David Gardner Photography EXERCISE – POSITIONING THE HORIZON Whilst I was visiting the coast at Strumble Head, I took a few photographs of the sea / sky horizon. The otherwise blank horizon was made more interesting by the presence of a distant island and also a dark band of shadow. I framed the shots through the viewfinder […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE 1 – FOCAL LENGTHS The aim of this exercise was to use different lenses and a range of focal lengths to photograph the same subject in order to demonstrate the different images that resulted. For the exercise I visited Strumble Head in north Pembrokeshire and set up my Canon 7D on a tripod on a cliff […]Read Post ›
A SEQUENCE OF COMPOSITION For this exercise I chose to visit a local Antiques Fair in order to capture scenes of action around the stalls. As it happens when I arrived there was little activity and dealers were desperately trying to find things to do before closing time. I used the opportunity to try to […]Read Post ›
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME My name is David Gardner. I am a mature student at 64 years old and I have a background of previous employment in the conservation and environmental field and self employment as a dealer in art and antiques. With the demise of the art and antiques market locally and the impossibility of getting significant […]Read Post ›
Ravilious Study Visit by Gareth • 16 June 2014 • 2 Comments On Saturday 26 July, tutor Jesse Alexander will lead a study visit to look at the work of photographer Jame Ravilious held in the Museum of Barnstable and North Devon. The visit will include a talk by James’ widow Robin and an opportunity to examine the Beaford […]Read Post ›
THE FRAME – EXERCISE 2 Object in Different Positions in the Frame I had some difficulty identifying a suitable scenario locally when I came to do this exercise as it required a very clear subject set within a large, even background so I thought I would attempt to create something suitable by placing a […]Read Post ›
TRYING TO TAKE OFF AGAINST THE WIND AND TIDE! A laptop crash has delayed the continuation of my work for a while so I have been revisiting my Canon 7D manual to read all the stuff I should have read before but never found the time! Still a lot to get my head round and […]Read Post ›
I never thought it would be this challenging! Not the photography, but the technology of setting up a blog and recording the exercises! I have had enormous difficulty uploading photographs into My Collections on the OCA site and I don’t know if I am doing something wrong, if my software, hardware or server are the problem, or if it is […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE 1 – FOCUS WITH A SET APERTURE. Well…. I thought it was going to be easy! I was confident that I would have no difficulty with this exercise as I knew about the relationship between aperture and depth of field and I had every confidence that there would be no problem. Wrong! The purpose of […]Read Post ›
EXERCISE 2 – PANNING WITH DIFFERENT SHUTTER SPEEDS The following photographs were taken from a boat as it returned up the Milford Haven from a trip round the Pembrokeshire islands. The gulls were following the boat and it seemed to me to be a perfect opportunity to try a variety of shutter speeds to see […]Read Post ›
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