This week, for my weekly activity, I chose the colour purple for my photographic essay. The local gardens were awash with varying shades of purple flower and the soft, diffused lighting from an overcast afternoon made the process most enjoyable. My final two images were taken later that afternoon at my work place. As a jeweller, I had a variety of purple gemstones and pearls at my disposal.
The photographs were taken on a Nikon D3500 DSLR with an 18-55mm lens. I used the program mode for some of the shots and experimented a little with aperture priority for others. The images were accessed on my computer with Adobe Bridge and lightly edited with Adobe camera raw before posting. It should be noted that my experience with editing software is very minimal.
I have enjoyed learning and experimenting with the different manual settings on my camera and look forward to becoming more proficient with these settings as the course progresses.
Amber Lyons Photography 