by shanemcd | Jan 22, 2014 | Photo Tips |
As a photographer do you ever find yourself getting stuck in a rut? Have you fallen into the HDR hole, are you always shooting in Auto mode or are you always shooting the same subjects at the same time of day? We all work hard at improving our photography and here are 10 tips you […]
Tags: 10 Tips, 500px, Advice, Camera, Camera Club, Competitions, Flickr, Improve, Improve Your Photography, Improve Your Photos, Inspiration, iPhone, Photo Contests, Shooting, Social Media, Tips, Tripod, your Camera
by shanemcd | Sep 9, 2013 | Photography & Camera Settings |
It’s often a problem when using a zoom lens, you zoom in and take the shot and you end up with a shot that’s not 100% sharp. This is because you were so far zoomed in that the camera was not steady enough to capture a sharp shot. A fraction of movement when zoomed in […]
Tags: 1/500s, Aperture, Aperture f/5.6, Blurry, Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III lens, Exposure Tips, Exposure Triangle enough to capture a s, Fox Photo, How to Take Sharper Photos, Image Stabailsation, ISO, ISO 100, ISO 400, Longleat Safari Park, Longleat Safari Tiger, M Mode, Manual Mode, Movement, Multiple Shots, Not Sharp, Photo Exposure Tips, Photo of Fox, Photo of Tiger, Photo Tip, Photography Tips, Photos, Rapid Fire Shooting, Sharp, Sharp Photo, Sharper Photos, Shooting Sharper Images, Shooting Sharper Photos, Shutter Priority Mode, Shutter Speed, Siberian Tigers, Steady, Taking Sharper Photos, Tripod, Understanding Aperture, Understanding ISO, Understanding Shutter Speeds, Unsharp Images, Wiltshire, Zoom Lens
by shanemcd | Jun 20, 2012 | Project52 |
Having got some ND filters, I had being playing around with evening light and captured this shot looking towards the new N25 toll bridge in Waterford as the sunset. I had used an ND4 and a ND grad filter. The lighting was probably a bit too harsh to do a long exposure. I used a […]
Tags: Blurry Photos, Evening Photo, Filters, Focus, IS, IS Causing Blurry Photos, Manual Focus, N25 Bypass at Sunset, N25 Bypass Photo, N25 Sunset, ND Filters, ND Grad, ND Grad Filter, ND4, ND4 Filters, NDGrad, Sunset, Sunset in Waterford, Sunset Photo, Sunsets, Tripod, Waterford, Waterford Photo
by shanemcd | Jun 6, 2012 | Food Photography, Photography & Camera Settings, Project52 |
Almost half way through the project 52 and this post is all about food and fine dining. I recently did some food photography for the Lady Helen Restaurant at Mount Juliet Country Estate. Often photography is a challenge because the subject may be not that aesthetically pleasing and you are trying to do your best […]
Tags: Cable Release, Canon 450D, Fine Dining Photography, Food, Food Photographer Ireland, Food Photography, Food Photography 101, Food Photography Introductory, Food Shots, How to do Food Photography, How to Take food photography, How to take Photographs of Food, How to take photos of food, Lighting, Mirror Lockup, Photography of Food, Photos of Food, Reflectors, Restaurant Photography, Speedlite, Speedlite 430, Speedlite 430EXII, Taking Photos of Food, Taking Pictures of Food, Tamron 10-24, Tripod
by shanemcd | Feb 13, 2011 | Photography & Camera Settings |
Did you know that by having your Image Stabilization (IS) or Vibration Reduction(VR) can cause Blurry images? Some people told me this is a myth, I even found some websites saying this wasn’t the case. So I tried it out myself. I setup a shot with a 30 second exposure, on a tripod, F/18 shot […]
Tags: Blur, Blurry Images, Canon, Image Stabilisation, Image Stabilization, IS, Nikon, No Tripod, Tripod, Using a Tripod, Vibration Reduction, VR
