Petra Sittig Photography - Vienna, Austria
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My Journal

We all have to start somewhere, doesn’t matter what it is we do, and every start is the beginning of a process that we can never predict. I am writing about how I started photography, the initial inspiration and encouragement by my friend George, and the on-going learning process, by just doing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posts tagged shooting in manual
A picture speaks a thousand words.
A picture speaks a thousand words.

Since I’ve been photographing in the parks and streets of Vienna, I have discovered how much beauty there is in the most ordinary of situations. When I have my camera, I notice things on my way that normally would have passed me by

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PhotographyPetra SittigPetra Style and Designphotographs, a picture tells a thousand words, streets of Vienna, Vienna, Learning process, shooting in manual, composition, communicate, picture, What's the purpose, What are you trying to say, capture, the bigger picture, purpose, in the moment, portraits, scene, memory, what's in the frame, English idiom, description, meaning, mindset of the viewer
When you put your mind to it.
When you put your mind to it.

I have the tendency to sometimes overestimate my ability to do things. Like the time I decided that cutting my children’s hair would be a good idea….

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PhotographyPetra SittigPetra Style and Designinitial confidence, haircut, overestimate, cut my children's hair, what was I thinking, I am not giving up, motivates, realisation, approach things in life, push through, the scissors don't make the cut, photography, the camera is only my tool, daily fix, getting the shot right, capture the moment, the best way forward, split second, magic of photography, backdrop, images, shooting in manual, different light, different times of the day, same setting, photograph, moment, when you put your mind to it
You have to fail to improve
You have to fail to improve

What I had to learn is that the light of the midday sun is a force to be reckoned with. What I saw with my eyes and what I captured, were not always the same, especially when I download the images on my computer.

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PhotographyPetra SittigLight and shadow, spring, midday sun, spring arrived, days became warmer, photographs, yorkshire terrier, socialises, city park, Stadtpark Vienna, learning process, software, Raw, natural, editing, correcting exposure, new situation, new measure, teethine, routine, whole world is upside down, grey skies, winter, lovely sunlight, LCD screen, camera, pictures, advantages, bright sunlight, learn from failures, irish dancer, Michael Flatley, winning was great, losing makes you think, conclusion, rethink, information, histogram, exposure, shooting in manual, failure brings imrovement, Ken Robinson