Last week I was in Cincinnati with some colleagues to receive an award from our CEO, Bob Macdonald. It's not every day a mere minion gets to meet a king pin, responsible for running an $80 Billion company...
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.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Geronimo....
Geronimo....
At the start of the week he wouldn't even let go of us in the shallow end but after a few days he was happily jumping into the deep end on his own with a cry of "Geronimo"
Technical bit. The shots were taken in manual mode to ensure even exposaure between frames. I had prefocussed and switched to manual focus to avoid any hunting between shots. I was in high speed burst mode which on my 40D means 6 frames per second.
The composite was ll put together in Lightroom's print module and exported to jpeg instead of printing.
At the start of the week he wouldn't even let go of us in the shallow end but after a few days he was happily jumping into the deep end on his own with a cry of "Geronimo"
Technical bit. The shots were taken in manual mode to ensure even exposaure between frames. I had prefocussed and switched to manual focus to avoid any hunting between shots. I was in high speed burst mode which on my 40D means 6 frames per second.
The composite was ll put together in Lightroom's print module and exported to jpeg instead of printing.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Rule Of Thirds
The rule of thirds is a classic photography technique. Using an ND110 filter (that you can't see through) really makes you think about the whole photographic process, framing, composition focus, exposure etc before you attach the filter, switch to maual and bulb mode and open the shutter for several minutes.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Rave Run...
Two of my friends from the running club, Sally and Helle, asked me to do an action shoot for them. This is one of the results. We're going to try and submit this to Runners World magazine for inclusion int heir monthly "Rave Run" feature.
Strobist info. Bare 580EXII @ 1/2 power camera right just out of shot set to wide angle and triggered with Cactus V4's.
The Light was failing rapidly so to balance sky and get a decent shutter speed I had to ramp the ISO up to 800 and do some noise reduction later.
They've got 17 shots to choose from (this is my fave) so I've not done any post processing other than raw conversion until I hear back from them.
A great learning experience... including don;t shoot with a polarising filter on as a 2 stop reduction sucks up the power of small strobes.
Strobist info. Bare 580EXII @ 1/2 power camera right just out of shot set to wide angle and triggered with Cactus V4's.
The Light was failing rapidly so to balance sky and get a decent shutter speed I had to ramp the ISO up to 800 and do some noise reduction later.
They've got 17 shots to choose from (this is my fave) so I've not done any post processing other than raw conversion until I hear back from them.
A great learning experience... including don;t shoot with a polarising filter on as a 2 stop reduction sucks up the power of small strobes.
Heavily Textured Bluebell
I've not posted much recently but have been playing with textrues... with what I think is a great result.
I'm thinking about having this printed out onto a canvas to grace our hallway.
I'm thinking about having this printed out onto a canvas to grace our hallway.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Spelbound Win Britain's Got Talent
The Gymnastics group, "Spelbound" have won, in spectacular fashion, the Britains Got Talent TV show.
I feel very privileged to have seen some of these performances in the groups Christmas display before they "hit the big time" and acheived countrywide recognition, through the auditions, the live semi an then the final itself.
As a result of their success my Flickr stream, with a set of photos documenting their Christmas display, has got lots of hits due to the Spelbound tags.
You can see their winning performance from Britiains got talent below, it is truly amazing !!
I feel very privileged to have seen some of these performances in the groups Christmas display before they "hit the big time" and acheived countrywide recognition, through the auditions, the live semi an then the final itself.
As a result of their success my Flickr stream, with a set of photos documenting their Christmas display, has got lots of hits due to the Spelbound tags.
You can see their winning performance from Britiains got talent below, it is truly amazing !!
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