Back to Basics – Shutterspeed
Posted by Claire Wade Shutterspeed is how quickly the shutter on your camera shuts – simples!! Well, there is more to it than that. The shutter is like a door to your camera sensor. When the door is open, light comes in the through the lens and hits your sensor....
My Fascination With Water Droplet Photography
Posted by Clare Richardson Back in February, completely oblivious that I even had an un-awakened fascination with water drops, I went to the Photography Show at the NEC and spotted the EOS Magazine Stand. Being a Canon user, I duly subscribed. Part of the...
Party Poppers and Sparklers – High Speed Photography
Posted by David Bayliss An article from a Willfield Camera Club member on a high-speed photography shoot he undertook recently. My Final Results How did I do it? What to do? Well it started with a picture I saw on flickr in the high speed group and thought that’s a...
Back to Basics – Aperture
Posted by Claire Wade What is it? The aperture is the size (diameter) of the opening of the lens. This hole is made bigger or smaller by small blades inside your lens moving in and out. The diagram shows some examples of different aperture sizes. Think of it like your...
Editing Portraits – Part 2, Skin
Posted by Claire Wade In part one of this series I showed covered cropping and cleaning up the background of a portrait image. If you have not seen this article and would like to, please click here. In this part I’m going to cover brightening up the image and...
Front of the Marychurch Centre (we use the side door)