Category Archives: Useful Tips for Beginners
The Challenge of File Storage and Backup
(Repost – first posted Sept 2009) One of the things I hear and read a lot about digital photography is how instant it is and also how limitless it is to take lots and lots of images. Using film you … Continue reading
How to buy a tripod – the wrong way
(Repost – first posted Aug 2009) I say this, because I don’t know how to buy a tripod the right way – I found tripods extremely confusing, especially when buying one for the first time when I have never used … Continue reading
Rules of Composition Followup
(Repost – first posted Sept 2009) So I posted my Rules of Composition post in a couple of photography blogs I hang out in, and got some really interesting responses, and some new ideas and concepts. Big SHOUT OUT to … Continue reading
What are the Rules of Composition?
(Repost – first posted Sept 2009) Now I have started taking photos and posting them in forums for feedback, I am dealing with the question of composition. What is it? How do you do it? What is good composition? What … Continue reading
How to pick a lens – first do your research
(Repost – first posted Aug 2009 – updated to fix some links) Ok I found this the scariest bit of all (except for actually handing over all that money!) because even tho I have been taking photos for years, I … Continue reading
Where to get help with your new camera
(Repost – first posted Aug 2009) Sometimes its quite hard to know where to go to get help with technical things that you need to know lots of small detail about. Can involve some deeply nerdy conversations – not everyone … Continue reading
Which Camera Should I Buy?
(Originally posted August 2010 – reposting) I have had some queries from people I know or work with recently, who are looking at either upgrading a current camera or branching out into digital. And for some reason, because they know … Continue reading
100 things I have learned about photography
(Originally posted Jan 2012 – reposting) Actually I havent learned 100 things according to this article, I have learned about 58 things. Still the good news is I *have* learnt something. And many of these are things I didn’t know … Continue reading
White Alyssum Flowers
OK last post of flower photos taken with the new 100mm macro lens. Wanted to share this shot of white alyssum growing in my garden. I am a big fan of this small groundcover, it flowers for months and months. … Continue reading
