About Me

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am an amateur photographer from Newcastle upon Tyne. I live with my husband, Graeme, alongside our 7 dogs, 3 cats and 2 ferrets. We are both interested in dog agility and I have recently started some gundog training. As well as our own dogs, I run a dog walking and pet care service. I am also studying canine behaviour and training, so always have a dog or two as a good photographic subject. I have completed two basic photography courses as well as a night photography course, to try to improve my existing skills, as well as develop new skills and find some new subjects for my photography. I shoot most of my photos with a Nikon D3000. I have two lenses - the 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 and the 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6. I mainly use the 55-300 lens, as it covers most bases for the type of photography I enjoy. I also have a Nissin Di622 Mark II flashgun and have recently been gifted a Manfrotto tripod.

Sunday, 5 August 2012

New Prime Lens

I haven't posted for a while, so thought I would make an effort to start again. I have been taking some photos recently, but instead of trying to play catch-up, I am just going to start again. I recently got some money for my birthday and wanted to use it to buy a 50mm 1.8 prime lens. After some advice and searching on the internet I finally purchased the Nikon 50mm f1.8G, as the focus works with my Nikon D3000. I could have gotten one a lot cheaper, but having to deal with manual focusing whilst concentrating on everything else was not worth saving the money over.

Yesterday afternoon I decided to try out my new lens and got out in the garden to see what it could do.



Not entirely sure what this plant is, but it seemed to take a nice photo!


The buddleja is now in full bloom



I am impressed with the bokeh effect with this lens





I was really pleased to see one of my passion flowers has finally decided to flower.
Only one flower so far, but there are a few buds waiting to open.


I am really hoping this prime lens will help me to improve my composition. Instead of zooming in on my photographic subjects, this lens will help me to move around until I get the photo I am looking for. It will also come in helpful with pet photos, as it should eliminate my need for a flash, unless it is very poor lighting.






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