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4 Stages of Learning – Stages 3 and 4

Following on from the previous post about 4 stage of learning to be a photographer, we come to stage 3; Semi-Pro Is someone who is consciously competent and knows how much they know. This is someone who understands how most photographs are taken. They recognise lighting, compositional techniques and often where post-processing has been used….

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Shot of the Week

Last weekend we drove down to South Wales for our niece’s 18th Birthday fancy dress party. This posed something of a dilemma – should I take the DSLR and flash and get some well-balanced photos of the people there or should I take the Lumix TZ60 to get some fun snaps of the evening recognising…

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The 4 stages of learning

Continuing on the theme of whether buying kit is the best way to improve, I thought I’d share with you my take on the 4 stages of learning to be a photographer. It can be hard to define precisely the four stages in terms of what skills you have or don’t have but I like…

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Shot of the week

One of the great things about Flickr Groups is that they push you to go out and take pictures when you might otherwise think “Nah, I can’t be bothered today”. This week was one such case in point. I’m a member (in fact a moderator) of the 52 Weeks : The 2015 Edition  group. The…

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Throwback Thursday

Something else I’m going to do regularly on my blog is “Throwback Thursday” (TBT). Where I’ll look back over past photos that I have taken. This shot was part of the first batch of photos I ever posted on Flickr, that I took at the Farnborough Air Show in 2008, and it’s still one of…

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