Hatch

This is an example of stop motion animation that i find really good and clever. Even tho it would take the P**S….

Western Spaghetti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjLW5_dGAM

I had a brilliant day at the Learning Lighthouse last Thursday where I ran a Digital Photography and Photoshop session for 7-11 yr olds with their parents/ grandfathers and guardians. Each session was only 2hrs long and the children/ adults got through quite a lot and more importantly had a lot of fun learning (then breaking) the rules of Photography. The first part of the session was a practical based learning as the young photographers used digital cameras and we followed the Digital Photography Tips & Tricks Presentation . The group then did an introduction to Photoshop and ‘played’ with making titles and adding filters to their photographs. Here is a gallery of all the final pieces. You don’t have to have Photoshop to edit your photographs, there are lots of free on-line photo-editing software . Well done to all the students now photographers who participated on the course and thanks to the lovely crew at The Learning Lighthouse.

A good website for Photographers that has a great link to the 10 must have online tools for photographers. The website is called Epic Edits and is a great community blog & resources for those interested in the static shot.

Had a lot of fun on Saturday when I did a Portrait Photography training session with my good friend Leila Romaya. Leila is a brilliant photographer and was running a course on Portrait photography which she invited me to. Not only did I learn a lot of tips and techniques but I was able to ask my Sister, brother in law and niece & nephew to have some fun in ‘sitting’ for us. Leila was brilliant with the kids and we got some really excellent photos along the way. (We were using a Canon 5d camera for the shots and lighting with a couple of Bowens 500 on a brilliant white Calumet background.)

Loved this video sent through from Matt Frodsham! A post from Videopia on his vimeo site about Framing and Composition….talks about the Rule of 1/3rds in Lay man terms with good Film references!

http://vimeo.com/1461280

Have been working with the lovely team at the Learning Lighthouse this week on the Wirral. I was teaching Photography Tricks and Tips to a class of 7-11yr olds and their parents/ guardians. It was a really fun session and the kids had a ball.

Here is the link to a previous post with links to Free online photo editing software…