While walking through the Intu Westfield Centre at Derby a couple of weeks ago we came across this “new” Mexican restaurant – I say new, they say they’ve been open since July.
Finding ourselves having a leisurely morning and with lunchtime looming, we decided to call in at check it out.
Continue reading “Food Review: MexiCo, Derby”
Travelling around the world for my company has been a mixed bag of good and bad moments, but one highlight on every trip has been the really nice people I have met along the way, and the special friendships I have made with many of them.
One person in my mind stands up at the top of my list of overseas friends, and that is my good friend Mr Josef Vodehnal, from the beautiful village of Dolní Lánov in the Czech Republic.
After talking about it for many years, last year I finally managed to make a visit to his home town and experience for myself the stunning scenery he had described every time we met. This is my account of that visit… Continue reading “Review : Dolni Lanov, Czech Republic”
Or more specifically size of aperture is.Well done by the way for making it this far. I have got one last trick up my sleeve that I need to share in order for you to choose the correct camera for you, and to understand how to improve your photo’s by simple adjustments of your camera controls… Let’s look at aperture magic. Continue reading “Photo Lesson 9: Size is important!”
Reading back through my post “Photo Lesson 8 : Freeze!” I noticed a considerably glaring error, which I’ve had to go back and correct. I hope this hasn’t confused you too much.
You may also noticed I’ve remained my series Lessons rather than Tips, as I feel that’s more appropriate. I’m going to continue on with my insight on photography and how to master painting with light, and will put some shorter “Tips” in later to supplement my lessons.
I hope you are finding them useful and mildly enjoyable!
Regards
Robert
Ok, I can see I am either confusing you or boring you to death. But we are nearly ready to make use of all this background knowledge you have accumulated. I want to explain how you decide which camera mode is best for your scene, but before I do that there is a couple of other things to do with aperture size and shutter speed that you just HAVE to know.
It’s a uphill slog but we are getting there. First, lets look at shutter speed. Continue reading “Photo Lesson 8 : Freeze!”
The following is a brief synopsis of our experience with the RCI timeshare company. It is my own view, and has only been influenced with my own experience with them.
Resort Condominiums International, or RCI as they are popularly known, are a holiday exchange service which we became involved with as part of the time share scheme we signed up for with the Bahia Principe Privilege Club. Continue reading “My experience with RCI”
I’m filling in my time between trips by thinking about what makes a good holiday photo, and the first step towards the perfect shot is understanding how images are created, and knowing your camera. When you take the perfect picture your heart races a little every time you view it. So, stick with me and I’ll help you get there.
Now, last post we looked at exposure, but didn’t elaborate on how the camera calculates the correct exposure for your scene. Let’s rectify that oversight now. Continue reading “Photo Lesson 7: Feeding the meter”
I’m calling on all my international flying fraternity to chip in their opinions on what they consider to be a) The best airline they’ve flown, and b) the best airport they’ve passed through. Continue reading “Calling all frequent flyers”
It has become increasingly obvious to me that to teach nearly 50 years of photography experience is possibly beyond this blog – and there are many other blogs already doing it better than I can. But what I want to do is ensure you have an understanding of WHY the camera reacts the way it does, depending on the settings you use. Continue reading “Photo Lesson 6: Exposure settings”
So today we are going to take a look at our range of available camera’s again, and while they all have a range of different features which you might have to search for to spot, one very important feature that differentiates them is blatantly obvious; can you spot it? Continue reading “Photo Lesson 5: Let there be light.”
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