The River

I often go for a walk down to the River Wye where i live in Hereford..its a great place to just walk and be peaceful and great for my dog to run around and amuse herself for awhile. Everytime i go i take my camera and take god knows how many pictures of what i think is a beautiful view. I went down to the river last month for the first time in ages. I'd only had my camera a month or so and hadnt really photographed any landscapes or outdoorsy style things.


I walk along this bank and fields as far as the eye can see and spend at least an hour everytime just wondering around..stopping every now and then to photograph something and then wondering on again. Its so peaceful to be out there when the sun is shinning..where there are virtually no people to interupt you. My first walk out there last month was just after most of the uk had been flooded and the fields were still wet and muddy which big pools of river water which had risen during the floods.
I loved that the fields still seemed alive despite the devastating floods all around them.

By the time i visited again the last of the flood water had disappeared and we were able to walk right along the river back and not get stuck in the mud and water.


My last trip to the river last week was later in the evening just as magic hour was coming round..although i didnt utilise the light as well as i probably could have. The hay had been bailed and i was looking forward to doing a 'hay bail' shot but sadly the bails were stacked and squared :( But it was still a nice soaking in the late evening light.

wow...long post...sorry for the boringness...

Manual Practice

Today i went on alittle manual mission to get back into shooting in manual. Recently i have been relying virtually completely on auto and i think that really defeats the object. So i decided to go for a walk and practice my manual focusing..my kit lens is pretty cheap an its takes so much to get from out of focus to in focus..i cant complain though because a proper photographer wouldnt be..but compared to my sigma lens which just takes a slight movement to go from in focus to out of focus..the olympus lens is so difficult.

Either way,i didnt want to go to far as ive not been well for the last few days and just went with my dog for a short walk. I stopped off at a little like field so my dog could run around and i could find some things to shoot.

The light was starting to fade already so i bumped up the iso which has given me some noise but all in all i think i did ok.I think maybe the focus could of been alittle sharper but can i put that down to a crappy lens? or just my crappy skills? I love the dof though especially in regards to the other buttercup but im not sure whether i could of achieved something better.

New blog!

Yay..ok so welcome to my new blog! I was neglecting the other again so i decided..new start time. Im going to only blog about my photography here and as i have my first paying job coming up in the next couple of weeks..hopefully this will be a place to display my work. Im not about to set up my own business..i definately am not in that place..but with my first paying job coming up soon im hopeful that it will lead onto others. Keep your fingers crossed for me!