For the Photo Group project this month, I’ve been trying to take a photo that conveys the theme of “Climate Friendly”. I’ve messed around with this image, taken outside the bike shop this afternoon, on a programme called Gimp to achieve a semi-abstract picture.
Does it say Climate Friendly to you?
Earlier this evening, I collected some photos that have been displayed in a restaurant in town. The one of the building was Miss Dancing’s winning photo in the Arts Festival Photo Event … the dolls and the door were taken by Mr I and came second (forgot the categories), Miss Dancing’s other second placed photo cannot be seen as it’s behind the chair and I’m just too lazy to get up and re-arrange them. As the camera was to hand, I took the photo from where I am sitting.
I’ve no idea what I am going to do with the HUGE print of the Chalkhill Blue butterfly!
The photography workshop I attended yesterday was at Lacock . The whole village is owned by The National Trust and the Abbey was the country home of William Fox Talbot, one of the pioneers of photography. In August 1835, Talbot made the earliest known surviving photographic negative using a camera, of the latticed window in the south gallery of Lacock Abbey.
The Abbey and the village have frequently been used as film sets for Harry Potter (Abbey) and Cranford (the village).
We popped into the Abbey grounds to take some photos … can you see the wooden shed to the right of the Abbey in the photo below?
The shed was in fact a camera obscura. I knew I’d get to use Latin at some point! It means darkened room. Set into the side of the shed was a hole with a lens. I went into the shed and closed the door and there, on the inside wall, was the projection of the Abbey … amazing stuff. Adjusting my camera I took this shot … although someone suggested I could have just photographed the Abbey upside down anyway!
I’ve had an excellent week.
Monday morning I was off to Latin and we had a good session. After lunch Mr Dancing and I travelled to Dorset where we stayed overnight – I’ve already posted about Michael McIntyre and the amazing poppies. We also visited Kingston Lacey and Badbury Rings.
On Wednesday I was TIRED … so had an extremely lazy day.
On Thursday I met (for the first time) the lovely Mitmot and her husband and dragged them around on a sightseeing tour. Mitmot belongs to a forum I visit. She is extremely talented with her sewing and crafts – not to mention having an affinity with animals. She got to know a kangaroo called Roger on the beach whilst in Oz!
On Friday, I met (again for the first time) my third cousin once removed (according to my genealogy software). I “met” W online when I started researching my genealogy and we have consulted each other about the mysteries of our family history over the past few years. It was good to meet her and her husband at last for an enjoyable coffee break whilst they were en-route to Devon for a wedding.
Today I have been taking part in a Photography Workshop. It was excellent. Now I have a better understanding of depth of field, f-stops, shutter speeds, exposures, white balance and ISO settings. Being able to ask a professional questions face-to-face was so much better than reading any amount of manuals and photography books. There were 8 people taking part and we all felt we had learnt a lot. Whether we’ll be able to remember it all is another matter!
These are some of the photos I took today with my now properly re-adjusted camera. Would you believe I had had the camera on a mega ISO setting for over a month without realising and with the wrong point of focus setting?
Hopefully I can do Part 2 of the workshop next month.
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