Category Archives: Photographic technique

Pondering Portraits

 My wife took this portrait of our daughter dressed up for her school leaver’s party. And while it may have been my wife who wielded the camera and pressed the shutter, I think of the end result as more of … Continue reading

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Image stabilisation does not fix everything

One benefit of the Sony Alpha system compared to say Canon or Nikon is that the image stabilisation technology (Super Steady Shot) is built into the camera body as opposed to being incorporated into just some selected lenses. That means … Continue reading

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Pan in the Can

The British Touring Car Championships event at Oulton Park on Sunday gave me the opportunity to try to perfect my panning technique. I’m getting better but still find this very hard to get right and my success rate is still … Continue reading

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