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So on Saturday I was lucky enough to attend the Toast of the Town photography workshop hosted by Millennium Hotel in George Square ( a gorgeous hotel, see for yourself at http://www.millenniumhotels.co.uk/millenniumglasgow ) in partnership with Joes Bloggers and Dreghorn Photography.
The workshop was very useful and I learned how to properly use the ISO and shutter speed settings on my camera. I also learned the most important rule of photography – NEVER USE AUTO!
We learned the basics about ISO and Shutter speed and then we got to practice with our cameras to reinforce what we had learned.
I am so glad that I learned about how to use my camera’s shutter speed settings because now I can go from this:
To this :
We also learned how to pick the right background for portrait photos. My partner for background exercises was the lovely Laura from http://www.lifeasanhourglass.com/ and here are some of the images I took of her :
Then it was time to break for lunch.
I had a haggis bon bon, a mini burger and a venison sausage hotdog. I have never tried venison before but I was very impressed with the venison sausage, it was a little tough but tasted great. There were also gorgeous looking desserts on offer but I was too full to go and get one.
After lunch we visited George Square, Royal Exchange Square and Buchanan Street and were let loose to put our lessons into practice and take interesting photos.
I spent most of my time experimenting with what I had learned about ISO and shutter speed so I took a lot of rubbish photos but there were some that I liked:
Photos from Royal Exchange Square
Photo from Buchanan Street
At the end of the workshop I was given a nice goody-bag by Millennium Hotels which contained, among other things, a camera cleaning kit which will be very useful 🙂
To see the pictures taken by other bloggers during the workshop checkout #toastofthetown on twitter.
Thank you to Millennium Hotels, Joe’s Bloggers and Dreghorn Photography for a great workshop, I learned a lot!
Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂
Beauty and the Best of the Rest 
I LOVE your photo of the two pigeons – the detail is fantastic. And fab portraits of Laura, she looks gorgeous. It was such a lovely day x
Thanks Jules, I really liked your Hector Russel photo, there is no reflection and that is so hard to achieve. It was a really good day, surprisingly fun for a workshop x