CONGRATULATIONS Jo Barnes

Well done Jo, on winning the FEB S22 / Leader competition.
Jo has wone herslelf a place on our Creative Digital Photography course.

Here is Jo’s winning entry – her newly born daughter HOPE.

Molly in the STUDIO #1

I managed to get my 21 month old Molly to sit / pose…well happen, infront of the lights. We went up the Studio 22 to pick up some books and she started messing about on the beanbag. So I flicked on the 160w/s with softbox and set a ball-park aperture (f11)…got this is on the 2nd shots.

Time to compose

Liz, one of my first students, sends in this little gem, from up the bay.  Other than a few composition tips I reckon Liz is well on her way to nailing some good landscapes.

How to photograph lightning

FIONA ASKS:  I was trying to take photos of the lightning last night and it just wouldn’t take the photo. I didn’t try my shutter speed really low as I don’t yet have a TRIPOD.  Is my camera setup (EOS 7D + 28-135mmKit lens) capable of this style of photography, or do I need a different lens?

last minute preps

Happy New Year everyone.

So, it’s the last weekend before I unleash myself and my knowledge on the local
budding-photography community. Everything is looking great; the handbooks are done, just need printing, the studio is all smart looking and I’m raring to go.

Shot the pilot

So, we’re off!

On Thursday we had our pilot Hobby Course, and what a night that was. We invited 6 lucky guinea pigs students along to test-drive the STUDIO 22 Hobby Course. The reason for this was to test the content, structure and pitch against 6 complete beginners to see how we faired.

Well, instead of reading what I think, look at a testimonial we received – from Julie bamback:

[Excerpt] – I went out the next day having more of an idea about my camera and how to get it right than I did after many hours trawling through pages of written stuff with my internet course.

Make those eyes POP!

So, you have a great photo of your baby, your girl, your man or your pet chameleon, and you want to make those eyes pop, just that little bit more – So, how do you sharpen eyes in photoshop?

Very simple -

Achieve this —>  in 3 easy steps within photoshop: