Sunsetting

Quite a good shot I thought, it was a summers evening and the sun was setting and I had my camera to hand, I was going around the garden taking shots, then I saw the light shining throug the trees onto this plant, with its red leaves it is lit up by the sun. In post-camera, I used photoshop to add a red filter to it, adding warm to the photo, giving the rays of sunlight seen a warm and happy feel.

Taken using 14-44 standard lens.

Drinking fire

These two pictures I took on holiday in Bath, I thought they captured the nature
of the city and the culture excellently, despite being in a big crowd I managed to get quite a
few good shots of the guy. 

I set my camera to shutter priority, 1/1000 and turned up my ISO slightly,
so I wouldn't get a dark photo, to 1600 and chose my moments well I think, got great
shots of the man's expressions and the fire well, using the shutter priority setting can
be very useful if you're stuck for ideas on what to shoot, try taking pictures of falling water, or
some jumping......the list on goes!!

Lighting up leaves

Having sun shining through the trees is often makes a great photo, this one
quite good, as the sun not only shines through, in the centre of the photo, but
also lights up the surrounding leaves...adding a boost of colour to the photo.
Photo taken with a standard 14-42mm lens

Pirates

This photo I felt added a sense of humour to the photo,
great if you're in need of some fun!! This was done simply
using a water, a boat, and a figure. By adding a toy to something
boring, like a bird bath, gives you a whole load more possible
shots to do, maybe a figure hiking through grass? Or
a lego figure comfronting a snail?! The possibilities are endless!

Creation of this Blog

Hello there!
I was looking around on the internet for photography inspiration and felt there was a certain lack of sites offering that help...so I figured if anyone can do it, I sure can, this blog isn't aimed at high flyers in the photography world, so don't expect anything grand, this blog is for amateurs, people who do photography as a hobby and don't take it that seriously.

I use a Olympus E410 DSLR, with a standard 14 to 42mm lens and a 40-150mm telephoto lens  since March 2012, and before I had a Fugi Finepix. I started getting into photography about a two years ago, and when I saw a good photography opportunity I would take it, more recently I've taken a keen interest in it, and now actively go out looking for photos, and where ever I go, just about, my camera comes with me!

There's a brief history of my photography hobby, I didn't want to bore you to much...I hope this blog provides the inspiration you are looking for!