June 2008

Image of the Week #28

by Mandy June 30, 2008

This week in image of the week: What can I say I’m not a great sweet fan but I do love all the colours in this one! The problem was keeping my son at bay while I took the shot! Mandy

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Definition: Image Sensor

by Mandy June 27, 2008

Image Sensors are the nitty gritty end of the digital camera. Basically the digital version of film. But just as there are lots of different types of film that you can buy, there are also lots of different types (or sizes) of image sensors, and this can be important when choosing a digital camera. What [...]

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How to Easily GeoTag Your Photographs

by Mandy June 26, 2008

I’ve had a comment on a recent photograph that I uploaded to my Flickr account, it was actually my Shoe Project photograph, and Neil Creek was asking me to Geotag it so he could see where it had been taken. There was only one problem, I had no idea how to Geotag my photographs. I [...]

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Iron Chef Photography: Shoe Project

by Mandy June 25, 2008

Do you enter Photography Projects? There are lots of photography projects around to participate in covering just about everything. So far I’ve only submitted to one project back in March but I want to do more, I think they are a great way to learn and challenge myself. So I’ve entered another one… Above is [...]

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Image of the Week #27

by Mandy June 23, 2008

This week in image of the week: I really like the different materials in this image. I think the steel, wood and glass really compliment each other, with each different texture giving a different feel. I also like the varying lines in the image, and their patterns bring more interest to the subject. This is [...]

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The Pro’s and Con’s of Digital Point and Shoot Camera’s

by Mandy June 22, 2008

Last week I looked at DSLR’s, so this week I thought I would look at the other side of the coin and look at digital point and shoot camera’s. Point and shoots are extremely popular digital cameras, which means there is a huge amount of models available and therefore a lot of choice out there. [...]

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Church Project: St Hilary’s Wallasey

by Mandy June 19, 2008

This is my second Church Project and this week it’s St Hilary’s in Wallasey which is the oldest church in Wallasey, there’s been six different church buildings and there has been a church on this site since around 900AD. When it’s said the Vikings named the area Walea, ‘the village with the church on the [...]

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Do you ever feel held back with your Photography?

by Mandy June 17, 2008

I have to say I’m feeling a little held back at the moment with my photography and in particular my camera. I’ve got to the stage where I know I need to be able to adjust the settings for exposure to capture a better photograph, but I have no way of doing that. Because I’ve [...]

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Image of the Week #26

by Mandy June 16, 2008

This week in image of the week: I went to a wedding at Chester Cathedral on Saturday, the wedding was lovely. While waiting outside for the photographs to be taken I spotted this little guy being protected by the photographers assistant. He’s got to be one of the most important guests at a wedding, hasn’t [...]

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What is a DSLR?

by Mandy June 13, 2008

There’s lots of fancy abbreviations in photography and they can be confusing, you can sometimes feel like you’re reading another language! So while weighing up the pros and cons of DSLR’s which I am doing at the moment, I thought it may be a good idea to start at the beginning and look at what [...]

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