Saturday, 16 October 2010

Photography: Boredom breeds beginner

The last thing you want to happen when starting a blog for the first time is the draft being accidentally deleted and the page auto saving the change so I can’t undo it!! Annoyingly this is exactly what has happen to me but this will not deter me from getting this blog up and running.

So here goes.... so in my boredom between looking for a job and watching way too much day time TV, I decided to look through my hundreds of pictures on my laptop. The first thing I noticed  apart from the fact that my organisational skills had left a lot to be desired was that I took a large range of very random photos of everything( including this cool picture left taken in Paris) from friends and family to landscapes and landmarks. I also realised that very few of these photos were of really good quality and that it was about time I did something about it. 

Now being the happy snapper I am,  I will take a picture of anything  without really worrying too much about lighting, angle, composition but with my Nikon Coolpix L22 digital camera there are a lot of basics I need to learn to go from the complete amateur I am currently to at least a decent photographer. These tips are out there online on various sites and forums and I intend to find them, share them and learn from them.

And this is pretty much what this blog is going to be about me experimenting with new techniques I’ve tried reviewing good tips and advice websites around photography and showcasing my work to be critiqued by you the readers.

Once the numbers of participants are good there will be a readers photo of the week and a readers gallery and other interactive elements which will make this a must for a regular read and more than just a blog but more of a project. So please feel free to comment, give advice and send me your own photos and by all means pass it on! If have any ideas of what topics you would want to look at let me know. LETS MAKE THIS BIG!

Each blog I will give you an idea of what’s coming up next:

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