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The RAW Deal In Photography – Final Camera Challenge Follow Up

The RAW Deal In Photography – Final Camera Challenge Follow Up

by Katy Cameron | 07.12.2015 | Camera Challenge Reviews, Camera Challenges 2015, Photography, Tutorials

Welcome to the very final follow up post for the Camera Challenges from this year.  I have promised a couple of times that we would talk about RAW format and today is finally the day! Most DSLRs should have an option to shoot in RAW, and many bridge and even compact...
Where Did That Shadow Go? – Camera Challenge Extra Follow Up

Where Did That Shadow Go? – Camera Challenge Extra Follow Up

by Katy Cameron | 16.11.2015 | Camera Challenge Reviews, Camera Challenges 2015, Photography, Tutorials

I thought we had finished the camera challenges a couple of weeks ago, but it turned out there were a few more things I needed to answer about lighting and setups, so here goes! I was asked where my shadows were in the photos I showed in my review of Using Artificial...
Camera Challenge 9 Review – Using Artificial Light Indoors

Camera Challenge 9 Review – Using Artificial Light Indoors

by Katy Cameron | 19.10.2015 | Camera Challenge Reviews, Camera Challenges 2015, Photography, Tutorials

Artificial light is one of the biggest thorns in the craft photographer’s sides.  Well, to be more accurate, the fact that one doesn’t have a constant source of uninterrupted, perfectly white balanced light filling every room is the biggest thorn in the...
Camera Challenge 8 Review – Using Natural Light Indoors

Camera Challenge 8 Review – Using Natural Light Indoors

by Katy Cameron | 14.09.2015 | Camera Challenge Reviews, Camera Challenges 2015, Photography, Tutorials

So I’m sure a few of you are cursing me for this month’s challenge… actually, I know one of you is, since you e-mailed me to tell me.  Hi Laura :oD  Anyway, so this month’s challenge was all about using natural light indoors, and the point was...
Camera Challenge 7 Review – Using Natural Light Outdoors

Camera Challenge 7 Review – Using Natural Light Outdoors

by Katy Cameron | 10.08.2015 | Camera Challenge Reviews, Camera Challenges 2015, Photography, Tutorials

I hope everybody enjoyed the natural light challenge, and you all got to go out and enjoy at least some sunshine with your cameras. So this challenge was all about using ‘natural light’, aka daylight, to light the subject of your photos.  It is the beloved of many...
Camera Challenge 6 Review – Finding Your Inspiration And Gaining Your Composition

Camera Challenge 6 Review – Finding Your Inspiration And Gaining Your Composition

by Katy Cameron | 06.07.2015 | Camera Challenge Reviews, Camera Challenges 2015, Photography, Tutorials

I hope that was a fun challenge for you.  It should have shown you that in order to get good photos it does take a little bit of work, much as we would love perfect locations/setups to land in our laps!  Since there isn’t a technique as such for this month, I thought...
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Round 2 of part 2 of yesterday's adventures (we do Round 2 of part 2 of yesterday's adventures (we do hope you're keeping up here!). Although there are still one or two seaworthy vessels in the harbour at Lizard Point, you can see why the RNLI might have abandoned the lifeboat station here! (There's a fancy new one round the other side of the point). From the old point there were some lovely views over Kynance Cove towards Penzance and Land's End (which looked south-er to me, but what do I know? 🤷) #jackdoeslizardpoint #jackdoescornwall
Round 1 of part 2 of yesterday's adventures was do Round 1 of part 2 of yesterday's adventures was down to Lizard Point in the last hour and a half before sunset. Fair to say it would seem that the locals are setting up in competition with Land's End, wonder if those two cafes ever have a bet to see which shifts the most ice-cream 😂. Anywho, we had a nice wander around (unsustained, as said cafe was closed for the day), but we definitely spotted pirate activity @archiewonderdog ! We also headed over to the old Lizard Point (not quite sure how one distinguishes one old pile of rocks from another mind you!) #jackdoeslizardpoint #jackdoescornwall
In the vertical shots from part 1 of yesterday's a In the vertical shots from part 1 of yesterday's adventures, we went by St Mawes and saw a baby castle, then it was onto the main show. One should always have one's own bay, complete with yacht on front of one's country pile, what? There were rather superb views right out to sea from said country pile, and the house @nttrelissick wasn't bad either! We found a nice wee view for breakfast, but skipped a paddle at the beach. There were more impressive houses and yachts on the was back into Falmouth, obviously a place to go if you have cash. #jackdoestrelissick #jackdoescornwall
So yesterday was a two-parter, and we were so knac So yesterday was a two-parter, and we were so knackered and hungry when we got home, the pretty pictures needed to wait til today! In part 1 we caught a @falriver ferry from Falmouth over to St Mawes and up to Trelissick (yes, that's it in the first photo 😂. CalMac eat your heart out). The mouth of the river Fal was very busy, but also rather wide, making clear phone pics a bit challenging for her nibs, but there was a sailing boat that handily got close enough to the ferry, framing itself with Trelissick House in the background. The house itself will have to wait for the horizontal shots, but I've decided to claim it as my own as it comes with 'Jack's Summerhouse' so logically it must be mine... It also has a fancy, if not slightly random tower, with a golden squirrel weathervane that turned every time we took a photo - sneaky squirrels! But look what we found for lunch! @callestickfarm ice-cream - salted caramel and rhubarb topped with clotted cream and rhubarb, with real, tasty rhubarb bits! (LT's got a bit addicted to rhubarb this year for some reason) #jackdoestrelissick #jackdoescornwall
The midday view from @nttrelissick Not a bad wee d The midday view from @nttrelissick Not a bad wee day really
In round 2 of today's Tintagel adventures, there w In round 2 of today's Tintagel adventures, there were caves (@archiewonderdog I reckon they were full of pirates and smugglers) There were drops that one of us wasn't stupid enough to get close to. I had the key to Tintagel AND I found the holy grail, but then I also found a closed ice-cream van at the bottom of the hill, so I had to wait for LT to schlepp all the way up the hill back into the village before I got any refreshment! #jackdoestintagel #jackdoescornwall
So we went to see a castle today, except it turns So we went to see a castle today, except it turns out there isn't really a castle there (and until the 1990's they thought it was a monastery 🤷) it was very blowy and sunny (LT is glowing 😂) there were lots of big drops and scary bridges and just one castley looking bit of wall. There were funny signs, holes in the ground we shouldn't have gone down (trolls anyone?!), holey kings, cool coves and, in the end, paltry amounts of ice-cream. #jackdoestintagel #jackdoescornwall
And a final, flowery installment from yesterday's And a final, flowery installment from yesterday's Eden Project adventures, including some spiky appetite suppressant (no great surprise we think!) And some spiky stuff that's meant to be good for you, but didn't look too appetising either! #jackdoestheedenproject #jackdoescornwall
More from yesterday's trip to the Eden Project - w More from yesterday's trip to the Eden Project - we had some interesting lunch companions, and might have been a tad over ambitious about the meal itself! We walked it off in the Mediterranean biome though. #jackdoestheedenproject #jackdoescornwall
The verticals from the outside and biosphere 1 fro The verticals from the outside and biosphere 1 from today's Eden Project adventures, where Jack even found a bar... But it was closed, so no rum for him (it would only have set @miniarchiewonderdog 's sensors all buzzing anyway!) #jackdoestheedenproject #jackdoescornwall
The outdoor bits, and biosphere 1 from today's Ede The outdoor bits, and biosphere 1 from today's Eden Project adventures, including some super sized critters and a new boat for Jack #jackdoestheedenproject #jackdoescornwall
A little #edenview from today, more pics to follow A little #edenview from today, more pics to follow later

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