well this is inspired by arc's work,

the pictures have been taken using 2 camera's, both budget sub £100 digital cameras. ones a 2mp nikon and the others a 7mp HP. i have no tripod. i just like pointing and clicking but adding a bit of thought too!

so here goes:
January - new monitors

February - new cooling

March

May - coastal defence

June - stormy skies

July - centre parcs

August - castle howard

September - new suspension

October - more poker

December - centre parcs


any commetns welcome - constructive criticism also welcome just be aware of my hardware limitations! enjoy.

nice pics can i have a go :idea:

lol., pretty soon theres gonna be millions of threads called "my year in photography".,lol
nice pics raptor.,

some well composed shots there you def have an eye for it

would have been better if i had an understanding of the 'golden mean' which i do now..

thanks for your comments! any pointers?

munkul, get in there mate lets see some!

rule of thirds etc is just a guide, its something i read, went "ooooo" and then carried on as i was. treat it as just that, a guide. trust you eye more

pointers wise, erm.. don't use digital zoom (i'm guessing thats whats gone on with the centre parcs picture?). experiment bouncing the flash off things, or diffusing it else it can mess up bits of a photograph.

on the picture of the car, it has underexposed the underside and over exposed the sky. have a play with composing shots, them moving the camera up or down, half pressing the button to lock the exposure, and then moving back to where it was and taking the shot.

learning how to fool the cameras metering system can be quite handy

ah right so by half pressing and taking a reference from another part of the 'view' you can use to your advantage. ahh i see. yeah zoom is a problem with only 3x optical on the cameras i don't have much scope.

got £500 burning my pocket its either blow it on a laptop or buy a cheaper laptop and a decentish camera..... or gets some new wheels... or a new bit for the drum kit... ahhhhh