Category: Photography
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Life isn’t hard; it is demanding! #ramble
It is Sunday morning and so, as usual, I’ll share my thoughts with you. I’ve been listening to Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One. I didn’t have the vision; I was multitasking! The Conservative MP repeated the same government message and didn’t engage in the conversation. We are, of course, paying for the pandemic now. The…
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Good picture, whatever the camera. #photography
I began my photography journey in 2008 and by 2011, I was uploading the pictures to my blog and social media and the pictures were improving. This picture is one i took in 2012 and it’s fairly good. I had a lot of light because it was the beginning of summer. I shot it with…
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Who knows what 2023 will bring! #ramble
It is nearly Christmas and so I got a duck out of the freezer this morning to have for my Christmas dinner! The year is coming to an end too. It was a year of recovering from the pandemic and of a new Prime Minister every 5 minutes! Fortunately, Boris finally run out of luck…
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Attracting attention #photography
If you’re a blogger, then a simple photo can set the scene for a post before you even begin to write. This image seems simple enough but I had to think about it to get a sharp image. There wasn’t enough light to get a good image so I tried increasing the ISO but still…
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Snow and other tribulations. #ramble
Yes, we woke up to a thick layer of snow this morning so I’m late writing this post. My car has a layer of ice over it covered by a thicker layer of snow. I have no intention of going out. My central heating is struggling a little to keep my kitchen at 23 C.…
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Editing #photography
One of the important aspects of photography is editing. You can adjust the exposure in editing, level up wonky pictures and also sharpen images that might be slightly blurred. With more sophisticated editing programs like Photoshop, you can do a lot more. A free editing application is PhotoScape which is intuitive and easy to use…
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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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