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Posted on January 25, 2010
Kent County Council organise some very good conferences, thanks to the work of Deborah Malthouse and the team at the Communications Unit. I was asked to photograph a very informative and well-attended conference (at the Ashford International Hotel) exploring the role of volunteering and the partnerships that result from it in the public and private sector.
Technical / training note – very low venue light meant 800 ISO and a steady hand. At these sorts of event it is not always possible to use flash but I had to make use of an off-camera 580Ex11 and an ST-E2 to try and create some keylights somewhere.
Although based as a photographer in Kent I cover corporate and commercial work across the UK. If you would like to know more do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
Posted on January 25, 2010
I ran a short residential course recently in Canterbury, Kent for owners of compact or basic function cameras that wanted to improve their camera skills in composition and technical understanding. I had to limit myself to both an old Canon S70 point and shoot and an equally old Canon 20D with a Tokina 28-70 lens (the point being that for under £100.00 you could be up and running). I will always find the restrictions of the point and shoot cameras frustrating – the lag between the focus time and the problems with image quality -but I was determined to get what I could out of the under £100 DSLR combination. The images below were mainly ISO 800 in very low light, aperture at 2.8 and a shutter speed of between 1/50 and 1/60. Low light can create beautiful, soft cushioning to the human face. The final picture of Canterbury Cathedral was taken on the point-and-shoot S70, a timed exposure at F8.
If you would like to know more about camera courses and digital photography training do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
Posted on January 11, 2010
Ok, so the novelty wore off after the first 5 days of cancelled appointments and being stuck in traffic! I did have a chance to sneak out in sub-zero temperatures with an old Canon 20D to take some shots. Without gloves, my fingers seized up and started to stick to the camera after about 15 minutes…
Photographing snow can be tricky because the camera’s inbuilt light meter is fooled by all of the white reflection and panics into thinking there’s too much light getting into the camera. So, you have to manually tell it to ignore this and let more in by using the exposure compenation function by say +1. In challenging lighting conditions (low winter sunlight) you might need to experiment and season to taste. If you would like to know more about camera courses and digital photography training do take a look at either www.timstubbings.co.uk or timstubbingsphotography.com
