Me? I'm a photo addict!

De laatste ronde van Scrapstreet Star. Ik zit bij de laatste 10. Kan het bijna niet geloven...
De opdracht is deze keer:
Maak een layout die op de voorkant van een magazine geplaatst zou kunnen worden en schrijf een artikel voor een magazine.
** The last round of Scrapstreet Star. I'm with the final 10. Almost can't believe it....
The challenge this time:
Make a layout that can be placed on the cover of a magazine and write an article for a magazine.

Mijn layout/ My layout:

My article:

On my layouts I like to use big pictures. But to do that, my pictures have to be of good quality. I bought a new camera, a Panasonic DMC FZ 30 with many options. But... I didn't know how to use them.
So that's why I decided to take a photography course.
Not a very fancy one, but just one in my own village. And while taking this course, I became a real photo addict.

I learned about diaphragm and shutter time, macro photography, practiced with portrait photography......
And yes, there it was, my love for photography.
In the weeks between the lessons, I went out with my camera. Practicing the things I learned. Trying things.

I really enjoyed playing around with the camera and trying different settings.
It's so much fun to see the background fade when you put your diaphragm on 2.0 (a wide diaphragm).
Or see everything, from front to back, sharp on the pic course your diaphragm was small (11.0).
Using the macro setting (a little flower) to photograph flowers, little animals, and other things close by (like my scrapbook pages...)

Before I took the course, the camera was always on the auto setting. Nowadays it's mostly on the A from diaphragm.
I do like to play now with the ISO, the white balance etc.
Did you know you can set the white balance to the light your working with? There are multiple choices. On my camera there is a sun, for sunny weather outside, a bulb for inside (not natural) light (if you don't change your setting, your pics will look a bit too red). Go see and try it. Read your manual and play! You shall see the difference!

So for me, the course meant a big change, with better pictures as a result.

Of course I still love scrapping! There's no question about that.
But now I'm also a photo addict! My camera is almost always with me. People depend on me having the camera with me.
The ultimate recreation, next to scrapping, is to grab my camera, step on my bike and take pictures.
I hope I inspired you to play with your camera and maybe you'll become a photo addict too (if you're not already)!

My layout on Scrapstreet
My topic in the final round

Uiteraard kan er weer gestemd worden, vanaf vrijdagnacht 24.00 uur t/m zondag 18.00 uur (Dutch time).
De uitslag wordt zondagnacht bekend.
En wat je kunt winnen: een pakket ter waarde van 100 dollar met een abo op een kit voor 3 maanden. Daarnaast worden er 4 mensen gevraagd deel uit te maken van de staf voor het magazine.

Duimen jullie voor me??
Do you keep your fingers crossed for me??