You can buy those cameras used on eBay and Amazon now, for as little as £25. Don’t pay more than £30! They are only 5 Megapixels and the rear screen is a little small but they take good pictures in good light. […]
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Food photography #photography
Salad days Before you begin taking pictures of your food you need to realise that arranging the food is a work of art before you pick up your camera. I had this salad for lunch and took the photo to show people you can make a meal quite frugally that looks good, tastes good and […]
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Taking pictures at home #photography
During the 2020 lockdowns, I spent a lot of time wandering around the garden seeing what I could photograph. This picture of a robin was shot with my Nikon D750 with a 28-300 lens fitted. I probably cropped the image as well to get the close-up. It’s a fairly good image. Notice the background is […]
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How do you buy a secondhand car? #ramble
The first car in this picture is mine. I saved for it and paid cash. My previous car was 7 years old when I bought it and 20 years old when I decided to replace it! I look after my car as best I can and have it regularly serviced. I also had to be […]
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Lockdown pictures #photography
During the lockdowns of 2020, I wandered around my garden taking pictures of everything and anything that I saw. This picture of a sparrow taking off is quite unusual. I shot it wide-open (widest aperture) using my 28 – 300mm lens. Obviously, I got lucky because it took off at just the right moment. I […]
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Using a Nikon. #photography
There were narrowboats at the wharf outside Bar 10 and Walsall Art Gallery a few years ago and so they made for a good photo shoot. It’s great when you can chat with people and do a few portraits as well as landscape shots. Narrowboats always make good subjects too. It was a sunny summer’s […]
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Creating photographic art cards #photography
A number of artists have done art cards about the size of a postcard. Jean-Michel Basquiat sold his art cards in a cafe and they were bought by Andy Warhol launching his career as an artist. I decided to take some photos and then have a little competition in our local history group that I […]
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Brainwashing, photography and deliveries. #ramble
It’s Sunday morning, so I’ll share my thoughts with you, as usual. This evening there will be a minute’s silence in memory of Elizabeth II. It will be the funeral at 11 on Monday morning. During the pandemic, people claimed that they were being “brainwashed” and controlled by the media. The media is really brainwashing […]
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Autumnal thoughts. #ramble
It is Sunday morning and so once again I’ll share my thoughts with you. What’s on my mind this week? The changing of the seasons and my increasing energy costs! My health has also been a problem to worry about too. My fixed price contract for energy ended on the 31st of August and so […]
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