Gordonmac Dot Com

Mostly a web development blog

Posts Tagged ‘Tutorials’

0.5 Second – f/5.6 – 50 mm – ISO 200 with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Stormy Sea

Posted: September 25th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

One of the great things about living in Wick is never being more than a few moments walk from the sea. This is particularly great if you’re a keen photographer who likes taking shots of the sea in all her moods. Last night was the first time I’d …
Read more…

07:20 21st of September 2012. Sunrise at the South Head, Wick

Photography at dawn

Posted: September 21st, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

I decided to set the alarm for 06:00 in the hope of catching a decent sunrise. A sunrise is something I have never shot before (I know, terrible!), and autumn, with the darker mornings, makes a sunrise much more accessible than in high summer! Getting up wasn’t really …
Read more…

1/60 – f/5.6 – 17 mm – ISO 400 with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM

Photography at dusk

Posted: September 11th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

Dusk, often confused with sunset, is the period after twilight where the sky turns blue before it goes dark. People who shoot sunsets tend to go home once the orange disappears from the sky, and before they see the cool blues which replace the fiery reds and oranges …
Read more…

Hilda - "One Is Not Amused"

Staff Photos

Posted: September 5th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

Staff photos are an event often responsible for striking fear into almost all employees, with the exception of people who love being in front of cameras. On Tuesday I found myself on the right side of the camera – the right side of the camera in my mind …
Read more…