Five ways the camera doesn’t see what you do – overcoming camera vision.
TweetCamera vision of the world is very different from the way that we see it visually. In effect, the job of the photographers often to try make a picture that looks like things did visually while...
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What is photography noise, and how can I get rid of it?
TweetTo start thinking about photography noise in a digital camera we have to think about film first.Back in the old days of film, you may remember buying 100 or 400 ASA film, which was all most shops...
View ArticleCamera free photography
TweetToday was a strange day at Ashton Court, where for the first time ever we did a go at camera free photography – improving our photography without cameras! Not as weird as you might think, when the...
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How to make an interesting photograph
TweetOne of the subjects that often comes up on photography courses is question of how to take an interesting photograph. We’ve all seen this – other people’s wedding or holiday pictures just don’t...
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Getting the colours right in your photographs
TweetGetting the colours right in your photographs is something we don’t think about until it goes wrong. Most of our pictures were perfectly well in the auto mode and we are perfectly happy with the...
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Photography Mentoring Service pictures for November, the theme was “Human...
TweetA dozen of the best pictures from this month’s theme – a tricky one intended to get people thinking about how the camera sees the world very differently to how we see it visually. There were a lot...
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How to take good museum photographs
TweetHow do you take good museum photographs when they are such hard places in which to take pictures. They are usually dark (to keep the artifacts safe from light), crowded, and have rules about...
View ArticleWhat’s the best way to learn photography?
TweetPhotography is a skill that is part technical and part creative. Learning to see shots and then capture them takes different abilities, which can all be improved with a little tuition. As...
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What is photography noise, and how can I get rid of it?
To start thinking about photography noise in a digital camera we have to think about film first.Back in the old days of film, you may remember buying 100 or 400 ASA film, which was all most shops seem...
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The Effect of Changing ISO on Depth of Field
We’re used to upping the ISO to speed up the shutter speed, but few people consider what it’s going to do the aperture. Increasing the ISO makes the camera more sensitive, so allows a faster shutter or...
View ArticleDon’t do it yourself!
A lot of people seem to like the challenge of printing the photographs out at home. We’re far too lazy to get the colours correct, and we find that by the time you have wasted a few copies it would be...
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Top tip for archiving your material, from our tutor Iain Brown in Scotland
Our lovely tutor Iain writes a regular column on photography for the Ayrshire Post, and very useful it is too – here’s his tips for archiving pictures from slides – not something we would have thought...
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How to improve your photo taking skills with your mobile
Sometimes it can be difficult to get a good quality photo using your mobile phone. What many people don’t know is that you can easily improve your photography skills by taking into consideration some...
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