A Tribute To New Orleans

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

A Tribute To New Orleans

No doubt no you've heard of the tradgic loss that New Orleans has suffered over the past week. Many people have lost homes, families, friends, and everything they own. To honour New Orleans as a wonderfully diverse city that it was- and will be again one day- I would like to share my photos of New Orleans taken a few years ago. Please post your pictures in here to, to honour the people of this wonderful city.

I have some black and white traditional shots (yes with film, remember film?) and I will get them transfered into digital images for posting up on this blog.

I think it is important to do this because we don't know whenNew Orleans will be the same fun loving city that it was- not for a while any way. So keep the people in your hearts and prayers and put your pictures up as a tribute to them and the place they call home.

Keep smiling,
Amy

Sunday, August 21, 2005

The Problem With Travel Photography

Hi lovely people,

I spoke not long ago about travel photography. I'd like to discuss a particulary problem with travel photography, and it's not with the camera, its with us.

One thing that you might notice whilst travelling is the lighting differences between the place you are visting and home. Your digital camera 'light settings' will still be set to where you came from, not where you are when you are travelling to.

Recently I went London and discovered something very important. I had my trusty Sony set to an E/V of 1.0+. This really means, in English, that I had the eye of the camera adjusted to reduce some light because light here in Australia is so bright. I realised what a bright environment we live in down under when I went overseas. In a nutshell I had my camera set to Australian 'light settings', not UK 'light settings.' Its not really called a 'light setting', but I'll use that term for the purpose of simplicity.

(You need sunglasses every time you go outside, where I live, even in the winter. Complaining? Not a chance! I do love the light in this country.)

When I got to London I looked at the veiwfinder and everything looked really dark. I was confused at first but had a theory. So I took a few test shots to try out my theory. I was right I had the camera on the wrong setting for London light. My first test shots I focused the camera at the brightest part of the object I was taking and took the shot. As a result my pictures came out either too bright or too dark.

"Excellent!" I said to myself at Trafalgar Square, "That's right then." In my Aussie accent- which I didn't think I had an accent by the way! (Just kidding.)

I then took the E/V up to 1.7+ and got the right shots. I got the right shots because I adjusted the amount of light that was coming into the camra. And to me, coming from such a bright place and going to London to me, seemed a darker place generally. Not bright, glary light like Melbourne. However this light is fanatstic for digital photography if you have filtered light like this. In Australia we are costantly ranting "the polariser! the polariser!" But in London, at times, I could get away with not having it on the camera at all.

So please remember the first thing you do with that digital when you are travelling is to look at what you have the camera set to to accept new lighting conditions . You may need to adjust the apeture if you are going from one continent and one season to another. Each season has a differnt light and varies from country to country.

Have a great day.

Amy Renfrey
www.digitalphotographysucess.com

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Denis, You must be Austalian, you're using my language! I'm very pleased you like the ebook. And thank you Marguerite for adding your lovely feedback too, I'm very glad you like it as well. I spend a few months writing the book and refused to release it until I was certain I had everything in it. But please, if there is something, anything at all, please leave a message here on the blog and I'll answer your question.

I'm always learning. I think its important to see your photography this way to retain a sense of excitment and stimulation about it. And really the best thing you can do in your photography is be as creative as you like. And this will give you confidence with it and a direction you can follow.

My cat here, who is now a celebrity (I'm positive she knows it) because of the eBook is another thing that maks photography worthwile. I swear out of the corner of my eye I see her roll her eyes when I whip out the camera again- then when I look she is looking so innocent.

Oh and one more thing, I'm investigation what the Nikon D50's are like. I'm doing a bit of research and nutting out somethings about it. So I will let you know what I find. Getting a great camera is worth while as long as you don't have to mortgage your house to do it!

I'm just putting the finishing touches on the black and white photography ebook. So if you are interested in B&W then 1) don't use my picture of the church as an example and 2) let me know and I'll put you on my special Black & White VIP list and you'll get it for a special price.

The website will be up soon for you to look at. It's not quite ready yet!

Amy

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Thanks Everyone

Thanks everyone for adding your pictures and contributing.

Since Gary has taken some good travel pics, over the next few weeks why don't we add our travel pictures? I know that everyone has been away at some stage and it would be good to share them and comment on them.

Okay here goes......

This was taken in Christchurch New Zealand on my recent travels in June 2005. This place is called "Cathedral Square." On my camera I set the E/V at 1.3 and shot in B&W. I've got a real thing for B&W, especailly Churches in B&W.

I am not sure if I need to crop the bottom slightly for composition, what do you think?

Amy

Monday, August 08, 2005

Adding Pictures

Okay I'm now seeing if adding this picture works....... I'll just grab anyone to try it.

tesing, fingers crossed.....

Hey it worked. Gary, you are a legend! I didn't say it'd be a GOOD photo! This ones' overexposed, but at least I know we can all add photos in here!

Cheers,

Amy :)

Monday, August 01, 2005

A Very Warm Welcome!

Hello Photographic Enthusiasts!

Thank you for stopping by. It's lovely to have you here.

I thought I would start a blog and put some great articles in for you to read for no charge, on how to improve your digital photography in easy ways.

I've got some great stuff I'm going to post in here such as:

Getting better indoor shots
Taking that perfect picture of your pet (good if you are as in love with your animals as I am!)
Handy ideas for digital printing
Editing digital photos

....and a lot more!

I'd love to hear your thoughts on what you want to know about, so please leave me a post and also get to know your fellow photographers. Also if you've got some cool tips you have found that work well, please share them. You are very welcome.

And yes, please, post your pictures for me to review, for others and myself to enjoy or for some positive improvement feedback. I'll also be putting some pictures in here of my recent travels to Hong Kong, London and New Zealand in the next few weeks.

I'll also be doing another eBook on Travel Photography in the next month or two, keep your eyes out for that one! Also I'll be bringing out an eBook on Flower Photography, Black and White Photography For Enthusiasts and People Photography. All on digital of course.

I've developed a series of digital images called "The World Up Close." It'll have abstract, black and white, colour, sepia shots and much more. (I could have titled it the "What The Hell IS that?" Series, but I thought I'd better be professional.......After all we're artists, don't let anyone tell you otherwise! :) And who says we can't have a sense of humour with our photography?)

And please post some pictures for everyone to see. So that you can share your photos with the world, or just other digital photography enthusiasts. By the way ALL photos posted in this blog are copied righted to the artist who took them. And be honest, if you see a picture you like, just email and ask to use it. Always get permission first.

Enjoy and be creative!

Have a great day,

Amy Renfrey :)

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