Australian School of Amateur Photography in Invermay, Tasmania, Australia | Photography and videography

Australian School of Amateur Photography

Locality: Invermay, Tasmania, Australia

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25.01.2022 So the trick to lightning for me is to set my ISO low and my aperture small so that I can leave the shutter open for a long time. I have my camera in bulb mode which means the shutter stays open while my finger is on the button. I then wait for 3 strikes and check my image. I adjust the aperture until 3 strikes equals correct exposure. Then I drink tea and take groups of three strikes. Like this shot. #photography #lightning #camerabasics #nightphotography #storms

23.01.2022 Brand new galleries at the site. Pop over and check them out. http://www.asaphoto.com.au/gallery/

22.01.2022 You are the photographer. It is how you see the world that makes the picture, not the camera. #tree #photography

21.01.2022 Picture with my broken phone of the back of my not broken Olympus EM5 mk2 of the sunrise at a secluded beach in Tasmania. The world's colours astound me sometimes. Then a cold swim. Now tea. Get out and go shoot something. Doesn't have to be good. Good comes from shooting lots and lots of ordinary then reflecting on what could be done better.... #photography #sunrise #beach See more

19.01.2022 Same focus, different depth of field. The only difference was aperture setting. f2.8 vs f16. f2.8 is a bigger hole so more light gets in so the shutter speed had to be higher. All photography is a 3 way seesaw of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO ( sensitivity to light). ... This is why you need to learn to read your light meter in your camera display, which you only see when you shoot manual mode usually. #photography #light #depthoffield #camerabasics See more

17.01.2022 I've found myself in conversations with photographers recently who were very very wrapped up in the specifics of their gear. Of their lenses in particular. It occurred to me that they were more like collectors. Their ego seemed to be wrapped up in the gear they owned. Like a person who feels good about themselves when they talk about what their car can do. How fast it can go. How much acceleration it has. Each to their own. I have no issue with a person being like that. I do... know that some of the best photographers I've seen had quite ordinary gear. To me what makes a good photographer is how they see the world, not what they have in their camera bag. Good gear gives you choices. Good gear will let you do more in some cases. Good gear may also just cost a lot of money for some of us without doing anything for our photography. So my thought to share is this. Before you buy your next bit of gear, ask yourself if you are buying it because you are trying to break through a photographic frustration, or are you buying it because it is exciting to buy new gear? Have you done all you can with the gear you have? Just a thought. For me, the image appears in the mind first, then I grab the gear I need to get it. If the images I see in my mind I can't get with the gear I have, then I know I need more gear. Cheers.

15.01.2022 Don't get freaked out that everyone has a camera phone and that the camera phones are getting smarter and smarter and you've got a hunking huge DSLR with a kit of decent lenses, but often are unhappy with your shots. Having the gear gives you choices. These choices can't be matched by camera phones. If you are not happy with your shots, the best thing you can do is to sit and look at the shot you are not happy with and properly ask yourself what it is about it you are not hap...py with. Did you have a shot in your head that just didn't happen? Were you copying someone else's shot and couldn't get it right? Were you frustrated by your gear? Did you think you nailed the shot, but once in big mode on the computer you realised you missed nice sharp focus? Etcetera. You have to know why you are not happy, and you should not be unhappy about that. You should see it as an emotional pointer in the right direction. It will give you the insight you need into your feelings about your photography that will let you take it to the next level. You can determine if your issues are gear related, or camera operator skills, or you as an artist. And if you are stuck with a question about your picture, you can always ask me. I might have a thought or two that will help. Cheers.

15.01.2022 Every morning is a new picture. Every day is different. The world might be flooded with images but that doesn’t mean that what you see isn’t special. #photography #sunrise #justgoshoot

13.01.2022 In general the first thing I teach is focus. Then exposure. Then we start shooting in a priority mode. You then learn that shutter speed is a window of time and how far stuff moves in that window matters a lot. #photography #shutterspeed #fountain

12.01.2022 New gallery up at asaphoto.com.au/gallery/ Be groovy if you check it out. I have hundreds of shots to go so they are just a selection so far.... #photography #amateurphotography #travel #portraiture #landscape

07.01.2022 Everywhere you go there will be snippets of the world that to you will be a picture. #photography #urban #landscape #tasmania

05.01.2022 Exactly the same bridge. Different focal length lens. When you zoom in you are setting your lens as a long one. Zoom out and it is shorter. Or use different lenses. 9mm would be considered short. Generally under 50 starts to be short. 200mm would be long. Over 50 starts to be long. So you see, your choice of focal length determines the ratio of width to length one sees in the image.... Very important when taking portraits. #photography #focallength #lenses #camerabasics See more

02.01.2022 White balance matters and you do not have to leave yours on auto. #photography #camerabasics #whitebalance