Recent content by SW3105

I particularly love your 25 second exposure from January .. I love scenic pictures, especially with mountain ranges, very nice pics :)

Day 24 - Shopping spree 24 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 25 - 25 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Apologies for the bulk upload :)

Day 21 - Handmade cards 21 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 22 - Spring its on it's way! 22 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 23 - Remembering our friend, Oliver x 23 by Anouk2011, on Flickr

Day 18 - Tranquility and construction 18 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 19 - An opportunity too good to miss! 19 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 20 - Swimming lessons 20 by Anouk2011, on Flickr

Thanks Matt - I did edit that waterdrop picture as you suggested, came out much nicer! I'm going to try again at some point for sure .. am still experimenting ;) Thanks for your comments!

I am a Nikon user, for me, personally I didnt like how the Canons felt in my hands, that was my decider. After that, it was deciding which Nikon was best for my needs. I'm more than happy with what I have. I also firmly believe that someone could spend thousands on equipment but take worse...

Some more .. Day 15 - I couldn't find a willing (or able) person to do a hand heart so had to be a little inventive :) 15 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 16 - I like this one for Depth of Field - I love pictures like this 16 by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 17 - My first attempt at a...

Thanks for your advice, I'll keep looking around - would rather buy the right thing in the first place, *hubby hates it when I buy something and then change my mind :) Thanks - I know :) the Jessops sales assistant told me about the different lenses but I had already read the manual.*

Thanks for your advice Vaizki ... At the moment I have a bit of a DIY setup, for children's portraits I tend to sit near a large window and have my ISO 800, rarely higher. Lowest f-stop I can get on my lens is f/5.6 - thats where I'm hoping the 50mm 1.8 will improve things for me. I tend to keep...

Just wanted to thank everyone for your advice, I'm going to go for the 50mm f/1.8. I'm also going to invest in two continuous softboxes for my portraits, I've been thinking about the lighting a lot and my style of portraiture is - natural - soft lighting. I just feel that the softboxes will...

Thanks for the comment on day 9 - I was really worried about that one. I was up until 1am sorting that cake and so needed to get a shot in! You know - you're right actually! I didn't look at it like that, I was focusing on the horizon line! :bonk: I love photography, it's a family joke...

Good Evening!! I didn't take any photos at the weekend, we went on a day out with the charity that we assist with - a childhood cancer charity, didn't feel right to take the camera out when we were there, but LOTS of fun was had! Day 11 - I'm trying to get into childrens portrait...

Thank you! I love Day 8 too! I kept looking at it and even got a ruler out to check it out before I posted it :) I think that it looks overbalanced because of the heavier tree line. I'm enjoying this photography lark! Thanks again

Day 9, This is not one of my best by far, I wanted DoF, but have got far too much in this and it's messed up. But, it's about the only picture I took yesterday. I spent most of yesterday evening baking my daughters birthday cake ... Cakebutterflies by Anouk2011, on Flickr Day 10, I've...

Thanks for that, I don't want to go the Venture way either, it's plain and boring. But, I regularly shoot for the local toddler group and most of the parents have expressed that they would show more interest if I had the Venture style. Sad. I've put together a photobook of the better portraits...