Day 38 - Thank you Mr. Bird!

Today I went on another 'stalk the birds until you get a decent photograph' adventure. I have decided that wildlife photographers are possibly the 2nd most immensly skilled people on the planet. The 1st most immensly skilled people on the planet are those who not only photograph wildlife... but film it too. That is pure talent. To get this picture I went upstairs (having the telephoto lense meant I could still take pictures from far away) and kept my camera focused on the bird feeder, knowing that soon enough some bird will come along and eat, and soon this little one did! I was immensly grateful to it for eating for so long that I got at least 10 pictures of it. Thank you Mr. Bird.

Day 37 - Putting Your Behind In Your Past...?

Pumbaa - It's like my buddy Timon always says: you got to put your behind in your past.

(The Lion King is a great movie)

There's a time when we have to put your past behind you. In a wierd way I kinda did that today.

#12. Drink a can of Blue Bear.

Another thing on the Spade List that may seem completely stupid to those who don't know me. I'll put it simply - for a long time the energy drink Blue Bear represented everything I hated. I refused to drink it and sometimes even got annoyed when people drank it around me. Yeah, I'm wierd, I know. Recently, it hasn't bothered me though, and so I decided to finally drink a can. In a way, by doing this it felt like I was putting my past behind me, and forgetting it. It may seem irrelevant to a lot of you, but I guess this is just me. I'm surprised at how open I am on this thing!

As awesome as that photo may be... it's not my photo of the day... it's just a pic of me drinking a can of Blue Bear! This is my photo of the day -

It's a clock. Not my best picture ever, but I didn't have much time today to get a good one. I fear that my photos are just gonna get worse.. hopefully not! =]

Jo out.

Day 36 - Congratulations!

Today I was being a wedding photographer! Wheeeeyyy!!








It was great being able to wander around after my boss, watching how he would set up shots and decide what makes a good picture. I got some good shots but I put these up, 'cause I like them, and I don't want to put too many shots up. Privacy and all that jazz!

I think it was a great way to end my work experience as a photographer's assistant. I have learnt a lot about working in a studio this week, and have started attempting to use manual mode... which I think is a big starting point for taking better pictures! Hope everyone else doing work experience this week had good fun!!

Jo out.

PS. I'm back at home now anyway, so uploads will become a lot more regular... sorry Sophie! ;)

Day 35 - Manual Mode Is Less Scary Than I Thought!

Today I faced my fear of the Manual Mode on my camera! Work Experience is good for me!! The problem is...... I can't remember what setting I had taken this photo on.... something like shutter speed 1/200 and f/... erm, f/ something. =P But anyways it turned out how I wanted it to turn out - all you can see are my gloves, the top of my head and my camera! I am proud of myself - I used my camera on manual mode and it worked!! Okay though I'll be honest, the picture is edited slightly. Only slightly! You could just make out the corner of my bed and my wardrobe in the corner, so I blacked them out. It's not like they were majorly obvious, they were heavily shadowed, white was dark grey. I just blackened it out so that your eye would not be distracted from the main part of the picture. I am thinking like a photographer.
Oh, if you're wondering, the camera I'm holding is my grandfathers, I put my camera on a tripod to get the pic. My Grandad was the one that introduced me to D-SLR photography. Without his enthusiam for cameras, I wouldn't have developed mine. I owe it all to him. Love you Grandad =]

Day 34 - Snowdrops Keep Fallin' On My Head...

It snowed today! Like a lot! Much more than I would have got where I live. The studio I'm working in is FREEZING though! Just edited pictures all day today... nothing really worth noting I guess! It's fun anyway.

This pic? It's of a street lamp, taken from a window upstairs. I focused on the rain (or snow) drops to make the street lamp go all circle-y. I like it!

Day 33 - Fujifilm S5 Pro

Yes. I used the BEAST that is the Fujifilm S5 Pro today to take pictures of my boss's kids in his studio. Photos will be uploaded soon.

Day 32 - Photography Day Much?

I am rather disgusted at how grumpy I look in this picture, the thing was, I wasn't even pulling a grumpy face, it just turned out that way! So this bedroom is where I will be living for the next week! I'm staying with my grandparents from today to Friday for Work Experience! It's a lot of fun!

Well today in Work Ex I went with my boss to watch some experts judge a photography competition. Some photographers are so darn talented its disgusting!! Hopefully I'll get there some day :) I spent the rest of the day cropping and adjusting some of his portrait session pictures for him. Hopefully I'll get the camera out tomorrow!

So I'm enjoying myself so far =D living with my grandparents is awesome. I love them. They're crazy, but I love them. When I say crazy I mean it. Here's a quote from Granma when she was watching JLS dance on the TV -

"Why do they insist on grabbing their crotches all the time? I mean, do we walk around and all of a sudden grab our breasts? Do they think it'll just fall off sometime or something? Haha, that would be funny, they would look down and it would be in their hand, and they'd say 'Oh! What's this?'"

I think I'm going to enjoy this week. =]