Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2011

Mini Photo Shoot

This is my first post on my photography blog.  I started this blog to keep a record my learning, because there is a LOT to learn.  Hopefully over time, I'll be able to look back and see an improvement in my work.

I've had an interest in photography since I was little, getting my first camera when I was about 10.  I got my first digital camera in 2003, upgraded that in 2009 and moved to a DSLR in 2010.

Today's photos are from a mini photo shoot I did yesterday with my son.  He asked me to take a photo of a new tshirt that I bought him the day before, except none of these photos are of that particular top, lol.  He doesn't mind being in front of the camera - these are all poses he came up with :)






These are also my first real photos taken using the RAW format.  I must admit I struggled a bit with them.  I am used to using only my centre focal point when photographing my cards and that works quite well with the spot metering as it's all in the one spot.  This time I had to toggle my focal points to fit Harry into the shot which meant that the metering and focal point were not in the same spot this time **eek**  too many things to think about!  As a result a couple of them were a little underexposed.  I think in RAW I can also expose a little more to the right than I could when using the JPEG format, but I will have to do some more testing of that theory.

The RAW editing has hopefully been enhanced following a wonderful class I took with Damien Symonds.  Damien is an absolute guru when it comes to photoshop, and whilst  I have learnt a lot from his 'Clean Editing in RAW' class, I really need to go back and read it all again to ensure that ALL the information actually sinks in.