Author: visionsaberdeen

Puffin hunting – 7 June 2018

On the 7th of June Visions organised a wee trip to RSPB Fowlheugh Reserve at Crawton, just south of Stonehaven. Thousands of seabirds nest here on the steep cliffs, mainly razorbills, kittiwakes, guillemots, fulmars and still a few puffins. As puffins are cute and colourful they are a popular bird to photograph. Puffins only come... Continue Reading →

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Fire Spinning on the beach 5 April 2018

Kevin organised a brilliant evening on the beach to demonstrate his fire spinning skills. An unprecedented number of Visionares turned up near the Beach Ballroom armed with with cameras and tripods. Basically Kevin stuffs some fine wirewool in a whisk attached to a piece of string. He lights the wirewool with a small battery and... Continue Reading →

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Lighting – July 2017

On Thursday 19th July we had an indoor practical session with the new lights and backdrop. The first group were photographing still life/flowers.   The second group were trying their hand at portraits.  Needless to say this group was the most fun and soon everyone had gravitated over to that side of the room. The... Continue Reading →

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Food Photography – March 2017

On Thursday 30th March, we had a real treat - well lots of treats really.  Diane from Jotolio Photography came along to teach us about food photography.  We were all invited to bring along some food to photograph and we excelled ourselves. There was everything from a wonderful cake with glazed fruit on top, to chocolates, eggs with... Continue Reading →

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Friendly critiques

This collection of points on critiquing  photos is courtesy of various experts on Google.  Because of copyright issues, I have had to replace the photos used in my original club presentation with those from our own members.  The ones used to illustrate poor technique I take full responsibility for! What is a critique?  A critique is not a... Continue Reading →

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