16 July, 2010 (23:47) | Gear Guide, newsletter | By: Diarmuid
Have you won the lottery or did your rich uncle leave you everything? If so then here is something that will put a dent in that wad; the Leica S2.
This camera is one worth noting whether it ever becomes a success or not. For one it is a Leica, probably one of the most highly [...]
Tags: camera, digital, leica, medium format, photography, s2
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7 May, 2010 (19:09) | Gear Guide, newsletter | By: Diarmuid
The amount of new DSLR cameras that come out is a steady stream to say the least. Canon are no strangers to marketing new upgraded models while the previous model hasn’t even left a dust ring on the store shelf. However with the Canon EOS 550D, there are some very good improvements and upgrades.
Less than [...]
Tags: camera, Canon, courses, DSLR, EOS, photography
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22 April, 2010 (21:41) | Site Updates, general, newsletter | By: Diarmuid
The student gallery is a showcase of the best work produced by students. All images have been chosen by our tutors for the gallery from images submitted by students through their projects.
Naturally these images are outstanding because they are selected from hundreds of project submissions. In fact only a handful of images are selected through [...]
Tags: camera, gallery, image, photography, students
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7 December, 2009 (22:00) | newsletter | By: Diarmuid
Cameras today do just about everything automatically except jump out of your bag and take the shot themselves, of course the technology is there to do that too! But with all this automation the full creativity and control of exposing an image can be lost. This is why at School of Photography, especially in our [...]
Tags: Aperture, Basic, camera, Exposure, Manual mode, photography, shutter speed
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7 November, 2009 (11:30) | newsletter | By: Diarmuid
How accurately you focus an image can make or break the image, sometimes the moment is over as soon as it has begun thus preventing a second, more precise, shot. Today’s auto focus cameras are quite quick and accurate but the photographer must know how to use the cameras focusing system correctly.
Most auto focus cameras [...]
Tags: autofocus, camera, eyes, focus, image, lens, photography, portraits
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