March 2008

Image of the week #15

by Mandy March 31, 2008

This week in image of the week: I’m off on my themes again. Following on from last week here is another photograph I have took of the Royal Liver Buildings. Again from the Mersey Ferry which I think gives you one of the best views of the building. At the moment there is a lot [...]

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TPB Monthly Round Up #3

by Mandy March 29, 2008

Here’s the TPB monthly round up for March, doesn’t time fly! I’ve found some really interesting information this month, so without waffling on too much about it here they are: You may have heard me talking about the Photography 101 course that I am following on The Digital Photography School blog, well they are written [...]

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The Basics of How a Camera Lens Works

by Mandy March 27, 2008

Lenses and Focusing This is what lesson 2 of the Photography 101 course that I am following has been looking at. I have found it really interesting because knowing how a lens works and focuses in on a subject, helps me to understand more when things go wrong or wont work how I want them [...]

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Image of the Week #14

by Mandy March 25, 2008

This week in image of the week: This is a photograph of the HMS Bulwark while it was visiting Liverpool a couple of weeks ago, and is the newest in a long line of Bulwark’s. It’s a very impressive looking ship especially with the back drop of the Royal Liver Building, I took it while [...]

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Photography 101 – 2nd Lesson

by Mandy March 20, 2008

This week the second lesson of the Photography 101 course that I’m following is looking at lenses and focus. Looking at the theoretical side to bending light, lenses and focusing. Some people haven’t liked the fact that the two lessons have been based around theory, and want to get down to the nitty gritty of [...]

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How to Make a Camera Obscura

by Mandy March 19, 2008

Making a Camera Obscura is one of the homework choices for lesson 1 of the Photography 101 course on the Digital Photography School Blog. What is a Camera Obscura? Camera Obscura or ‘dark chamber’ is one of the earliest ways of producing an image, the idea is very old and was first documented 1,000 years [...]

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Wirral Egg Run Photos 2008

by Mandy March 18, 2008

Wirral Egg Run The Wirral Egg Run is a charity event that is held every year the week before Easter. Bikers gather at New Brighton with their easter eggs or donations and then ride through the Wirral ending up a Clatterbridge Hospital, to drop their eggs off for children in hospital over the easter period. [...]

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Image of the Week #13

by Mandy March 17, 2008

This week in image of the week (week 13 lucky for some!): This was taken with my usual Traveler DC-5080 in late afternoon, on a very windy day. I had just walked through a lovely piece of untouched wind blown sand and thought I would take a photo of it with the sun in the [...]

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What is a pinhole camera?

by Mandy March 14, 2008

Until this week I didn’t really know much about pinhole camera’s, ok I knew they were one of the first types of camera’s and very basic using a hole instead of a lens. But I had no idea what the photographs looked like or how you made and used one. What is a pinhole camera? [...]

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Photography 101 – First Lesson?

by Mandy March 13, 2008

Did anyone else go over to the Digital Photography School blog on Monday and read Neil Creek’s first lesson of the Photography 101 course, Light and the Pinhole camera? I did and I found it really interesting. He is starting with the basics of how photography works which I like, because the better the foundation [...]

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