2013 Wedding Special.

Ever been to a wedding where the photographer did a slide show of the images captured during the day? Did you like it? Think it was a good idea?

 Leiden Studios will provide a free slide show at your wedding if you book with us before the 23rd of December 2012. That is a value of $350, just by booking one of the top photographers in Townsville. Any package, we will provide a slide show at your reception, your guests will be able to see what happens during the day.

Here is one that we did earlier this year. We actually did more slide shows at wedding this year then ever before. They are a great way to allow your guests into your day.

This offer will only be available for a limited time so give us a call to check out our availability.

Beginner photography and Photoshop Courses

Hi all

Leiden Studios is excited to announce the dates of the first basic photography and Photoshop courses to be conducted from our studios in Annandale.

Basic SLR Operations & Image Capture

Saturday 24th November and 2st December 9.00am- 12.00am

1. Understanding the controls on an SLR
2. Basic Camera Settings
3. Basic Exposure

Participants must have an SLR camera.

Cost of Course:  $185.00

Basic Photoshop

Saturday 24th November and 2th December 1.00pm - 4.00pm

1. Setting up Photoshop
2. Basic Work flow
3. Working with adjustment layers
4. Blend Modes.

Participants will need a copy of Photoshop and a laptop. Leiden Studios will have a some spare computers but will be limited in their availability.

Cost of Course:  $185.00

Enrol in Both:  $300.00

Seats are limited so book quickly.

Malcolm is currently completing a Cert IV in Training and Assessment. He has been a photographer for over 20 years, firstly as chief medical photographer at Queensland Medical Laboratories in Brisbane. He and Kellie started Leiden Studios in 2005 and have built the business to what it is now. We are and award winning wedding, portrait and sports photography business.

The idea of the course is to teach people how to see light, and then take an image capture that can be printed into a fine art work. Leiden Studios has a printer capable of printing onto fine art paper, so let us see what North Queensland is capable of. We hope to have a gallery of student work on display after the first course.

Interested students should call the Leiden Studios office during office hours or email to register your interest. Places are filling fast, each course is limited to 8 people. The first 3 people who book will receive two 8x10 fine art prints of their work.

To book you must call or send an email to confirm your booking, we also require a 50% deposit to finalise your position.

Phone: 0407 977 530
email: enquiries@leidenstudios.com

Canon EOS 550D Review

So I had just jumped out of a plane and I'm waiting for Andre to do his solo. I only have the iPhone on me and one of the group Andre is with tells me he has a 550D if I want to play with it. Not expecting much I say, "why not". I proceed to alter all his settings on the camera and start taking photographs. At this point I have to point out that I use an EOS 7D and EOS 5D MII as my standard cameras.

So what do I think? I must admit that I was impressed. I had a fairly standard 70-300 f4.5-5.6 on the camera and I was not expecting too much. I did find the auto focus to be incredibly slow, drove me crazy. But looking at the camera, if you were not used to the more upmarket cameras, focusing issues would not be an problem.

 

Controls are fairly simple and if you are used to operating other Canon cameras, then it is not too difficult to work it out. For the sake of the test I shot all images as both a Raw file and a Jpg saved at it's highest setting. For those not sure what a Raw file is, that is a later blog post.

 

So a quick look at the details of the camera:

 

Imaging Sensor/Effective Pixels Effective Sensor Size

CMOS / 18.0 MP 22.3x 14.9 mm

 

A/D Resolution Power Colour Filter Size

14-bit Primary Colours, APS-C

 

35mm Focal Length Equivalent

1.6X

 

Medium

SD/SDHC/SDXC

 

AF Points

9

 

Metering Modes

Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Centre-weighted average

 

ISO Speed Range

ISO 100-6400 (H: 12800)

 

Shutter Speed

1/4000 sec û 30, bulb, X-sync 1/200 sec.

 

Shooting Speed

3.7 fps

 

 

This information is taken directly from the Canon website.

 

So performance. I was taking photographs of parachutists jumping from a plane at 3500 feet. Not an easy task. The results to me were quite staggering.

 



 Great results and for the price I was staggered. Would I buy one, no, but I am used to high end cameras. As a first camera or an update, absolutely, this is a good camera, especially for the price.