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- How to use a Flashgun – Part 1
- Take Better Autumn Photos with Your Compact Camera
- U.K. Street Photography – Photographers’ Rights
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BBC Radio Cumbria Interview with Mike Zeller
Better Photos on BBC Radio Cumbria Yesterday, I spent the afternoon at Buttermere in the company of BBC Radio Cumbria presenter, Mike Zeller. Mike recorded an interview with me during which I gave him tips for taking better landscape photos of the Lake District. It was great fun. The interview will be featured on his mid-morning [...]
Photo Walk – Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria 28th April, 2012
FREE Photo Walk – Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria Saturday, 28th April, 2012 - Meet at 9.30am This is the first of the Better Photos Tribe meet ups. It’s a chance to meet other photography enthusiasts socially; it’s an excuse to get into the countryside with like-minded people and take lots of photos. Meet up Easy walk Take [...]
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Tagged Cumbria, Lake District, Lake District events, photo walks, photography
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Precise Focusing with Your Digital Camera
Precise Focusing with Your Digital Camera Inaccurate Focusing Leaving your cameras focusing system to multi-point auto focus is a poor way of focusing. It’s like playing Russian roulette. Getting a precise focus point is a game of chance and the most important parts of your scene or subject might not be sharply focused. Why does this [...]
Posted in camera settings, Focus, focusing, lenses, techniques
Tagged digital camera, digital photography, focus, focussing, lens focus, photography
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How to use a Flashgun – Part 3
How to use Speedlite/Speedlight Flashguns How to Operate Your Flashgun Flashguns typically have two main operating modes: Fully Manual and TTL (ETTL – Canon, iTTL – Nikon). How to Use Your Flash in Manual Mode Manual flash mode is useful when the distance between your subject and flashgun is fixed, or your subject travels [...]
Posted in fill-flash, flash, flash exposure compensation, flashguns, lighting, resourses, speedlights, speedlites, Strobist, techniques
Tagged camera flash, flash photography, flash tecniques, flashguns, Speedlights, Speedlites, Strobist
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Ten Tips to Take Better Landscape Photographs with Your DSLR Camera.
Take Better Landscape Photos with Your DSLR Camera Landscape Photography Tips Here are ten tips to take better and sharper landscape photographs when using your digital SLR camera. 1) Use a tripod and make sure that it is stable. This prevents camera movement; essential when working at slow shutter speeds and low light levels. 2) [...]
Posted in digital photography, DSLR camera, landscape photography, NEWSLETTER, techniques
Tagged digital photography, DSLR camera tips, Lake District, landscape photography, photography courses, UK
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How to use a Flashgun – Part 2
How to use a Flashgun Part 2 Flashguns This article is part of a series of three about flashguns. In part 1, we discussed hard and soft light and some of the problems we encounter when using direct, ‘on camera’ flash. In this article, we discuss techniques for creating flattering portraits when using ‘on camera’ [...]
Posted in flash, flash exposure compensation, lighting, Strobist, techniques
Tagged flash photography, flashguns, Speedlights, Speedlites
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How to use a Flashgun – Part 1
Using Flashguns – Part 1 – Speedlite/Speedlight Techniques Flashguns – A series of three articles on using Speedlites/Speedlights by Mark Elliott of Better Photos Flashguns At first, using a flashgun is a little intimidating. You’ve got to grips with your camera settings and then you buy a flashgun. Suddenly, you are faced with a [...]
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Tagged flash photography, flashguns, Speedlights, Speedlites, Strobist
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Take Better Autumn Photos with Your Compact Camera
Ten Tips for Taking Better Autumn Photos with your Compact Camera. The beautiful colours of autumn create stunning photographs. You don’t need a fancy digital SLR to capture wonderful images. Here are ten tips to help you take better autumn photos using your digital compact camera. Tips 1) Take photos during the [...]
Posted in autumn, autumn. Lake District, landscape photography, reflections, techniques, what to photograph
Tagged Autumn, compact cameras, digital photography, landscape photography, photo tips, photography tips, reflections, white balance
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U.K. Street Photography – Photographers’ Rights
U.K. Street Photography Here is an interesting video about U.K. photographers’ rights.
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Sigma Lenses – What the Abbreviations Mean
Sigma Lenses – What the the abbreviations mean. APO An Apochromat lens, which keeps colour aberration to a minimum, using Special Low Dispersion glass, is called an APO series lens at Sigma. As the refractive index of glass depends on the wavelength of the light, colour aberration occurs when different colours form images at different [...]
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