Archive for September, 2009

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Some great tips from fab photographer Jessica Kettle. Find her post here.

For your inspiration…

Mr Darcy

In: Inspired

27 Sep 2009

Watched Pride & Prejudice during the weekend (the 2005 movie, though it did prompt me to re-watch the TV series with Colin Firth as well!), and was blown away by how pretty a movie it is.  Beautiful light and color, and generally lovely to look at. Movies can be a yummy source of inspiration too!

Another quick photo tip that’s a bit of a trend as well. Shooting your subject from a distance is fun as it allows you to get some context of what’s around them. A fun variant on this is to place objects in between yourself and the subject. You could get down low and shoot in [...]

Mini Photo Tip

In: Capture It.

8 Sep 2009

To get more out of your photos, especially if you’d like to start printing them more, or playing with them more in Photoshop or a photo editor, make sure you have checked your camera’s image quality settings. I usually pick the highest quality setting, but if not try to go for at least one of [...]

Umbrellas are an easy and funky prop to use, not to mention a practical one should you be shooting in less than lovely weather. 1. Un mariage Japonais au Louvre, 2. I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob., 3. Week 32/52: "So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said — I’m just not the [...]

When I first started my photography journey, it was a steep learning curve just to get a hang of manual settings, and learning to expose in ordinary old daytime natural light. When it came to low-light or nighttime shooting, I quickly learned that I should avoid the pop-up flash if I could, and that I [...]


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