Intentional Camera Motion (ICM) does exactly what the name suggests.
Instead of holding the camera steady to have a sharp image, the camera is deliberately moved during the exposure to distort the image.
This is different to panning the camera to follow a moving object as for ICM the object is usually stationary and so moving the camera creates a blurring or streaking effect depending on the motion and the object.
In this case the object was a stormy sea. The camera was panned during a 1/25 second exposure to give the effect of streaking horizontal lines.
This image was then processed in lightroom to level the horizon, brighten it slightly and then apply a blue/purple duotone.
The outcome is an abstract image that I am planning on printing as a panoramic canvas for display in my bathroom.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Siblings shot with fill flash
Using fill flash for backlit subjects is a very useful technique. You can also use post processing techniques such as shadow/highlight tool to pop the subject further enhancing or lightening shadow areas.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
A Stroll By Cow Pond
Cow Pond in Windsor Great park has recently been refurbished and was opened by the Queen on Wednesday. Apparently she took a personal interest in the plans as Cow Pond holds fond memories for her, Princess Margeret and her used to fish here before the war. The refurbishment has been extensive, with a lot of overgrown vegetation having been cleared. There is also a lovely bridge at one end and a gazebo at the other to sit and enjoy the views.The water lillies aren't out yet but it'll be even nicer when they are.
I took this photo of Haley and Peter as they were walking off after we'd chatted.
Heavily textured in Photoshop for a painterly effect. There were about 4 texture layers using various blend modes. There was a duplicate of the original 1/2 way up the stack with a multiply blend mode to counter the effect of the textures and bring some of the original back.
I finished off with an "underpainting" layer as a CS5 filter to give the canvas effect.
I really like the way the lines lead you to the couple and that they are highlighted against a darker area of trees. In a months or so's time if the water lillies were out this shot would be even better.
I took this photo of Haley and Peter as they were walking off after we'd chatted.
Heavily textured in Photoshop for a painterly effect. There were about 4 texture layers using various blend modes. There was a duplicate of the original 1/2 way up the stack with a multiply blend mode to counter the effect of the textures and bring some of the original back.
I finished off with an "underpainting" layer as a CS5 filter to give the canvas effect.
I really like the way the lines lead you to the couple and that they are highlighted against a darker area of trees. In a months or so's time if the water lillies were out this shot would be even better.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Attitude !!
My continued lethargy and post viral recovery may be stopping me getting out for runs or on the bike, but I'm loving the fact that I've got time to shoot and edit.
This is the first time i've opened Photoshop for several months. I love Lightroom for RAW conversions but you can't beat the power of Photoshop for really making images pop.
Mono conversion done with a gradient map plus a slight adjustment in levels. Then I applied a quad tone for a richer B&W with more depth. Selective sharpening with a high pass filter (soft light blend mode) and a layer mask to reveal the eyes and other areas to sharpen. Eyes were brightened ever so slightly with a screen blen mode for a levels adjustment layer, again with a layer mask to reveal just the eyes.
Finally I added a diffuse glow efect and took down the opacity of the effect to my liking.
... and this is the end result. A beautiful non-posed captured moment of my youngest daughter, showing all of her (significant) attitude.
This is the first time i've opened Photoshop for several months. I love Lightroom for RAW conversions but you can't beat the power of Photoshop for really making images pop.
Mono conversion done with a gradient map plus a slight adjustment in levels. Then I applied a quad tone for a richer B&W with more depth. Selective sharpening with a high pass filter (soft light blend mode) and a layer mask to reveal the eyes and other areas to sharpen. Eyes were brightened ever so slightly with a screen blen mode for a levels adjustment layer, again with a layer mask to reveal just the eyes.
Finally I added a diffuse glow efect and took down the opacity of the effect to my liking.
... and this is the end result. A beautiful non-posed captured moment of my youngest daughter, showing all of her (significant) attitude.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Black and White Curves
Loving my camera and the process of taking photos again. Not so much becasue of my camera now having a clean sensor but because of the renewed ease of processing and editing... I'm the proud owner of a new Sony Vaio laptop with a core i5 processor and a dedicated nVidia graphics card. Got a great deal from COSTCO. Uploading, processing and editing in LR and CS5 are all so much quicker and easier.
This shot was from the Liverpool museum which had a very interesting and photogenic curved staircase. The brightness, exposure and blacks were increased in LR3 to accentuate the form and lines of the curves.
This shot was from the Liverpool museum which had a very interesting and photogenic curved staircase. The brightness, exposure and blacks were increased in LR3 to accentuate the form and lines of the curves.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Obolisk Pond Sunset
Picked my camera up for my first "planned" shoot in a while.
It was a beautiful day and I had an hour to kill around about sunset so I headed up to Windsor Great Park, knowing hte sun would be setting over the Obolisk Pond. This was the result.
It took me ages to clone out the dust spots (they reqally show up at small apertures (f/18 onwards) and so later int he weekend I did a wet sensor clean. Always a nerve racking experience.
A test shot of a white wall @ f/22 showed the cleaning had been successful though so time well spent.
I'm looking forwards to more spring time shoots up at the park, including a family portrait session for some friends.
It was a beautiful day and I had an hour to kill around about sunset so I headed up to Windsor Great Park, knowing hte sun would be setting over the Obolisk Pond. This was the result.
It took me ages to clone out the dust spots (they reqally show up at small apertures (f/18 onwards) and so later int he weekend I did a wet sensor clean. Always a nerve racking experience.
A test shot of a white wall @ f/22 showed the cleaning had been successful though so time well spent.
I'm looking forwards to more spring time shoots up at the park, including a family portrait session for some friends.
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