One of my New Year Resolutions is to improve my photography. So last week, whilst feeling inspired by my Doona, Rebecca, I took my camera & tripod (along with David snuggled into the buggy) down to the beach to try my hand at some long exposure shots.
Despite having my camera for nearly 4 years, I've largely relied on the Auto settings, with only a handful of times trying to get to grips with Manual before quickly realising I'm clueless and switching back. So when I broke my camera a few weeks back I reiterated my New Year Resolution & told myself if I was to replace my old camera, I had to make an extra effort in using a new one. So when my sparkly new Nikon D3100 arrived, I wrote myself a list of things to try. Amongst various ideas for photographing the boys, self portraits & nature-y things, I wanted to try some long exposure. And having the beach at the bottom of our road makes the perfect place to start!
It was a freezing cold day, the wind was mad & the water was a bit wild. But I'm pretty happy with my first long exposure attempt. I could do with a bit more practise in editing but I do love how the above photo turned out regardless.
Despite having my camera for nearly 4 years, I've largely relied on the Auto settings, with only a handful of times trying to get to grips with Manual before quickly realising I'm clueless and switching back. So when I broke my camera a few weeks back I reiterated my New Year Resolution & told myself if I was to replace my old camera, I had to make an extra effort in using a new one. So when my sparkly new Nikon D3100 arrived, I wrote myself a list of things to try. Amongst various ideas for photographing the boys, self portraits & nature-y things, I wanted to try some long exposure. And having the beach at the bottom of our road makes the perfect place to start!
It was a freezing cold day, the wind was mad & the water was a bit wild. But I'm pretty happy with my first long exposure attempt. I could do with a bit more practise in editing but I do love how the above photo turned out regardless.
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