May 26th Workshop

Our next workshop is now on Saturday 26th May 2012.
Location; Forest Row Community Centre, Hartfield road Forest Row East Sussex RH18 5DZ
Forest Row Community centre details
10am- 4pm Lunch included.
We would love you to join us,for a fun and affordable photography workshop,
just bring your camera and lots of enthusiasm!
The day will include
Full knowledge of your camera workings at the beginning of the day
Raw,tiff,jpeg,ASA, Shutter speed,aperture,fully explained.
Exposure
Composition,(what makes a good photo?)
Constructive creative critique of all types of photography including your own
Plenty of practical, including full lighting practise
downloading and printing out from a computer.
Cost £60 including homemade organic lunch.

Comments from our previous workshops.
"A really good day with a perfect mix between theory and practise"
"understanding,shutter speed,aperture and ASA,I cracked it!"
"Enhanced digital confidence-digital demystification!"

Email me and let me know if you would like to come,info@better-pictures.co.uk

Better Pictures camera choices

We get many people attending our workshops asking our advice on the type of camera we would recommend.
Essentially according to your budget , get a chip size as big as you can afford. More Pixels, better quality pictures
There are allot of cameras out there and I wouldn't pretend that I know everything about all of them. So when looking for  a new camera to buy or to check out I follow a couple of basic principles.
1- how big is the Microchip in the camera, how many pixels is it using, a 10mb pixel size is a good minimum start
2- How sensitive is the camera at high ASA settings, how does it perform in low light, is there much electronic noise? checking independent reviews is a good way of finding out.
3- Speed of camera response, I don't mean the shutter speed but how quickly will it respond to you pressing the shutter and the camera actually taking the picture, This depends on two things how quickly does the camera respond in Auto exposure and Auto focus settings. Again on-line independent reviews will give a good indication of this
4- The look of the camera, do I actually like the design to hold and handle.

That about it, all other settings are a bit of and added extra but not essential.
If you want to take shots of wild life, or sport, then bear in mind the speed of the continuous frame rate and being able to follow the subject in Auto focus.
Close up or Macro facility would be important for me, what is the quality of the lens? can it handle close up of flowers for example.
So, looking at what's available at the moment, my considerations would be
Nikon 1 nikon details
Fuji FinePix X100  X100 details
Nikon d700 0r  D300
Canon 7d or 5d
Ricoh GR range Ricoh range

Happy Shopping
Bill at Better Pictures

March Workshop

Our next workshop is now on Saturday 24th March 2012.
We would love you to join us,for a fun and affordable photography workshop,
just bring your camera and lots of enthusiasm!
The day will include
Full knowledge of your camera workings at the beginning of the day
Raw,tiff,jpeg,ASA, Shutter speed,aperture,fully explained.
Exposure
Composition,(what makes a good photo?)
Constructive creative critique of all types of photography including your own
Plenty of practical, including full lighting practice
downloading and printing out from a computer.
Cost £60 including homemade organic lunch.

Comments from our previous workshops.
"A really good day with a perfect mix between theory and practice"
"understanding,shutter speed,aperture and ASA,I cracked it!"
"Enhanced digital confidence-digital demystification!"

Email me and let me know if you would like to come,info@better-pictures.co.uk

Great Day!

We had a great workshop on Saturday with eight keen photographers, 

some lovely shots were taken.

Afew comments from our day,

Digital demystification

All the questions I came with were answered

Understanding shutter speed,aperture and ASA,I cracked it!

We are so pleased that we were able to help and we hope you all continue on your photographic journey,and thank you all for such an enjoyable day.