Feb
2011

I need a re-charge

Continuing my mostly365.com participation.

I am a massive Molton Brown fan, this came from staying in a hotel which had some hand wash and shower gel in the bathroom, and as I had bought 10 mini bottles of shower gel I thought I would take a photo of these for day 2.

These are “mini treats”  which are small bottles, ideal for travel kits.

I need a re-charge

This photo was taken using my Canon 1000d with the “Nifty Fifty” lens.

Feb
2011

Mostly365 Participation

Mostly365 is designed so that you can share a photo with the world every day! As someone who has wanted to get into Photography I find the idea of taking a photo worthy of such a project daunting. However, it doesn’t have to be, the idea is actually to get people taking more photos and sharing them on twitter, flickr or instagram for example.

So I decided to participate in this project, now although it started on 1st January 2011 I only started mine on 21st February 2011.

Here is the first image of the project, which is one of my sons GoGo’s. Taken on an iPhone 4 and edited with Camera+
Go Go

 

Apr
2010

A new hobby


Seven Dwarfs

Originally uploaded by g4shallow

Recently I took a new hobby – Photography!

After hunting around for an Entry level D-SLR and asking a few people what they recommend I took the plunge and purchased a Canon 1000D with 18-55 Kit lens from Currys (also got a healthy discount too ;)).

A relative also gave me a Canon 80-200mm non IS lens which has come in handy for taking shots of my sons football training sessions as I learn to get to grips with the camera.

What I have found with this camera is that it’s A LOT harder than a simple point and shoot camera so I have been struggling with it. Getting the right settings has perplexed me no end resulting in me shooting using the Automatic modes more often than not.

However, during a recent photoshoot at my Son’s football training session I realised that I had to learn more on the features of the camera and to select the right settings. As you can see from the photo below on the left it’s quite out of focus / too soft. This was using the Automatic Focus settings. So after a week of reading/researching I realised that i had to use Aperture-Priority mode and also change the focus to AI Servo and use a single point of focus and it’s turned out much better though the light plays a big part in it I reckon lol

Click on the photo for an enlarged version.

So look out for more blog posts about my new hobby and if you have any advice / constructive criticisms please feel free to comment on each post as they come. More of my photos can be viewed on my flickr page.