Photo Challenge

Yellow | 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. Don’t…
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Photography Basics With Memory Gate

Moving on from Automatic Modes - Photography challenge

If you have been following these posts for the last few weeks then hopefully you will have a better understand of what ISO, Shutter Speed and Apertures are. I recommend that you try out the little experiments that I have suggested in each articles as it much easier to do rather than to read. Depending on what type of camera you use it’s likely that if it is a DSLR then you…
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Photo Challenge

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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Attractions

THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN LONDON

The Sunday Times Best Places to Live, published in The Sunday Times from Sunday March 17, 2013, will reveal the little Nirvanas dotted across the UK. The comprehensive and up-to-date two-part guide will take a wide range of elements into account including transport links, quality of schools, natural beauty, low crime rate, property prices, cultural life and unemployment figures. Each area is…
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Photo Challenge

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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Attractions

Post-Games Greenwich is better than ever before

2012 was a big year for Greenwich but 2013 is set to be the year to visit this iconic destination. A rush of new openings and intriguing events across the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site in 2013 will make visiting an even more exciting experience than it is already. A new permanent gallery opens at the National Maritime Museum in October 2013. Nelson, Navy, Nation looks at how the Royal…
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Photo Challenge

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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Get Creative

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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