Finally I have my last two galleries of 2008 up on my site. One is my night photography course I did a few week ago and the second if from Welney. Not much else to say really. You can see the course ones here and the Welney ones here. I hope you all have a great Christmas and hopefully I will get out shooting early in the new year. I really would like to find some birds of prey to shoot.

Tags: Welney, night course

After getting home from the night course at 1am, it was another day out with the camera. For my Mum’s 70th birthday she has organised a bus trip to Welney for her best friends. I had never been before, but what a wonderful place. They have some great hides to take photos of the wildfowl that lives there. I have some wonderful shots that I will get up over Christmas. Below are a couple of my favourites. The bottom was taken at 1600 iso as it was getting very dark, but I really like the way it came out anyway.

Tags: Wildlife

Last night I went on my Nigel Wilson night photography course. It was really great and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in improving those night shots. Nigel gives you a 20 minute overview of what you are trying to achieve and how to achieve it. You then go out and shoot whatever you like. You work at your own pace and Nigel flits around the group and helps you out as needed. Nigel is a really nice bloke and no question is to simple for him.

We had a lovely cold, crisp and cloudless night. Maybe a bit of cloud might have been good, but you take what you have. The course started at 7.30pm and finished at 10.30pm, but you are welcome to keep going afterwards. Below are 2 of my favourites I took last night. Hopefully I will get the gallery up soon, but it sounds like a Christmas project.

Tags: night shots