Now for Something Different –

Today I needed to teach my daughter all about slow shutter photography.  She is taking her AS Level photography this year and as part of her personal investigation (course requirement) she wanted to look at a theme of ‘Moments in Time’.  She particularly likes the look of silky water cascading from a waterfall.  It’s not the easiest of shoots to do but seeing as I would be explaining the technique to her, I thought that I may as well do a few shots of my own.

We were very much up against it today, because my camera batteries were running low very fast (probably due to the lengthy shutter speeds) and we only had a couple of hours.  It was very cold too which didn’t help.  However, I came away feeling that the day had been successful because my daughter picked up the slow shutter concept really well and managed to produce some great shots all of her own.

I often wonder if I should have concentrated more on my photography over the last year with regards to my course.  However, I don’t think that I would have had half as much fun or challenged myself enough.  It is nice to return to the familiar sometimes though.

Below are a few images from my shoot today.  Technically I can pick many holes in them – for example some of the areas are not in sharp focus.  However on the whole I don’t think they are too bad and it was more of a teaching session than a professional shoot.

Quick Video Compilation

Here is a quick video compilation of the shoot.  I’ve added some stills below.

Becky Falls Shoot

Random Shots

I thought that I’d add a few random shots that I took during the shoot.  Although these aren’t as good as the Becky Falls shot they are still quite interesting.

Conclusion

I really enjoyed working with my camera today.  It was nice to return to something that I used to love.  Being out in nature was also a bonus.