Weekly Beach Trip

Hi its Amy, I kind of forgot to do a post yesterday so sorry about that,
I have done a lot more photography recently just as a hobby, so I don't have to do things that I have to school, but just taking photos for fun.
Anyways, yesterday I went to Boscombe beach, and its my all time favourite place. It always makes me feel relaxed, and happy, and I just have an amazing time.
We always bring the dog with us and spend the whole morning there. So its just me, my dad and the dog. Even though its February and cold, its always really refreshing to spend your morning and walking across the sand, and just to get some fresh air.

Here are some photos that I took yesterday, when I was down at the beach.

When taking pictures on the beach, always bring a guard to protect your lens, because the last thing that you want to do is get sand on your camera. Another tip, is to use different angles, so you don't always get a picture from far away, but get really close up, or if you are walking your dog, get to your dogs height (like I have done in the first photograph) and then you don't end up with the same photographs.

These are just a few of my photographs that I took yesterday, for action shot pictures (2nd and 4th picture), the best setting to use it the sports setting (the man running) this gets really clear and crisp photos, and your photo doesn't get blurred whilst taking the image. The picture of Evie (the last image) was taken with the portrait setting, and this gets all the details in the face, and makes sure that your subject doesn't get blurred, this is my mot used setting as I find it always looks like an amazing quality image. 

After doing a photoshoot, and have a nice walk along the beach, we go to an amazing little cafe and they do amazing food, yesterday I had a mango and passionfruit smoothie (which is homemade) with homemade pancakes with berry compote which is my favourite breakfast. I was going to do take a photograph of the pancakes, but I forgot and I had already eaten it all. 

When taking photos on the beach here are a few tips:

1. Always bring welly boots- I forgot welly boots yesterday and my feet were freezing, and I couldn't go in the sea to take photos which was really annoying.

2. Use different angles- like I have said before, it makes your photos look more interesting when you use different lighting and angles, as you have more depth in your photo, and gives an overall more interesting look.

3. MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERAS CHARGED- this may seem like a simple enough thing to do, but I always forget to charge my camera, so I don't always have enough charge, and have to use my camera carefully.

4. Don't delete your pictures- this is the worst possible thing to do because even though you may think that the photo looks awful, it will always look better on the computer/ laptop, and you can always crop things out, or edit it slightly.

These are just a few simple tips, which I find helpful and will make your photos better quality.

I hope that you have liked this post, and if you have any suggestions on what photography post I should do next, please ask me on my twitter, or comment below.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have enjoyed!

My Animal Photography- GCSE

Hi its Amy, Iv'e decided that I am going to upload 3 times a week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, because I seem that once a week is too long, I am going to do different things on the days though
For example:
TUESDAY= Beauty/skin routines.
FRIDAY= Photography
SUNDAY= Hauls (Beauty and clothing)

As now you know about what sort of things I will be posting, I will show you a few pictures I have taken recently and for anyone who is in for photography, or want to start photography, I will give you a few tips and things like that. (Most of these photographs were taken from a few weeks ago as I have been ill recently).


10 TIPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY:
1. Make sure you have a good camera ( I have a 650D DSLR camera) and make sure that you have a reasonable size lens.

2. Invest in a macro lens (I don't use a real one I have a set of four and they are like magnifying glass covers?) These are really good and come in 4 different sizes x10, x2, x1 and x5 my favourite one to use is x5 as its not too big but you get amazing detail.

3. Have a camera bag: These are really helpful for carrying your camera, and lenses, also its waterproof so if its raining your camera will stay dry.

4. ESPECIALLY FOR ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY:- Make sure you wear suitable clothing because if it is raining you don't want to be wearing your best clothes, I usually just wear an old top (or jumper) with a waterproof coat and wellyboots, or just old boots.

5. Know your surroundings- go somewhere where you know the place and then you know what you are going to expect.

6. Know what time- For example if you want to take a picture of a deer, you wouldn't necessarily go out at lunchtime, because this isn't always a time you will find a deer, so I find it best going when i go dog walking (7:00- 8:00) I know this may seem really early, but if you want to get a good photo, it would be worth it.

7. WHAT SETTINGS TO USE: its best if you know your settings, because you don't want to take a blurred photo, or use the wrong setting, I find the best setting is closeup or portrait, especially animal portraits (such as pets) its really good as the flash isn't bright so it will hurt your pets eyes, and you get a good image.

8. Be quiet depending on the animal- if you want to take pictures of birds, the last thing you want to do is scare them off, so I find if you be patient and don't move they will stay longer, and you can get a good quality image.

9. FOR PET PHOTOGRAPHY:- know the animal, and if you are wanting to take pictures of other peoples dogs/horses/cats etc. ask the person first because you don't know how the animal will react.

10. YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE- I bring my phone everywhere as I basically can't live without it, like most teenagers. I would recommend to bring a camera with you are well like a disposable camera, or an easier camera to hold, because you never know what you are going to find.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF MY TIPS I USE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, and I find these are the most helpful.

Now here are some pictures that I have taken recently:

                                                                                                            

I took this photo, in May... which was ages ago, but it is one of my best photos that I had taken, and I used the sports setting, which captured her running towards me after throwing the ball for her.
I cropped in a little bit, as when I took it she was quite far away, but it shows just what a difference cropping a photo can do.

This is by far, one of my favourite photographs, I have ever taken, because I wasn't going to take a photo, as I had never taken a running photo, and it just ended going better than expected, so I'm really proud of the results of this photograph.


This is all for now, and if you liked this sort of things, or found it interesting please tell me in the comments, what sort of photography you are interested in and what you would like to see next,
Sorry this was a bit of a rambly post, but a few people have said they wanted to see some of the photographs that I have done.

Thank you for reading x