Strangers 4,5 and 6 - The Family

So back onto the my 100 Strangers project, which is tremendously lagging, I manged to get this lovely photo, of this young family enjoying themselves, after asking, of course, and they very generously let me take some photos! In my classes recently, we have particularly been focusing in on emotion, and I need to work more on showing it in my portraits, so...

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Development Shoot - Sharpness and composition

Hello! After my Windkarting shoot in the Summer, I went out on a shoot to develop the skills I felt I was lacking in, and I chose sharpness and composition for this development shoot. As my shot was taken at night, I used longer shutter speeds so the photos were properly exposed, and I made use of very slow apertures, (I used f/22 for most photos on this shoot)to...

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Freelance photographer arrested on assignment.

A Freelance photographer, who was doing an assignment at the time for The New York Times has been arrested while he was on an assignment with two reporters, who at the time were in the progress of doing street interviews.           The photographer, a Mr Robert Stolarik, who has worked in photojournalism for 15 years now was taking photos...

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Wind Karting

Hello Everyone! Back today with a post of some shots I took on a day down to Weston-Super-Mare, a seaside town, where sports involving wind such as kite surfing, wind karting, wind sailing and just kite flying are big attractions! I got the chance to photograph some real talented Wind Carters while I was there, and here's the shots I got; Very proud of this one,...

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Stranger 3 - The Photographer

Now this was a really fun mini-shoot, I saw this guy waiting outside a store as I was crossing a road, and I asked a friend of mine (Holding the guitars in the background) to wait for me, and ran back to ask him if I could get a few photos, I explained my project, and he gave me the go ahead! I asked him about his photography, he said he was part time photographer, and hobbyist!...

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Stranger 1 + Stranger 2 - Children

Not a spectacular one, but I was trying to be fast as it was really nice of the parent to allow me to take a photo or two, These two were in town for the harbour festival that our city has once a year, and I saw these two looking over, and I asked their mother if she minded me taking a photo, she said go ahead, so I took this. It's boring, it's bad, but it's a start! My...

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100 Strangers - The Start

So, I've decided to set myself a new project, and that project is to take portraits (hopefully good ones) of 100 people in a year. I want most of them, (like, 98%) to be of strangers, and any good ones of friends I might include too!  I've already got a start, I have 3 people, 2 young children, and a photographer! This post is just to mark the start, keep your eyes open for posts on this project!P.S;   If you live in the Bristol (UK) area, and would like a few outdoor portraits done for me to use on this project, and for you to keep,...

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Photographic Firsts

Photography may be a bit older than you thought! With a winding history, spanning almost 200 years, hundreds of milestones, and millions of photographers, none of it could have been possible without a Mr Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. First permanent photograph - "View from the Window at Le Gras" This French inventor is credited with having taken...

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Aperture, F-Stops and Depth of Field

Hello Again! Today, I have an article on Aperture, to finish the first three major segments in the "Camera Settings" series!First of all, Aperture is measured in f-stops, shown like this:  f/3.5    f/6.5  f/22 ect.  The aperture controls the diameter of the lens opening (shown above), the higher the number, the smaller the opening. This controls...

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ISO Setting/Film Speed

Hello! Today I'm going to talk about ISO, as it is known on digital cameras, or film speed, what it used to be called back in the days of 35mm film cameras. Hopefully after this article you can control your camera a little more manually, and take the next step in mastering your tool of work! ISO or film speed is practically the sensitivity of your sensor or film to the...

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Smart Cameras - Opening the possibilities

I'm not a huge fan of point and shoots. They are nice and compact, but in my opinion, they are just not cut out for what I need them for, but this new range of Samsung Smart Cameras caught my eye, for more reasons than one, and the main one? Wi-fi capability. ...

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Justin Quinnell - Pinhole Photographer Q+A!

So I walked in to my photography class knowing we would not have our usual teacher, due to exams being overseen, and expected to get a clueless substitute. How wrong I was. I was fortunate enough, to have the great pleasure of meeting, and being taught by Mr Quinnell, for the week!...

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New Header!

Recently, a friend told me that the old header looked a lot like an old Microsoft Word art preset, and I couldn't help but see it each time, so here's the new one! What do you think? like it? anything I should change?Until next time, happy photographi...

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A Blur of People 8:52

Hello All!  Today I have week 8's photo, called A Blur of People! Now this shot took a hell of a long time, but I love the outcome, I had the idea while I was walking in town and everyone seemed to be running and not paying much attention, and this came to me, so I set up my tripod behind a sign (to try not to hinder anyone) and set the exposure time to something...

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Blue skies and Construction 7:52

Here's my week 7 photo, entitled "Blue skies and Construction".If you look through most of my shots recently, you can really see where I am experimenting with empty space, lighting and Positive and Negative space in photos.  Positive space is the part in the photo that contains the focal point, or the subject, which in this case is the crane, and the Negative space...

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I'm Back!

I cannot explain how sorry I am for neglecting the blog for so long, but I've been so busy with exams, work and     other miscellaneous problems, I have had little or no time at all to update or check the blog, but guess what? I'm back, and I have several new posts coming, I know it can't make up for what you missed, but I'm back, and I'll be posting regularly again! (If all goes to plan ...

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The Eye 6:52

And here is my week 6 piece!  This is a photo of a new office building called The Eye, due to the shape of the building!...

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Powerlines 5:52

Hello!  And I'm finally back with week 5, and 6 coming up straight after! Well here we have week ...

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Theme Troubles

As you may notice, I'm using a stock theme at the moment, and I haven't uploaded this weeks photo, this is because my theme decided to mess up on me! I'm gutted, I spent hours sorting out the old one, but on the bright side, you can all look forward too TWO weekly photos, and a bright, new theme!  Sorry for any inconvenience, It's annoying for me too, but I have a lot of exams this week, so I can't fix it till the weekend, let me know if you have any suggestions for changes this weekend!...

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Winter Lights 4:52

So today, we have week 4's photo!  This shot was taken in Aztec West (again), I really like the contrast between the sky and the lantern, with the dark shades giving it a nice winter feel! To edit this on, I first edited the sharpness, and then adjusted the levels, the contrast and saturation, then afterwards, I added a layer of blur behind the lantern! Tell me...

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Exposure And Shutter Speed

Today's Article is all about Shutter Speeds and Exposures, The first thing you need to know, is that all cameras have a sensor, and the sensor is what the light hits to produce your image, but the light needs to pass through a shutter, and the amount of time a shutter is open, to allow light to hit the sensor for, is called shutter speed, or exposure time...

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Cogs and Gears 3:52

Time for this weeks photo!        This one was taken just out of the way of Temple Meads train station, I  passed this walking into the town, It looked amazing, the light had hit it perfectly, it looked even better in real life,  but there you go, week thr...

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