A photo slide show of Ally and Duncan's amazing wedding at The Bingham on Saturday 8th October.
It was a pleasure to photograph the happy couple's day and from from this slideshow you can get a sense of the fun had by all.
A little part of the web for me to talk about Photography, what I'm up to, share experiments, recent shots, hints and tips. To share my (limited) experience with others and to gain further skills myself.
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Mr & Mrs Andy Caie
A few weeks ago I head the pleasure of shooting the wedding of 2 friends, Joanne Hillier and Andy Caie.
It was a great day at a great location with some brilliant people. They make a fantastic and very photogenic couple.
In advance of the wedding album,which I'm currently working on, here is a taster slideshow created using "ProShow Producer"
It was a great day at a great location with some brilliant people. They make a fantastic and very photogenic couple.
In advance of the wedding album,which I'm currently working on, here is a taster slideshow created using "ProShow Producer"
Its been a long time since my last blog post, in-fact quite a while since I've done any serious photography but the last couple of months I've got my Photography MoJo back.
There are several wide ranging reasons for this ....
These are just a few shots combining several of the reasons above. I'm loving the AI servo focus tracking and 10 frames per second burst speed on my new Canon EOS 7D Mark II to get some great action shots of Juno.
There are several wide ranging reasons for this ....
- The necessity of shooting a friend's wedding.
- Rediscovering the thrill of getting a good shot
- The technical challenge of getting to grips with a new Camera (a Canon EOS 7D Mark II)
- A new muse in our 6 month old Vizsla puppy "Juno"
- The ease and speed of post processing on an iMac using and an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.
These are just a few shots combining several of the reasons above. I'm loving the AI servo focus tracking and 10 frames per second burst speed on my new Canon EOS 7D Mark II to get some great action shots of Juno.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Street Wisdom
Street Wisdom, a set on Flickr.
Some of you will "get this" and some won't. Heh Ho.
Today I attended a "Street Wisdom" event (www.streetwisdom.org/the-intent/ )
I thoroughly enjoyed it... it was selfishly indulgent time for introspection. When was the last time you got 3 hours to yourself to think deeply about the things that are on your mind ?
The "street" is an amazing source of beauty, stimuli and inspiration ... if only you slow down and take time to look around you. It's amazing where you can make random connections to join the dots in our complex thought processes. Using the stimuli around me I was able to answer some big personal questions as to the direction I want my life and next career move to go in. Watch this space.
As well as answering the big questions I also was able to restart my photography habit. These are a selection of the shorts of things that fuelled and inspired my thought process... don't try and second guess why... it was the right image at the right time. "Look and ye shall see" sort of moment.
Thanks to David Pearl and Chris Barez Brown for being an inspiration. I know that our paths will cross again in the future. Thanks also to Andy Reid our facilitator.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Prom Strobist #2
I've been taking a lot more portraits again recently... partly facilitated by being invited to shoot a friends daughter's pre-prom party.
It all started out with the teenagers being very shy and self conscious and not wanting to pose in the garden in view of all the others.
It started to rain so we had to move inside and as soon as they had a bit of privacy in the dining room, away from all of their friends they soon loosened up and we go some great shots.
It was nice to get the flash/umbrella/cactus trigger combo out again for some "strobist" action.
Processed in LR4 with the B&W Look 5 pre-set for a high key effect. I also added some more clarity, as unusually for teenagers, their complexions were flawless and their skin could handle having more mid tone contract (clarity slider)
It all started out with the teenagers being very shy and self conscious and not wanting to pose in the garden in view of all the others.
It started to rain so we had to move inside and as soon as they had a bit of privacy in the dining room, away from all of their friends they soon loosened up and we go some great shots.
It was nice to get the flash/umbrella/cactus trigger combo out again for some "strobist" action.
Processed in LR4 with the B&W Look 5 pre-set for a high key effect. I also added some more clarity, as unusually for teenagers, their complexions were flawless and their skin could handle having more mid tone contract (clarity slider)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Colour Temperature
The geek in me loves photography for all the of the buttons and settings, the intracacies of exposure and the various "rules" of composition and lighting.
The artist and creative in me loves it for the sheer joy of creating beautiful images.
These taps are from my bathroom. I've often thought they'd make a good photographic study. I decided it would be a good example to use for a colour temperature experiment.
Both photos were taken with the same camera settings and developed from RAW in the same way using Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6. The only difference being the colour temperature adjustment slider in the RAW conversion.
I also used the same "fractalius" settings for a multiply layer in CS6 to give a lining/sketch effect to the edges.
The artist and creative in me loves it for the sheer joy of creating beautiful images.
These taps are from my bathroom. I've often thought they'd make a good photographic study. I decided it would be a good example to use for a colour temperature experiment.
Both photos were taken with the same camera settings and developed from RAW in the same way using Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6. The only difference being the colour temperature adjustment slider in the RAW conversion.
I also used the same "fractalius" settings for a multiply layer in CS6 to give a lining/sketch effect to the edges.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Textured Beauty
I've been playing with my new (Xmas gift) Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens.
This was taken out for a walk with friends on New Years Day. My wife (pictured) doesn't normally stop long enough to pose for photos so I have to catch her unawares and get impromptu shots when I can. The speed of this lens means that I can get a quick shot before she moves again. Plus shooting with it at wide apertures gives a lovely bokeh.
This was then treated in photoshop with a gradient map to convert to B&W followed by several texture layers with diffffernt blend modes and then on a final flattened image a high pass sharpening masked to occur on only the eyes.
Oh and by the way, despite her not liking her photo taken I keep telling her how beautiful and photogenic she is.
This was taken out for a walk with friends on New Years Day. My wife (pictured) doesn't normally stop long enough to pose for photos so I have to catch her unawares and get impromptu shots when I can. The speed of this lens means that I can get a quick shot before she moves again. Plus shooting with it at wide apertures gives a lovely bokeh.
This was then treated in photoshop with a gradient map to convert to B&W followed by several texture layers with diffffernt blend modes and then on a final flattened image a high pass sharpening masked to occur on only the eyes.
Oh and by the way, despite her not liking her photo taken I keep telling her how beautiful and photogenic she is.
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