It isn't that I haven't been taking photos, I have, or that I haven't been thinking about taking better photos, I have, it's just I haven't posted anything. This blog is supposed to be a journey, and well, I've been a little stagnant...
Recently I returned from a 3 month trip to New Zealand, the home of drop dead gorgeous landscape scenery, so I've been pretty snap happy. Both the SLR and the iPhone got a good workout, as did the GoPro, and I've got some fantastic images. But I realised that I was struggling a lot with getting the right exposures, so on my return I've hit the books and decided to start from square one.
I'm going manual.
This means setting the camera to manual settings and working out my exposure by fiddling dials. I've ISO, aperture and shutter time to play with (I'm leaving the focus on automatic for the time being) and I'm basically learning how my camera works. It also helps to read the manual it came with. Duh!!
I've set the histogram to blink when I blow the highlights or there's too much black, and I'm using a 50mm prime lens to take some of the complexity away.
I've pulled out my old Canon EOS 30D for this exercise, but am unsure whether I'll keep with it. The shutter button has quite a delay on it, which is weird, and may well be the reason I upgraded to a 50D in the first place. Won't hurt me to persist for a few days anyway.
I've tended to stay on aperture priority unless I'm taking moving water shots, so I need to get out of that rut and experiment a bit. I'll post some pictures next weekend.
Happy shooting :)
