Black and White

Hello again!

I did another photoshoot! This time I decided to shoot in black and white. I didn't even know I could change the settings in my camera to just shoot purely in black and white! *slaps forehead* So as soon as I found out I was eager to find a subject to shoot with. Luckily  my wonderful friend Salome (who is an excellent poet and writer, link to her youtube video is here ) wanted a few photos for a project she was working on, so we set off on to the streets of Hull to get shooting!


















Finished! Off home we goo!

Angela x

Photoshoot!

I'm done with exams! *attempts to do a cartwheel and fails badly*

I can now start blogging regularly or as regularly as I can, which should be twice a week or on a busy week once a week! Anyway, a few months ago I shot a few photographs for my friend and her blog. I really liked the photos and I was impressed at how they turned out. I was experimenting with the settings on the camera as the theme of the photoshoot was colour, and I wanted the contrasting main colours of green, blue and browny/orange (the bricks) to really come out!

I have to say, I absolutely loved shooting my friend Alisha, and hope to shoot with her again sometime soon. I think i'm starting to figure out what type of photography I like to do. Portraits and street photography is definitely something that I want to do more of.

Enough of my blabbing here are the photos.
























Angela xx

Root Vegetable Soup

Hiya! How are you guys?

 A few weeks ago I made root vegetable stew it tasted so good! So I thought it would be a good idea to share it with you guys. I've never really been a fan of soup and have never made it! So when I realized how easy it is and how nice it tasted I wondered why I have never made it before! Also the recipe is healthy and filling!






Here is the recipe (4 servings):
2 onions
4 carrots
1 parsnip
1 swede
2 cloves of garlic
500ml chicken/vegetable stock
1 tsp of italian herbs
Coconut oil
Dash of Maggi sauce
Pinch of aromat all purpose seasoning
Pinch of sea salt
Pinch of black pepper
Pinch of curry powder

Method:
Cut the carrots, parsnip and swede into small chunks
Dice the onions and one glove of garlic
Heat the oil to medium heat and throw in the garlic, cook for 1 minute
Throw in the onions and fry until browned
Add all the cut up vegetables into the pot, cook for a further minute
Add the vegetable stock, cover and cook for 5 minutes
Add the clove of garlic and all the herbs and spices. Lower the heat and cook for a further 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
Take off the cooker and let it cool for 2 minutes
Pour the broth into the blender and blend until desired consistency, I like mine a thick so I blended mine for minute and a half. If you want the soup a bit more thin then add some water and blend some more!

I garnished mine with some chili, but coriander will also do!

Some Photographs

I'm tying to still get the hang of photography. Taking photography seriously while trying studying for my final year studies is quite hard. But NO EXCUSES! I have set myself to post twice a week for for weeks! Lets hope I stick to it!










Angela xx

Photography Practice

Beware! There are no exciting photos in this post, its actually the same subjects appearing over and over again. I'm posting these pictures, so I can analyse these photos and see how I can improve. If you have any suggestions please let me know! It will be very much appreciated.

I am currently reading a photography book (featured in my last post). There are assignments at the end of each chapter, one of which was to use the programmed modes and compare it with the automatic mode.



 I can definitely see the difference between the landscape mode and the auto mode. Auto modes uses flash and increases the shutter speed. There are also more shadows as well. Landscape mode uses a higher ISO setting but this due to the lack of flash and lighting. Landscape mode looks more natural.
Both pictures have the same settings except the shutter speed, there is slightly more light in the second picture. I can see how much half a second makes in a photo.


 Automatic mode underexposes and increases shadows. Not a very good picture.
 I increased the aperture to f/22 and increased the shutter speed to 30s compensate the increase in aperture. In comparison to the bottom picture where there is a lower f stop and lower shutter speed, it makes a hell of a difference. Much more colorful and vivid.
A close up of the chair, there is a lot of noise, due to the high ISO setting. However by this time it was dark and I did not want to use the flash.


I've missed so many good photography opportunities because I forgot to take my camera! Now whenever I go out, my camera is coming along with me!

Photography

 
I have always been interested in photography however, actually taking pictures and learning more about it has been non-existent. I have had this book on my Wish List for a while now and finally took the plunge last week and bought it. I am super excited and cannot wait to finish the book. I have read the first chapter and I've learnt more about photography in the half-hour I've read it than the 7 months I've had my camera!

I have also decided to turn this blog into a photography blog, as I feel this will best fit my purposes of taking photography and this blog seriously. I have debated about this idea for a long time now, but I feel I will be able to increase the amount posts I make, and also it's a nice way to document my progress. There will still be random posts about my thoughts and feelings but mainly photography.

I can't wait to take you on a journey with me this year!

Angela x
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