Extra long exposures

I am up to week 3 of my photography course. We had a three week break as my teacher Mark went overseas for a couple of weeks.

 

Photo overload this week - sorry I could not choose which ones to include.  I will come back and show how long the exposure was for each shot - grumpy kids at the moment.  The longest exposure was 2 minutes!

Project 52 4/52

Here is my photo for week 4.  Taken during my photography class.  I love love love this one.

iso100 f/8 5secs

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.  

Project 52 - 3/52

This weeks photo for Project 52 is from my lesson at Stockton. This one is my favourite from the set

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.