Taken near my neighbours home, these Snowdrops are part of a much larger display which were planted by the husband for his wife. The reason he did this was so that she could look out of their bedroom window and see the first shoots of spring on display. They make a beautiful display by the side of the road, and are a joy to behold. I hope you like to see Snowdrops as much as me, the first signs of spring are just around the corner.
I liked the deep colour contrasting with the imperfections here. I wanted to try out the ST1000 macro facility and was pleased with it. There is so much texture and detail in leaves when you look closely and I wanted to convey that here.
This is Freddie the Frog. He lives in our garden and come rain or shine he always has a smile on his face lol. It is quite an unusual shot to take, but I wanted to create a bird’s-eye view as opposed to the normal full on view. This pic was taken with the ST1000, which is a easy to use, and super camera to have fun with. I have been impressed with the quality of the images and of the general build quality. And the GPS is a fantastic bonus of course.
Make a short film instead…
Very heavy snow in North Norfolk recently. This is our road, open and passable now but was a different story on Thursday night. Really pleased with the way the ST1000 has not underexposed too much rendering the snow grey. As I took this shot it was -1 outside but the Camera had no probs working. Will add some more Winter shots later.
Taken at Holme Dunes with the ST1000 compact camera. A beautiful place to take my first photo with this camera. The quality is excellent and I thought the GPS is a excellent addition, letting you see exactly where the photo was taken on the Google map when I arrived home. Holme Dunes is home to a huge sandy beach, Waders and Geese and fantastic views. If you are ever up in this part of the World check it out!
I am certainly not a landscape photographer. But today, after a particularly dreary morning at work (isn’t it always?), I looked up and saw the most beautiful rainbow with my home city of Manchester behind it. Usually, I shy away from ‘nice’ things in my photography. But of late, I have not felt my best, and feel low in creativity. I think it’s that time of the year, when the nights grow dark earlier and you just want to stay indoors.
I am lucky that I am afforded such a great view from my office. I can see the entire city in one vista. The city is about ten miles from where I work. Sometimes, I will daydream and wish I was at home (I can actually see my flat from work).
I have just taken a short trip to visit my friends in Geneva. I am lucky
that I live (and also work) at Manchester airport and that my friend
lives near Geneva airport.
With the flight only taking 2 hours, the journey from door to door is
3 hours (well, four and a half, if you include the checking in).
I always struggle with myself when I go away on holiday - what lens do I
take? The 50mm? The 10-20mm wide angle? The 18-55? The 55-200mm
telephoto? ALL OF THEM? Agh.
As much as I love my dSLR (and I do), sometimes having a choice can be a
curse. I spend so much time in planning a ‘great shot’ that I mess it up
as I ponder which lens I should use, by which time, the opportunity has
passed me by. Also, with luggage restrictions (one piece of hand luggage
per person), I couldn’t take my camerabag
anyhow)
So, I decide to do something a little unconventional for me - I left the
dSLR at home. I took the new, and quite fabulous Samsung ST1000 instead.
That way, I would have to work with what I have got. And it did exactly
what I wanted it to.
I am still a little unused to using a compact camera - I always want to
hold it up to my eye for the viewfinder. However, with the very clear
and large screen, I was confident at what I saw is what I took.
Geneva is not the prettiest of cities, and certainly not indicative of
what Switzerland is like. But, I find it to be friendly (especially my
friends who live there, naturally). Unfortunately, it is also very
expensive - and with wealth comes incredible people… My city,
Manchester is very working class and has some of the poorest areas in
the UK. Geneva, on the other hand is the complete opposite. I was
fascinated by the wealth and exuberance of people - I have never seen so
many Porsche’s, fur coats, face lifts etc.
This was just a very quick street photo of a woman who I noticed - I
love the way that she stood out in her blue cardigan against the
charcoal grey of the buildings and the conservative dress of the other
people. As I didn’t have much chance to read the manual of the camera, I
just set the camera to automatic and literally shot from the hip.
But I couldn’t have hope for a better photo - she is crisp and in focus
and the people behind have motion blur. This is also straight from the
camera too, which is helpful and gives it a more honest and ‘raw’ feel
to it (for me anyhow).
The camera does have a wealth of features - Bluetooth (so you can send
to a phone or your Mac/PC), Wifi - you can even email your photos from
your camera to friends or even Flickr or another photo hosting site (if
you are in a wifi zone) and best of all GPS so the location is displayed
in your EXIF data. This can also be displayed on Flickr.
This is something to be mindful of - for holidays, it’s a good idea, but
remember if you take a photo at home, it can display where you live.
I was thankful that the camera can shoot video too, from small web size
videos and full scale HDTV. I did use this function while I was away to
capture some moments and was very pleased with the results.
I will read the manual when I have time, I really want to see what else
this camera can do.
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