Photography
Watch this postPlease let me know if anyone is interested in learning the basics of photography. I have been studying photography for a number of years and have made a lot of mistakes along the way. If I can I would like to help you avoid making the same mistakes. Thanks. Keith
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You certainly have got some interesting cameras. I prefer the photos which I take with my Canon but the Panasonic is much easier to keep in my handbag or pocket. A friend recommended the Topaz Studio website - it's a free download - if you like "messing about" with your photos to get different effects. I use it mainly for the HDR colour effect which is good - there's also a Portrait section so you can minimise wrinkles which is even better!!! 🙂
It's odd that Keithart put his post on here a few weeks ago but hasn't responded to any comments. Looking forward to seeing your photos on the Showcase!
You could be right about Keithart - it took me quite a while to figure everything out on this site and even now have difficulty when I use my iPad. It can't navigate the site very well or maybe it's me!
Hope you are having a good weekend - warm and windy here.
I have got a Canon EOS 1100D and a Panasonic Lumix, which is handy to keep in my handbag, but I prefer the photos which I take with the Canon. If you have a look at my photos on the Showcase you will see one which I took (with the Canon) 0n the 1st February this year of the "blue" moon. All I saw when I took the photo (just before 5.00am) was the very bright silver moon but then when I downloaded the photos I had a blue moon as well. The photography department at Leeds University think that I either hadn't fitted the lens properly (I'm sure that I had) or that the blue moon is a reflection. Photos which I took at 11.30pm so just over 5 hours before, only have the silver moon. Same camera, same lens! Have you any ideas?
I download all my photos on to Picassa because it's free and I can organise all the photos into folders according to subject but the programme is outdated and does not get any updates. I have also started to use Topaz Studios for different effects with my photos.