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Cold | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout.
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Water | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout.
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Photography Basics With Memory Gate

Aperture | The Exposure Triangle

In final corner of our exposure triangle is nearly complete! We’ve cover ISO and Shutter Speed now its time for Aperture. Control over Aperture is really where photography goes from mmmmh to AWESOME. The reason is that we can add depth to our images. We can make two-dimensional images appear to look three-dimensional without the need for silly glasses, now that’s…
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The Colour Red | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout.
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Top tips for filming family days out

There’s nothing better than a spring jaunt in the great outdoors to bring the whole family together. Whether it’s that special Mother’s Day outing or an exciting Easter trip to remember, family days out can provide the perfect opportunity to capture some precious moments on film, to cherish forever. But long car journeys, unpredictable weather, and you stuck behind the camera don’t…
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Photography Basics With Memory Gate

Shutter Speed | The Exposure Triangle

We’ve talked about the Exposure Triangle and the first element of that which was ISO. The next element I’m going to talk about in Shutter Speed. Simply put, your shutter speed is how long your shutter is open and exposing your camera’s senor to light. Back in the very early days of photography the cameras used wet metal plates covered in a similar coating…
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Hands | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography…
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Sunset | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography…
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Photography Basics With Memory Gate

ISO | The Exposure Triangle

In our last post Learning about Exposure I talked about the Exposure Triangle. One of the three elements of that is ISO. ISO (Which stands for International Standards Organization) is the measure of sensitivity that your camera has to light. In a way, this is a bit of a throwback to the film days and to be honest, not a completely standardised measurement in terms of quality. It is…
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Eyes | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout.
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