Monday 13 February 2012

Blue Competition With Local iPhoneographers

Saleigh's Studio holds competitions & challenges for local young iPhoneographers in the South West region of Western Australia. The focus of these challenges is to push the creative limits & broaden the knowledge of photography. 


This is a face-to-face based group known as the Jnr Shutterbugs, different from my Instagram competition held in Instagram under the group @jnr_igers.  


The Blue Challenge for my Jnr Shutterbugs produced some fantastic shots!! 




Here are the four Finalists!!



A.  Olivia
B.  Amber
C. Camrin    
D.    Erinn

Congratulations to All of you for making the finals!!

The Winner will be announced Thursday!
Voting is open on: ~ http://instagr.am/p/G-QCAKo5jJ/






Sunday 12 February 2012

(Instagram Only) Blue Challenge Winner



“Congratulations to 🏆@ediblecookies 🏆 🔴please take the time to like the original pic on her feed!! 🔴. 👌👍 thank you to all who participated in the Jnr challenge - next Challenge will go live this week!!! 🙏 thx to all who voted & support the young generation of iPhoneographers!!”

Official Launch!!


Saleigh’s Studio has now launched....
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Junior Igers on Instagram. Join @jnr_igers and tag your photos #jnr_igers if you are 18 years or younger. It’s time to show the world your creative talents!!
Competitions, challenges, free app updates, tips & tricks & more. Find other Igers your age and join the revolution!!
Junior Igers Unite

Monday 30 January 2012

Free... Today Only

Haven't tried out this app, but when it's free for a day it is worth grabbing now, trying later !!



A few Hours Later…..
Okay now i have tried this – this app is so much fun!!
So many different photo effects, easy to navigate – really easy!
The only down fall is that you can’t load pictures to use the effects – you take the shot with what ever effect you have chosen; 45 effects in total, including warping, sketching, theme colours such as Shrek or Avatar, and some very different & unique textures .
If you haven’t downloaded this yet – get on to it. For a free app, I am going to be entertained for hours!!!


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Sunday 29 January 2012

Best of The Sesh - Workshop Pics

The "Best of the Sesh" is a selection of photographs taken from junior iPhoneographers at Saleigh's Studio Workshop on Sat 28th Jan. We worked on photography's "rule of thirds" & applied that to  our on-location shots. Below is a collection of the best from that Workshop. I am showing off my students work, like the proud "teacher" that i am.


Check out these shots and more with their Instagram user names.
At Saleigh's Studio workshops there are also competitions for the photos taken & the way they apply the lesson. In this workshop we covered many aspects of 'the composition of a photograph' though we primarily worked on the 'rule of thirds'. 

The competition winner will receive a paid app for their efforts.

This workshop prize is the app Camera+ In my honest opinion - this app is an essential part of an iphoneographers capturing abilities. It is also the number one Paid app in the Photo & video Category in the App-store. For good reason. This camera app has a built in-grid assisting the photographer visually with "the rule of thirds" and also has other added specifications to improve the initial capture, the most important process of photography. It also has editing, lighting, cropping & framing tools which are magnificent. So now that i am done promoting Camera+ (cheque please), drum role for the winning shot.....

Please congratulate Miss Amber McWhinnie - aka @strawberriesandcreamm for this magnificent capture. 
Photograph by ~ Amber McWhinnie / @strawberriesandcreamm
This image stood out for me, as not only did Amber apply the rule of thirds on the horizon but also managed to capture the playful bubbles that a young girl was blowing, as well as the canoes. This photo is busy, yet still has a key subject, interesting background, fabulous colours & lighting; and also a great composition. An overall Fantastic Photo. it 'breathes' Summer!! 

Congratulations again Amber!!! Look out for your free Camera+ app coming your way

Jnr Shutterbugs Workshop

Yesterday Saleigh's Studio met up with some of the Junior iPhoneographers for our first Workshop. I met with my new crew near Ocean Beach, Denmark. It was on the way there that my daughter asked "how does it feel to be a teacher, mum?" Well.... I almost ran off the road! I have never contemplated that i was actually teaching, i just love sharing my passion. Encouraging & supporting others is just an added bonus. Yet here i was, on my way to run a workshop with my "worksheets" in hand. No denying it now, i was about to teach. 


Although many did not show up, the ones that did made up for it in enthusiasm & energy. The lesson was on the 'rule of thirds' & applying that to a 'Horizon' shot. I captured some images to show as examples & shot the girls shooting their horizons known in Instagram 'world' as the hash tag #ishotaphotographer


My Jnr Shutterbugs & my Horizon Examples

We also covered many questions in the session regarding apps, Instagram, hash tagging & some editing tips. The Workshop was a complete success & we all had a blast. To cap it all off, a young man approached us at the end showing a keen interest & signed up on the spot. Happy Days.


Stay tuned to see the "Best of the Sesh".

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Saturday 28 January 2012

Free for this weekend only!

I have just Downloaded this App, it's free for this weekend only. I haven't had time to play around yet with the app. But when a paid app is free for a limited time, I usually go for it, and I do love my black & white

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