Week 8 on the NCFE Level 2 photography course: in which I fail miserably to chose my final 11 images.
Shoot From the Hip: Street Photography Tips and the Postcode Gallery final eleven… Well, 38 for now.
Photography Course: Class Notes Update.
More (often downright incorrect) course notes of a photography student...
Week 6 – Photography Gallery of Sorts…
From Big Issue to Gin, all in one week.
Week 5: Night photography – how to use manual focus when you can’t see a thing.
My poor eyesight makes manual focus a lottery at the best of times - but here's a handy hack.
Week 5: Depth of Field: the magic preview button and how to use it…
The day I found my magic button - not an euphemism - and other stories.
Week 4: Postcode Gallery and Random Photography Tips
If you're not close enough, get closer: photography tips from Annie Leibovitz and, less excitingly, me.
Week 4: How To Prepare Photo’s For Printing – I Think.
Learning objectives: 1.3 PRINTING PHOTOGRAPHS Hands up, this is a dry post that's all tech with little action. It may not even be correct. Other notes are available. So you've finally taken a pic that you want to show off? Before you start booking space on the side of that bus, you need to assess the... Continue Reading →
Week 3’s Postcode Project: Warhol; warring skies and shaggy dogs.
Week 3 of my NCFE level 2 Postcode photography project
How Colour Photography Works… and, yes, it’s as clear as black and white.
Remember back in junior school art where you learned the primary colours are red, blue and yellow? Yeah, well, scrap that, rewind and prepare to have your mind well and truly blown. For where light is concerned, the three primary colours are red, blue and... drumroll, please... GREEN, with secondary colours of yellow, magenta and... Continue Reading →
OBJECTS OF DESIRE (AKA PHOTOGRAPHIC INSPIRATION)
A work in progress; this is where I'll be whacking sources of inspiration (a bit like that red barn in Canada or Richmond Park on a winter's morning) that I come across throughout the next year. CANON EOS 5D MARK IV Behold, my latest obsession: the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. So out of my price... Continue Reading →
Life Through a Lens 