That's my interpretation too

Isn't interpretation a funny thing?
I don't interpret "Photographic knowledge" as how the shutter works, how aperture works etc. I interpret that phrase as, how to take a good photograph.

It doesn't matter whether or not I have my camera on fully auto or fully manual, I know I struggle to "see" the photo.
Increasing my knowledge by reading this site and a few books books has, I think, helped me to improve my photos, but my prior knowledge of DoF and how that is altered by aperture, along with the mechanics of a lens etc. didn't help at all.

Was it Prieni who posted an amazing shot, taken with the camera on his mobile phone? That, to me, is Photographic Knowledge.

If I'm reading this the way I think it is, then I'd be more worried about her being overly harsh.

At least, my other half would be

Just perfect!

And you archived it!!!

That's as bad as my brother-in-law! He had done a "doodle" in water colours. He was about to throw it out when I rescued it and put it on my wall.

I wish I could draw half as good as his "doodles".
( Or my good shots were a quarter as good as your archive ones )

Hi and welcome Deryn

I won't attempt any Welsh, I can only say please and thank you, anyway.

Like Snootchies, I'm not too far from North Wales myself.

I had it on ISO400. The church was fairly bright but I wanted to avoid using the flash if I could, so I thought I'd use a slightly higher setting than usual.

I'll go back and tweak number 1.

Thanks.

Oh! Forgot to add, ignore the facial expressions. Getting him to smile for the camera is like getting blood out of a stone!!

It was my son's First Holy Communion yesterday.
I took a lot of photos. I'm happy with most of them as "family photos", but would like some advice on how I could have made them look a little more professional. Thanks

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I like the composition of the first one, but as Stephan says, it looks a little over-exposed ( IMHO )

Thanks Peter, I've got loads of bubble wrap