Making Life more Beautiful
We had such a thrilling class last week, where we started to learn how to use lighting. It was so exciting. We used hot shoes on our cameras that allowed us to use the flash attatchment. We used white polystyrene … Continued
As you may know I am at the stage of illustrating my book, Making Life more Beautiful, with photographs I have taken myself. It is turning out to be a great adventure, but not one without its challenges. When asked … Continued
The first term of photography is over. Next term, we move to our “major project”. My major project is to produce 50 images for Making Life more Beautiful (my book). Last week we had to produce our proposal. The tutor … Continued
I know not everyone is interested in my photography learning, let alone my homework assignments, so feel free to skip along… The homework brief, was ten photographs that tell a story. I could have done the story of making a … Continued
I mentioned I was finally getting to grips with the photography course. Please remember I am an absolute beginner, although I hope by June that I will be able to take good enough photographs for my book, and my blog. … Continued
I hesitate to write this post as I expect my son Gus will read it. When I signed up for the photography course I didn’t own a camera. I still don’t. I aimed to learn to use a camera before … Continued
Words I mentioned my book was being professionally editorially reviewed in early January. Late January the book came back, with lots of encouraging and useful advice. Well worth the cost. I know some people dislike their work to be criticised, … Continued
Regular readers will know that my main mission in life is to learn! After the bootmaking Ceci was asking What next? And so were we! I love travel, exploring nature, meeting new people, eating food especially food I have never … Continued
Recently I posted 12 very nice photographs of my SWAP collection (thank you for your kind remarks). I mentioned that my son Gus took the pictures. Here is what actually happened. Gus arranged to come round at 11am. At about … Continued