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Wick Old Parish Church

Wick Old Parish Church

Posted: December 13th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

Last night I went for a wander in the dark with the camera, it was very frosty making for a lovely starry evening – you just had to watch your feet! Walking along the Riverside Park path I came to the boating shed and noticed the Old Parish …
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River Street, Wick

Photos with bokeh

Posted: December 11th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography, Tutorials

“Bokeh” is a term that originates from the Japanese word “boke” (blur/haze), but really pertains to the actual quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph. If you look at the following image you’ll notice that the angel decoration is in focus, and the busy background of the …
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Robyn - 1/125 Sec – f/4.0 – 200 mm – ISO 400 with Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM

A December weekend

Posted: December 10th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

This weekend was something different, a weekend where Kirsty and I had nothing planned and were able to do what we pleased. Coming near to Christmas, weekends like this are few and far between, what-with nights out, work and various other commitments. On Saturday morning we went for …
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1/125 Sec – f/4.0 – 73 mm – ISO 250 with Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM

Shannon

Posted: December 3rd, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

I think I’ve mentioned before that I don’t really do “people pictures”, but yesterday was an exception, and one which I thoroughly enjoyed. Shannon is the daughter of one of Kirsty’s colleagues, she is 5 years old – and a natural in front of the camera! The first …
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30 Sec – f/8.0 –23 mm – ISO 800 with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM

A full moon

Posted: November 28th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

The full moon and water – what a combination! I came straight home from work, and went straight out the door to catch the moon while it was still fairly close to the horizon, allowing me to get a reasonable amount of landscape in the shot. This was …
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