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Focus in Photography

Having got your exposure correct, it is time to think about focus. The human eye is instinctively drawn to things that are in focus, and so it is normal that the most important part of the shot is in focus and any parts that are irrelevant or distracting in a scene are out of focus….

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Shot of the Week

Theme for the week was Reflection which is a good choice as it’s something you can easily find, easily create and – if you think laterally – interpret more philosophically. In the end I settled for a simple reflection of me in the kitchen window. We have a number of spot lights in the kitchen…

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Exposure in Photogrpahy

Exposure is defined by Wiki as the amount of light per unit area reaching a photographic film or electronic image sensor, as determined by shutter speed, lens aperture and scene luminance. If too much light is absorbed, the image will be over exposed – usually characterised by areas of bright white, highlights or sky that…

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Shot of the Week

Three images to show you this week, all shot with different cameras. The theme of the week was Sweet or Sour and when I spotted this bottle of Apple Sourz in the kitchen I knew this would be the shot. I tried a number of locations but couldn’t find a clean enough background in our…

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Photography Analysis An Introduction

Today I’m going to start a series of posts going into more detail about what makes a great photo. I did touch on this way back on 29 September and introduced what I think are the six fundamental aspects of a photo – five of them have a technical element and one is, perhaps, more subjective. Exposure…

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Shot of the Week

As I mentioned last week, the 52 Weeks theme for this week was Winnie the Pooh. So I decided to try and do a portrait shoot with my two little WtP characters. Not easy as they are only 3cm tall, but I did buy some small LED lights on adjustable bendy wires recently (with food/…

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Shot of the Week

The theme this week in the Flickr 52 Weeks 2016 group was Shadows. Which opened up the possibility of all sorts of creative interpretations. However, a busy week both in and out of work, coupled with a lack of sunshine for large parts of the week meant that in the end I settled on the…

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Shot Of The Week

Another nice open theme this week, literally, as the 52 Week theme for Week 4 was “Outdoor”. Sadly the weather in the UK had been a bit grey and dull of late, but on Thursday morning I noticed that it was going to be a clear night so I decided to take my 5D MKII…

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Exhibited

Last week as a a really good week photo-wise. Firstly, I visited The Photographic Angle exhibition “4 Elements” in Camberley which included 4 of my pictures. This is the third time I’ve been featured by these people and it’s always nice to see your pictures in print in an exhibition space. This is me taking a…

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Shot Of The Week

For the 52 Week Group this week, the theme was Out of Focus so I posted this shot of the topiary conifers at work, taken with my infra-red camera. I also had a couple of pieces of good news about some of my other photos, but I’ll cover that in my next post. For today, I’ll…

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Shooting Infrared

I’ve recently taken a few pictures with my infrared converted Canon Powershot G10 so I thought I’d talk a bit about IR photography today.   Taking IR pictures is possible with a regular DSLR using an IR filter on the end of your lens but it requires very long shutter speeds to achieve results. This…

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Shot of the Week

Have managed to pick up the pace a bit with my photography over the past week or so. First challenge was Week 2 of 52 Weeks in 2016 with the theme of ‘Dark’ – set by me.  Given that it’s winter in the northern hemisphere I figured this would be easy for many people, but…

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The Product of Hard Work

It’s been another busy week outside of photography so I’ve not got very far with reading my food photography books, but what I have managed to do is get through about two-thirds of my Lighting for Product Photography book. And I have to say it’s a really good reference. The initial pages talk about general…

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Slow Start to 2016

I didn’t post my usual Shot Of The Week yesterday, because I didn’t take anything worth posting! The theme for the first week of 52 Weeks 2016 was “New Beginnings” which I bagged right after New Year with this screenshot from my phone (I need to point out that the balloon photo is not mine,…

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