With photography I
work on the theory that taking more photos increases the chance of getting a
truly great shot. Many will potentially be rubbish but there will usually be a few
gems among them.
I took 261 photos of
our little house as a learning exercise with my digital SLR. Fifty-one of these
were shots taken while reading the manual and learning about the different
settings before I ventured outside to snap our Queenslander.
For this exercise I
started with the ‘basic settings’ for the camera (creative auto, portrait,
landscape, close up, etc), playing with various lighting, focus and filter
settings. I think the monochrome setting worked well for our house, but I also
liked playing with the close up and different lighting options. Still a lot to
learn!
Here are a choice few,
unedited–no photoshopping, well, except for the layout in sets.