Dunham Park, Cheshire, March 2012

Just a couple of new shots in this post - this time from a visit to Dunham Park in Cheshire.

I'm doing my Level 2 Photography Course in 2 weeks so hope to get a good few shots to include in my next update.

Post Course SLR - Countryside Shoot (Part 2)

These photos are some of my favourites from a visit to The Cotswolds.

Until next time...

Post Course SLR - Countryside Shoot (Part 1)

This collection of photos were taken over the past few weeks using some of the techniques I learned on the MAOP course. Hope you like them - they were taken in Tatton park, Cheshire.

Been messing around with Photoshop and managed to get the below results.  Still got a lot to learn but slowly getting the hang of things!

Got some more to upload tomorrow that were taken in The Cotswolds.

MAOP Course work

Finally decided to take a photography course following the purchase of my Canon EOS 550d SLR.  After reading some very positive reviews I decided to go to the Manchester Academy of Photography.  Below are a selection of some of the pictures I took through the duration of the course.

Off to the Cotswolds this weekend so will try to get a few good shots.

More pre SLR work...

It's 04:30am and I cant sleep thanks to this damn cold so thought I would share some more pre SLR work.  2003 onwards and I was trying to find out what I liked photographing - architecture and landscapes coming out on top.

This would have been great with an SLR as you would have been able to get a really good narrow depth of field.  Will retake this shot when I'm next in Tetbury. (Tetbury is a beautiful town in the Cotswolds where my In-Laws live.  Im going for a visit in a few weeks so intent to take some photos whilst im down there.)

Inadvertently managed to include one of the "elements of design" in this picture (before i knew what that actually was!!).

Sunset in Ibiza taken from Ibiza Rocks bar in San Antonio

And again, from the same place.

This one was taken in Scotland 2006 on boxing day.

That's it for the pre SLR stuff - the next blog I'll post up some of the work I did at the Manchester Academy of Photography, on my Introduction to Digital Photography course.

Im hoping that as time goes on and throught the blogs that I write, you (and me for that matter) can see my pictures improving in both quality, design and composure.

I forgot to say in my introduction, please follow and comment on what you see and if you are a photographer, I welcome any constructive advice on where I can improve my photographs.

Thanks

Danny

Compact Camera Photos

The below photos were taken using my Canon Ixus i95 compact digital camera.

This was taken in Tetbury in 2005

Scotland 2006

West Coast nr Sellafield on my Coast to Coast ride - July 2010



Introduction

Well then! My first blog. I wanted to set this up to document my photographic journey from beginner to (hopefully) becoming a fairly accomplished photographer.

I have been interested in photography for about 12 years now, looking at the composition of pictures rather than just snapping away, but have only ever used a compact camera. I recently purchased a Canon Eos 550D SLR and attended the Manchester Academy of Photography digital photography courses. Over the 2 days we were shown how to use our SLR cameras properly and how to compose photographs using the elements of design.

This blog is intended to document the photos I have taken, starting from some that I took with my compact on automatic setting, through to ones taken on manual setting using my SLR.

I hope you will enjoy these pictures as I enjoy taking them.

Danny