{"id":5,"date":"2023-04-20T21:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-05-04T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T09:51:54","slug":"my-photography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/photography\/my-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am passionate about photography. Whenever my lovely wife and I go out to interesting places, whether for a short bike ride around the neighbourhood, a day out to the countryside, or abroad on holiday, I always take my Nikon DSLR with me, looking for interesting subjects and scenes to capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"\"Statue in Regents Park \u2013 Nikon D750 1\/125s f\/9 ISO 100<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My favourite areas of photography are wildlife, landscapes, panoramas, architecture, sunsets, random objects, and any natural scenes I find. I don\u2019t limit myself to those, but they tend to be what I take photos of the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Dog Catching Ball \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/4000s f\/5.0 ISO 400<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am not currently that interested in studio photography or portraits, although I enjoy taking portrait photos of people I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"\"My wife, Rita \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/30s f\/4.2 ISO 1600<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I purchased the D3200 in 2012, just before we went to Iceland. It\u2019s an entry level camera but produces brilliant photos. At the time I had a Panasonic SZ-10, but I was self-studying the technical side of photography, and wanted a camera with manual control.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Snow Tiger \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/320s f\/5.6 ISO 400<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have taken around 90,000 photos over the last 3 years with this camera (as of 2016), and am still learning. I enjoy both aspects of photography: The technical \u2013 choosing the right lens for the scene, knowing what aperture, ISO, shutter speed, and other camera settings to use for a desired effect, and the amount of available light; the creative \u2013 composing and framing the photo, trying different techniques, angles and viewpoints.
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\"\"Grey Crowned Crane \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/2000s f\/5.6 ISO 1600<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to photography though, you never stop learning. I have been learning from day one, and I will never reach a point where I can say I know everything about photography, especially since they are always enhancing the technology, and making what was not possible before a reality now. And there are an infinite amount of scenes to be captured in an infinite number of ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Seagulls \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/1600s f\/6.3 ISO 400<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So my advice to anyone interested in photography out there, is that you should continue to learn and try new things. There is no limit, and there is no point at which you should stop and decide that you know everything there is to know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Rita in the meadow, Scotney Castle<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is what drives my passion with photography \u2013 trying different camera settings, new angles, techniques, viewpoints \u2013 using my imagination and looking for photo opportunities that people without a camera usually miss. I have been criticised for taking too many photos and of being \u2018stuck behind the camera\u2019 and not able to \u2018live in the moment\u2019. In response to that I say that I am living in multiple moments simultaneously compared to the average person, because my brain has become conditioned to look for different views and interpretations of scenes all around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Seagull \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/2000s f\/5.6 ISO 400<\/span><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I like taking interesting photos of scenes that the average person would not give a second glance to. When you walk around you see many things, but don\u2019t pay much attention to them. When you have a camera you start to employ lateral thinking artistically, and re-examine apparently mundane scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Crazy Tree \u2013 Nikon D3200 1\/20s f\/5.0 ISO 400<\/span><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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