Nature Photography!

Hello everyone!

 

The other day I went to my favourite park to take some nature photography with my professional Camera (Canon EOS 1200D).

 

I was pleased with how some of the photos came out and wanted to share them with you to hopefully inspire you!

I used manual focus on the flower in the foreground. I was so lucky to be able to focus on the bee in the flower (I also used zoom because I didn't want to get to close to the bee, haha!)

I used close up settings on my camera, manual and auto focusing and I really tried to think about composition when taking the pictures.

 

I enjoy photography so much! it is just a hobby for me so if you have any tips or tricks please share in the comment and we can all inspire each other!

 

Feel free to dip in and out of this post. I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I enjoyed making it!

 

 

Close ups and zoom

 

I was able to use a zoom lens for these photos which was very exciting!

 



I had to stay really quiet when taking this but I managed to take a close up photo of this amazing butterfly. I think butterflies are so beautiful!

I used a zoom lens, for the first time, to take this. I was so amazed at how far it could go and still keep an amazing quality image. I recommend a zoom lens!

There was a vast amount of these tiny flowers so I tried to get a close up to show their beauty. I also used focus to emphasise the flowers even more.

Landscapes of the woods

In the park there is an amazing woods that seems to go on forever! I couldn't leave the park without going in and taking photos! Here are some of the photos I took in the woods.

 



I would love to get a wide angle lens and try this shot again, I think it could look much better!



Theses stairs are my favourite part of the woods! It looks so magical!!





I took this low down on the ground behind a tree stump. I focused in on the background and I'm pleased with how I have captured the light hitting the leaves.



Double exposure/editing

 

I used an app called Pixlr Express to edit my photos. I do not have Photoshop and I've found that this free app it a good replacement (considering it is free).

 

I have used Photoshop at school and I think it really is amazing! I hoping to do a blog post on Photoshop soon!



I edited this photo on Pixlr Express. I used double exposure to contrast a photo of wood grain to bold flowers.



I edited this on Pixlr Express and used double exposure. I also made the flowers appear more florescent to contrast against the bark of the wood.



 

Focusing on a varying composition

 

It can be quite difficult to pick out what to focus on in a busy composition, like a bed of flowers. I keep practising and I think these have turned out quite well!

 

So there we go!

 

I hope you have enjoyed this post! Please let me know of any ways I can improve because I'm only learning and it would be wonderful if we could share our creativity and inspire each other!

 

Thank you so much for reading! Please feel free to check out my other posts and join this creative adventure by following to be told when I make a new post.

 

Thanks again, have a brilliant day, and don't forget to be creative!



Doodle in Progress

Hello everyone!

 

Recently I've noticed a lot of people doing these really cool doodles in really detailed circles! I think they are amazing and I've see so many on Instagram that it inspired me to try for myself.

 

I haven't got the specialist tools and skills but I have got a thin and thick pen and the love of doodling so I thought... why not!?!

 

This is just a quick little post (mainly photos) I hope you enjoy and possibly be inspired to grab a pen and doodle! It doesn't have to be perfect (mine sure isn't) but as long as you enjoy it, that's all that matters.

 



I used a fine 0,4 pen for the smaller, detailed parts.







I've seen a lot of people use special tools, like a compass, to make a perfect circle (which looks amazing!) but I wanted to practise my precision, so I tried out free hand circles. I know it's not perfect but if I keep practising then hopefully I'll get better!

 



 

 



I also used a thicker felt tip pen for any parts with block colour.





I also tried to be fancy with my camera angles! Haha!



 



I tried to overlap circles to make the doodle look more 3D.





This is a section of it.



I'm hoping to fill the whole A3 page with this doodle! Once I've filled the page I was going to scan it and try out washing different colours over it.

I hope you enjoyed this post, when I've finished the whole page I'll do another post to show the finished product!

I also hope that this has inspired you to get creative, pick up a pen and doodle! I doodle all the time in the margins of my books but this was my first time drawing the circle doodles.

 

If you have a go then please feel free to send them to me on Google + https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KatherinePittsBlankKanvas/posts or my Instagram https://instagram.com/_.kxtherine._/ 

I would absolutely love to see your versions!

Feel free to check out the rest of the blog, get inspired and share your creative thoughts!

Thanks for reading, I hope you have a great day and enjoy getting creative!