Tag: Rule of Thirds

Photographing the Landscape When It Really Isn’t Your Thing

Anyone who follows my blog knows that I am not really a landscape photographer.  I like to see the man made element in my work, and in front of me when I am taking photos.  That doesn’t mean that I can’t take landscape images, just that it is not my subject of choice.  Quite a few years ago I went away with a friend to the Grampians, for those that don’t know, the Grampians are a National Park and very mountainous.  During this weekend away I was supposed to be getting photos, we drove around and around, but I didn’t get any photos because I didn’t want to photograph anything.  I thought it was beautiful, but was not the type of subject that I really wanted to photograph.   There are times when you don’t have a choice and you just have to do it.  I was asked recently to… | Read the full article


Rules, Rules, Rules

When I first got into photography I was given a Pentax K1000 for my birthday and I had no idea how to use it.  It was a long time ago and the internet wasn’t around so I couldn’t google “how do I use my SLR”, so I had to figure it out for myself.  Trial and error got me there.  I did one course at the CAE here in Melbourne, but it was about black and white processing, didn’t really help with learning how to use it.  I did read a lot, and I figured out what it all meant.   Composition was a different thing though.  I had to learn that on my own.  I had to work out what was the best way an image looked.  Then I did a beginners course at a local camera club and I learned the”Rules”.The rules that say everything must be on… | Read the full article


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