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Hey anybody got any good walks that I can take my camera along with that has good scenery landscapes ect around nottingham area?
 
wollaton hall and deer park, bestwood country park, leen valley, 1 hour drive to middle of peak district. 1 hour drive to Rutland water
really depends if you have transport and how far your willing to go
 
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Have my own car so travels not a problem,just looking to practice some landscape shots as ive not long recently bought a dslr so want to get out and practice as much as possible while enjoying a good place to walk
 
wildlife and lakes Rutlands, landscapes and the like ( maybe dawn or dusk the peaks then ) about 30 miles to either according to google maps..

just wish i had a better location myself and drove as id love to get into some hills but surrey/kent border is as flat as a pancake ( apart from south downs but need a car to get to the best viewing spots and they just dont compare to some good ol mountains! )
 
Thanks for the reply I know it's off topic but what sort of settings would you recommend for taking pictures with a white drop background for like say ie family photos
 
the peak district is within an hour's drive of Nottingham (in fact so is the bottom bit of the dales if you get your toe down), closer to home there are plenty of photogenic country parks , plus several severn trent lakes just down the A50 - going south you've got lots of heart of England landscape inleicestershire and Warwickshire

if you want deer in the rut bradgate isn't that far away (near Leicester)
 
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Thanks for the reply I know it's off topic but what sort of settings would you recommend for taking pictures with a white drop background for like say ie family photos
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frankly I wouldn't, as high key is a cliché, and done to death (and can look half arsed if you cock it up) , but basically you've got to light the background sufficiently that it appears white , while not under exposing your subject - this means a minimum of two flashes or lights. (or possibly blending exposures in PP) , do not try to fill the background using the paint bucket in photoshop as that always looks half arsed unless you are an expert.

Personally though I'd say keep your portraits of the family environmental - that is out and about doing things, with cleanish backgrounds , thrown out of focus by using a relatively large aperture (like f3.5-f4 on the wide end of a kit lens)
 
Appreciate the input I have a canon 600d and it came with a kit lens just to start off as I'm at the very basics of taking photos so not familiar with knowing what to do etc
 
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Thanks for the reply I know it's off topic but what sort of settings would you recommend for taking pictures with a white drop background for like say ie family photos
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a white background doesnt neccesarily mean high key and i would hardly say its cliche. many portraits are still done with white background to produce a clean bright image, as opposed to a dark background for a more brooding intense image. and Lighting makes a huge difference to the end result. its just as easy even with a white wall with correct lighting position to create a totally blacked out background low key or Rembrandt style shot.
a good place to see this in action is Matt grangers live shoots on youtube
a good example here using a white wall but still creating dark moody shots

if you want to go the other way for family shots and have the white background its simply a case of how you set up the lighting .

some other vids here

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=that+nikon+guy+live+photoshoot
 
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Appreciate the input I have a canon 600d and it came with a kit lens just to start off as I'm at the very basics of taking photos so not familiar with knowing what to do etc
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speaking in general, I good, white background is one of the harder things to shoot. Doing it well takes at least 2 lights although its easier with 4.

From Nottingham it takes an hour into the Peak District. Its exactly 55 miles from my folks house in South Notts to Mam Nick car park. I think from there you have some wonderful opportunities for landscapes at the right time of day. And you're above Castleton and the Hope Valley.I also think Rushup Edge/Lords Seat (which you access from that car park) is the point where the Peaks change from lovely chocolate box cover countryside to the more rugged Dark Peak.

Othe options include Wollaton and Bradgate parks for dear. Although I'm not sure of Wollaton opening times. To the south of the city there are some great little villages and to the North I always think it would be interesting to have a look at how the old mining villages have changed
 
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I'm only a stones throw from wollaton I went there at the weekend to try practice when I get chance I'll try upload a few on this thread and see if I can get any feedback if that's okay?
 
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I'm only a stones throw from wollaton I went there at the weekend to try practice when I get chance I'll try upload a few on this thread and see if I can get any feedback if that's okay?
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Of course. But you may be better uploading in one of the sharing sections. You'll get a wider audience (and possibly better a dice) that way
 
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