Recent content by TaraLou

Hi I did a 5 week college evening course in basic photography. It was 2 hours a week. In that time, we learnt Apertures, Shutter Speed, ISO, white balance, exposure,and the icons on the camera and what they all did. The tutor was really good and taught loads, and I learnt loads, and I understood...

WOW! The ones taken on the fur blanket and the black blanket look like studio ones phil_b Love the one wrapped in fur with the wool hat, so adorable :)

I was in the friends flat had some natural light as was summer, but had to pull curtains across due to sun on baby. If I used the flash it was the built in flash on my Sony a330.

Hi archangel, I did a newborn at 6 days old and he was brilliant, he did not move until we took his clothes off to do nappy and naked tummy ones then he wriggled, but he did this cute stretch pose that his parents loved so took those too. I used the corner of sofa with cushions to prop him up...

I think that you captured the little boy beautifully :) It reminded me of the work I used to do.

Beautiful girls captured their expressions nicely :) A nice pose I used to do in my old job is to sit them in a train..... Tallest to smallest, facing their bodies to left or right, then sitting in between each others legs, then get the girls to turn their bodies to face you, making sure they...

I used to work for a company and we would go to stores and do children's portraits, mostly newborn to pre-school ages, sometime we had a 7yo too. Bearing in mind most of these children did not know me at all, or me them, so it was not always easy. I would engage and older child in conversation...

Thank you Sara. I have been browsing the site, to find answers to my questions and it have been very helpful so far :)

Hi Les Thank you. Hi Kelly Thank you, I am in week 3 of 5, have learnt a lot of little things that will help, it the stuff I really don't know next, ISO, Aperture and so on. So looking forward to that.

Thank you Sarah x

Hi I decided that I needed to join a forum to get advice and see what others did lol. I have been keen on photography for years, but recently took the plunge to take a course to learn more about how a camera works, ie not point and auto focus only. So in a weeks time I will be doing just...