Using a ND400 for the First Time
This past week I went to Apollo Bay with a friend to take photos. I love trips like that, it is such a great thing to do, just to go somewhere and take lots of […]
Working on Images Taken at Social Snappers
Yesterday was another Social Snappers Photography Excursion and we went into the city to photograph the arcades. It was grey and overcast outside, but being in the arcades meant that it didn’t matter what the […]
Trying Things for the First Time
Yesterday I went to Sorrento with a friend to take some photos, we started in the afternoon, had dinner and then headed back out in the dark. I wanted to try getting some photos of […]
Playing with Melbourne Central
If you live in Melbourne, then you know that Melbourne Central is basically a shopping centre, very similar to lots of others, however, there is also a massive skyscraper that comes out from it as […]
The Before, then the After, and some of the Inbetween
The new software I got for doing videos is really fun to play with and one of things I have been enjoying is recording the screen when I am processing an image. I did a […]
Looking at a Still Life Image
Today I tried taking some new images. I have seen a guy on G+ doing them and I really like them. It is something that I have been thinking about doing for years, so I […]
Replacing The Sky
Last week I did a before and after of the following image, and Stacy from VISUAL VENTURING wanted to know how I replaced the sky in the image. I thought if she wanted to know then perhaps […]
Reflections in Glass
On Sunday I had a Social Snappers Excursion to the Museum and the Royal Exhibition Building. While we were waiting for the tour to start we had a walk around the building. The museum, next […]
The Before then the New
Over on Visual Venturing Stacy has started a new series of posts where you show the original image and then the after, so people can see what you have done. Someone asked me to do […]
Looking Back on Monochrome Madness
For those that follow my blog, Leanne Cole Photography, you will know all about Monochrome Madness, or the Monochrome Madness Challenge that happens every Wednesday on that blog. It was a challenge that came about […]
The Old Shearing Shed in Woomelang
I am enjoying playing with software for making videos, Camstasia Studio. The software can do some many things, and I know I going to buy it, eventually. I just need to save up the money. […]
First Social Snappers Photography Excursion
Today was the big day, the first excursion. I have to admit I wasn’t bowled over by people wanting to join the Social Snappers, but I decided I would go ahead anyway. It was a […]
Taking a Look at Another Image While Being Processed
This morning I put the following image onto my main blog and I did a video to go with it. Though the video didn’t work out, and I had to redo it, so the image […]
My Image for MM19
For this weeks Monochrome Madness on my main blog I thought I might try doing an image of a 100 year old shearing shed that I was allowed to take some photos of recently. It […]
Getting Yourself Covered – Insurance
In my classes one of the things I always point out to people is being very careful about taking photos, and something that comes out quite a bit is how people are not aware or […]
Real Photographers Use Manual Mode
When I teach I hear this so much. This idea that to be a real photographer you need to use Manual Mode all the time. Well, I think I am a real photographer and I […]
Lily from the Garden – Monochrome Madness
I did this image for the Monochrome Madness challenge over on my other blog. I used my new extension tubes to get this image. I have just purchased some new Kenko Extension tubes to use […]
Photography Competitions Vs Art Competitions
For a while now I have been asking myself the question of whether I should enter photography competitions, or just do art ones. There is a difference, and it is something I am still trying […]
Selling Your Photographs
I have already done this post but the new formating things I’m trying completely deleted all my content and I was left with just a gallery. So forgive me if this post seems rather short. […]
One Photo Two Ways
It is the Monochrome Madness Challenge on my blog tomorrow morning and I thought I might have a look at how one image can be done one way and then in another. I took this […]