Learning and research

(Photography Outings) Bristol day out with class mates

During the duration of my course my class mates and I have arranged numerous photography days out to various places and locations in and around the country. I find this to be an essential part of learning about the art of photography as we all need hands on experience of using equipment and learning new techniques. It doesn't matter if it's not your kind of subject to photograph on the day,it all adds to your experience and helps to improve techniques in your photography

We organised a trip to Bristol over the Christmas period just the 5 of us pictured above.As ventured around the city and it's docks in pursuit of photographs,we were constantly learning,sharing tips and techniques which all add to becoming a more experienced photographer

I think that learning in a group helps your photography immensely because you are always sharing views and maybe trying new directions in photography that perhaps you wouldn't have even thought about trying on your own

I had planned to capture some sea and  Landscape material to supplement my course work but this never really materialised as the light on the day was so flat, grey,and lifeless. However we stayed in Bristol until after night fall and produced some half decent night photography

One of my night shots of the docks

Shown below are some images from a  website called past and present which shows some lovely old photographs of Bristol during various times over the last two century's. I find that actually visiting a place and researching it's history and characteristics makes the photography more interesting and appealing

Click on the link below to view the website

http://www.pastandpresentpublications.com/bristol_imges.htm