Looooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg Exposures

Last night I had my second of four photography classes.  I wanted to change the location this time to the Newcastle Baths. I have wanted to shoot down here since I first got my camera.

To say I had a lot of fun was an understatement.  I don't think I stopped smiling the whole lesson.

We worked on long exposures this week - using filters. These photos were taken between 6:00pm and 7:00pm - when the sun was strong and hot.  I am hooked and going to have to get myself some filters.

All photos have been taken using my 18-55mm kit lens. 

iso100 f/22 10 secs.

  

 iso100 f/22 25secs

 iso100 f/22 25secs

iso100 f/22 25secs

Last post I said I would show you a before and after.  Here is a before... this was under-exposed. 

 After a play around in Lightroom - and this is the result.

OK, not the best photo as there is quite a bit of noise in the foreground - but not bad from what I started with.  

Beginners Course

Ever since I bought my DSLR, I have been looking for a beginners photography course. I have seen quite a few, but I was put off by the size of the classes and by their websites - I know this sounds terrible, but if I dont like the pictures on their website, I am dubious as to what I can be taught by them.   On a recommendation I approached Mark from Tighes Hill Photography, what appealed to me about this course was that it was one-on-one spread over 4 weeks.

Tuesday was my first class and we headed down at 6pm to Stockton Beach.  I was a bit worried driving from work as the weather was a bit suspect, but the light and the clouds were perfect for shooting.

I had a great time on the course (thanks Mark) learnt some new things and really excited that what I was doing was right - I was so worried that I was doing everything wrong, so great to know that I was on the right track.

Photos were taken with my 18-55mm kit lens - I have lens envy at the moment as I had a little play with Mark's Sigma 10-20mm lens - going to have to save up for that one.

They have been edited in Lightroom - I will post some before and after's in another post. I found some new tricks today that I am pretty excited about.

The beach

I have been wanting take my camera down to the beach for awhile now. We went down late this afternoon. The skies grey, threatening rain - however, as usual nothing eventuated.

 iso 100 f/1.8 1/2500

I always am interested when reading anything related to photgraphy what camera and lens are they using. In my case - I am using a Canon 500D, I bought it with the single lens kit - which is the 18-55mm, however, since I bought the 50mm 1.8 I have not used the kit lens. All these photos - and the photos from the post before have been taken the 'nifty fifty'  

 iso 100 f/1.8 1/2500

iso 100 f/1.8 1/3200

 

iso 100 f/1.8 1/3200  

 iso 100 f/1.8 1/3200

 iso 100 f/1.8 1/3200

 iso 100 f/1.8 1/1600

iso 100 f/1.8 1/4000

All these photos are straight out of the camera (SOOC) - I havent worked out Photoshop yet. That is my next thing to learn.