{"id":6853,"date":"2016-11-14T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=6853"},"modified":"2016-12-04T09:18:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T22:18:29","slug":"activity-night-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=6853","title":{"rendered":"Activity Night inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we will be practising a variety of Christmas photography techniques. <!--more-->Perhaps you might like to use a photo or two to get your own Christmas cards printed?<\/p>\n<p>Bring along your tripod.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some links that might give you some inspiration:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.picturecorrect.com\/tips\/how-to-take-great-photos-of-your-christmas-tree\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"370XPKyDrZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightstalking.com\/successfully-photograph-christmas-tree\/\">How to Successfully Photograph Your Christmas Tree<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to Successfully Photograph Your Christmas Tree&#8221; &#8212; Light Stalking\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lightstalking.com\/successfully-photograph-christmas-tree\/embed\/#?secret=tcKm52a59l#?secret=370XPKyDrZ\" data-secret=\"370XPKyDrZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hJ5V7akEyP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/19-delicious-bokeh-images\/\">19 Delicious Bokeh-licious Images<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;19 Delicious Bokeh-licious Images&#8221; &#8212; Digital Photography School\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/19-delicious-bokeh-images\/embed\/#?secret=TafrgpcYg2#?secret=hJ5V7akEyP\" data-secret=\"hJ5V7akEyP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/weekly-photography-challenge-bokeh\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we will be practising a variety of Christmas photography techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-report"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XlND-1Mx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17689,"url":"https:\/\/www.bendigocameraclub.org.au\/?p=17689","url_meta":{"origin":6853,"position":0},"title":"Challenge &#8211; Symbols of Christmas","author":"Esther Andrews","date":"December 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tis the season to be jolly :). 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