I have been so busy lately, mostly running around like a headless chicken not doing what I planned, that I haven't got around to telling you about an awesome thing I did on 1st October.
I was invited by JoeBlogs and Transun to a photography workshop, in Cardiff. Transun offer Experience holidays, including trips to the Northern Lights, here's what they had to say about the night: Transun Photography.
Simon was the lovely gentleman who took the workshop, he was so full of valuable information. Unfortunately, my camera is a bridge camera (not as basic as snap and go, but not as advanced as a DSLR), this meant that some of the things he was teaching us about, couldn't be done on my camera.
He did, however, give us a fact sheet. So, when if I get a better camera, I will have some idea of what I'm doing. For now, I did get some great tips on what ISO meant, which I can change on my camera, I even managed to get some motion shots!
Here are some of the pictures I took on the night:
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Yes, I was taking pictures of my bag. At one point I was taking photos of butter! |
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I was super proud of this! DSLR cameras could capture even more light movement. |
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I'm particularly proud of this one. I captured the movement of light, but you can't actually see the person holding the light! |
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Another one I'm proud of. I caught the details of my fingers, with all the background out of focus. |
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Finally, this one from the night. Because I didn't know my camera could do this!! |
Here are some of the pictures I've taken since fiddling learning what my camera is capable of:
This is totally unedited, I was so pleased with the detail. |
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I am yet to capture a good moon shot, but I loved this one, so atmospheric. |
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Finally, a picture that is my favourite out of all I have ever captured. I love the lights. If you look closely, you can see it is just a petrol station! |
The night taught me so much! Above all, it taught me not to fear my camera, it's not going to fall apart in my hands, just because I've changed a setting.............Honest!
Awesome! I really wanted to go to this as I have an SLR and no idea what to do with it! (But I was on hols) looks like it was really good, love your photos!
ReplyDeleteIt was a great night, so sorry you missed it! Thank you :-) x
DeleteI was invited to this too, your photos look ace!
ReplyDeleteWas it to far too travel? I would've loved to have met you xx
DeleteLooks like fun, good for you, just go for it, that is certainly what I do with my camera and am suprised at some of the lovley pics I get. Mich x
ReplyDeleteYou take gorgeous photos Mich. I think I may be taking more :-) x
DeleteThat's probably what I need a class to show me what my camera can do. I was chuffed to get a really good camera in the Jan sales this year as I had been after one for many years but just couldn't afford it!! However, I seem to always leave it on auto, which was not the point when I bought it!! Love your night pics :)
ReplyDeleteAren't you great for going in the first place and for your obvious talent?
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