The Photographer Blog – DSLR Beginner Tips

How to Avoid Camera Shake in 5 Easy Steps

by Mandy October 8, 2011

Do you have problems with camera shake? By that I mean out of focus or blurred images caused by movement during the shot being taken. In other words not intentional (sometimes you may want blurred images they can have nice effects!). Or are you new to DSLR’s and want to know how to avoid camera [...]

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Book Review – The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby

by Mandy October 4, 2011

‘The step-by-step secrets for how to make your photos look like the pros’! Photography books are not dead. It’s still nice to have a tangible useful reference at hand that isn’t electronic! The way The Digital Photography Book works, which I think is different to a lot of others is this – imagine you are out [...]

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5 Must Read Articles for Digital Photographers

by Mandy October 3, 2011

After a little inspiration or just want to check out some great images, take a look: If you’re into underwater photography and want some inspiration then check this article out 31 Inspirational Underwater Images (did you spot the mistake?), these are amazing shots but my favourite is still the dolphins…. I’ve always liked black and white [...]

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SoFoBoMo Project – Cupcakes, Cupcakes…

by Mandy October 2, 2011

What topic did I choose? So I said in the last post that I would let you know what I was doing this year for SoFoBoMo. And as the title of this post suggests I decided my subject would be cupcakes. I enjoy food photography and was planning to make some cupcakes anyway so it [...]

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My 6 Step Essential Guide to making a Photobook for SoFoBoMo 11′

by Mandy July 15, 2011

Hopefully you’re taking me up on my photography challenge and joining me on SoFoBoMo 11′! Register now if you haven’t already, it’s great for beginner DSLR owners as it’s a good way to improve your photography skills (or any photographer for that matter!). Firstly what do you have to do to make your Photobook? What [...]

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Photography Challenge: Join SoFoBoMo 2011 with me!

by Mandy July 4, 2011

As I said in 5 tips to inspire your photography this year, it’s good to have a photography project to get you motivated and make you think. SoFoBoMo is a photography challenge to make a photo book in a month. Anyone can join in, and its been running every year since 2008. SoFoBoMo is short for [...]

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“D-Day Gold Beach – Today” Photobook

by Mandy June 9, 2011

I‘ve finally completed my first self published photobook called ‘D-Day Gold Beach – Today’, and it’s up and ready to view and buy on the Blurb bookstore. I’m really happy that I’ve finished it, as it’s been an ongoing project for a while that I just kept putting to one side. In July 2009 my husband [...]

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5 Tips to Inspire Your Photography This Year

by Mandy January 31, 2011

So it’s a New Year and some of us may have new cameras to play with? But where is the best place to start with them or where can you go to just find a good resource for them. Or are you in need of some inspiration or direction for your shooting this year, or maybe some ideas for a [...]

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2010 – Another Year Over…

by Mandy December 31, 2010

So here we are again the end of 2010 and another year over… While waiting for the New Year to roll in I was feeling that yearly urge to take a look back at what has happened in 2010 – to me anyway! Either I’m starting to sound like my parents or age is catching [...]

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How to use the Dodge and Burn Tools in Photoshop

by Mandy February 28, 2010

One of my 10 Photography Goals for 2010 was to learn more about post production editing using Adobe Photoshop. A long time ago I worked for an Advertising Agency and I was trained to use Photoshop 4 (that shows how long ago it was!), Adobe Photoshop has moved on a lot since then and my [...]

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