Wild Flowers in Russia

Places to visit in Moscow

1.  The Kremlin and Red Square      The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. Wikipedia St. Basil's Church

Lenin's Mausoleum

2. BDNKh Moscow            Exhibition Center and Amusement Park The friendship of the People Fountain

3. Izmailovo Park

4.Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve

5. North River Terminal (Rechnoy Bokzal)

6. Kolomenskoe Museum-Reserve

How I edit my photos.

For the past days, I tried learning editing photos. I uploaded many Apps only to end up purchasing Adobe Cloud Photography. This includes the Lightroom and Photoshop.

I know nothing about this software. So, in order to learn, I searched for easy tutorials for beginners. I read articles, watched youtube, and apply it.

Step by step I followed the tutorials keep on repeating every lesson.

As for the moment, I learn few things about post-processing of photos.

The last post I have included some of the first photos I shot with my DSLR Camera. And here, I will be posting the same photos and the edited photos.

Before photos and the results after editing.

Shooting in Auto Mode Using Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D and 18-55 mm Lens

        As a beginner, my primary goal is to learn and understand basic photography. I did not enroll in any course or training. I want to discover how to operate the DSLR Camera at my own pace. I had no idea what is the aperture, shutter, and ISO. To help myself understand the basic operation like how to attach and detach the lens, set autofocus and stabilizer. I read online articles and watch YouTube tutorials.

     Practice is a good way to try photographing.  So, I set the button of my Camera to Automatic Settings. Auto mode is a point and shoot, so it is the easiest way to shoot photographs, the camera itself determines the setting of the exposure, aperture, shutter, flash and other settings were automatically set.  I switched on the stabilizer and adjust the focusing switch on the lens to the AF(autofocus) position. 

 

      I went out, the weather is not so good, it's cloudy, but that doesn't matter. I went to one of the famous tourist spots in Moscow. The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square. I shot these photos in the Auto mode. 

              

                                      1/200 sec, f/9, ISO 100, 49mm

Saint Basil's Cathedral

                                                           

                    

                                   1/200 sec, f/18, ISO 800, 41mm

Lenin Mausoleum

                                                       

                                   1/200 sec, f/10, ISO 100, 25mm

                                     

                                   1/200, f/18, ISO 800, 41mm

State and Historical Museum

                                                            

My Photography Starter Kit

    That saying ”everyone with a DSLR Camera is not a photographer”,  I considered myself one of them. I am not a Photographer but I love photography. I considered myself a beginner student in the field of photography. My interest in photography drives me to buy a DSLR Canon Camera EOS 1100D with an EF 18-55mm Canon Lens.

                                        (My First Photography Gear)

    I am amazed to have such gadget although I don't have any knowledge. The store had already attached the lens to the body and told me to read the manual how to use it. So when I arrived home I was so excited, opened the box and took the manual, unfortunately, it was written in the Russian language, and by that time I don't understand Russian. There was an English version but the letters are too small and I don't have a magnifying glass. I put the manual back to the box, turn on the Camera and set to auto mode. I started shooting photographs using auto mode. The only technique I know is point and shoot. I made tons of trials and errors. Keeping the one I think looks good and deleting the bad ones. I photographed anything. Because I was not yet familiar with the buttons of the DSLR Camera my photos are all in JPEG format. It was later that I learned that there is also Raw format to retain more data. When we moved to another house my memory card where I saved my first photographs were lost. Thanks to google photos some were restored.

    Honestly speaking I am a slow learner, up to this moment I am still learning basic photography. I have little time having practice taking photos because I have other works to do. So as I go through my learning and practice, I will try to write my experiences although I am not a writer because of my poor English composition of words and grammar, maybe those who are starting also with a DSLR will learn from my mistakes. It is a self-learning, I will do read articles which are related to photography, watch videos in youtube and do more PRACTICE.....

Ray Bradbury

“Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.”― Ray Bradbury