by Katy Cameron | 02.11.2015 | Camera Challenge Posts, Camera Challenges 2015
Over the past 10 months we’ve meandered through a number of challenges in the hopes of trying to understand both our cameras and how to use them to get better photos. We started off with using the presets in month 1, and reviewed and linked up our results. We...
by Katy Cameron | 05.10.2015 | Camera Challenge Posts, Camera Challenges 2015
It’s that time of year in the northern hemisphere, the nights are drawing in, and if you happen to have one of those day job things, the chances of you seeing much daylight to take photos in are limited. So now it’s time to embrace artificial lighting to...
by Katy Cameron | 24.08.2015 | Camera Challenge Posts, Camera Challenges 2015
Last month we looked at how natural light behaved outdoors, so this month we’re going to move it on inside. Now one of the challenges that people have with taking photos indoors is getting the right lighting, so this month your challenge is to explore...
by Katy Cameron | 27.07.2015 | Camera Challenge Posts, Camera Challenges 2015
Ahh, natural light… This is a well-loved term, often used sneeringly by a certain section of the photographic community when suggesting that anything else is beneath contempt. I have usually found that those suggesting this don’t know how to use anything else, but...
by Katy Cameron | 22.06.2015 | Camera Challenge Posts, Camera Challenges 2015
Hopefully you now understand the mechanics of how to get various effects in your photos, so the next obvious step is to look at the composition of the shot. This part is completely personal, but there is a good chance that you have some people whose photography you...
by Katy Cameron | 25.05.2015 | Camera Challenge Posts, Camera Challenges 2015
Yay, we have now worked our way through from full auto mode to using the partially automated modes and now we’re going to look at Manual mode. It was important to be able to see the effects of changing the main individual components which can be altered in Manual...
