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 I got back to the UK late last night after being in Dubai since the 29th of last month. It was my tenth trip since 2007 and it was probably the longest and busiest. It was also one of the most rewarding. Ill tell you all more about it over the next few days, both here and on my new blog, but in the meanwhile I thought Id share this one: taken while I was shooting for Sony with their new full-frame camera, the SLT-A99 (Ill be writing a bl', '300');"> |
A shot of 13 of my students, taken earlier today during my Landscape Photography workshop at this years GPP Fotoweekend event. It was taken about 20 minutes before sundown, just after wed been shooting some other silhouettes, one of which Ill post at some point over the next few days.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aperture<br', '300');"> |
I know I said that my previous image was the last one that Id post before leaving for Dubai, but I thought Id put this one up too: a slightly more light-hearted shot of Rhowan on Fleetwood beach :)</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aperture<br />shutter speed<br />shooting mode<br />exposure bias<br />metering mode<br />ISO<br />f', '300');"> |
This is the last shot Ill be blogging from the UK for a while as I leave for Dubai on Monday morning and wont be back until the 11th of next month. Its going to be a fairly hectic trip: Im spending two days shooting for Sony prior to launching the SLT-A99 at a press conference on the 6th, I have a one-to-one student for a couple of days, and Ill running three of my favourite workshops at GPPs Fotoweekend event (two of which have now s', '300');"> |
I was down on Blackpool beach yesterday morning, getting filmed for a short opening video for the press conference Ill be involved in Dubai next month, for the launch of the Sony SLT-A99. The last fifteen seconds were of me setting up this shot. As I was being recorded I wasnt paying quite as much attention as I might normally, but Im pleased with how this one turned out.</p><p>And again, Im seriously impressed with the A99, its a very', '300');"> |
This is the second shot from the Sony SLT-A99 and, as youll see if youve already taken a look at the original, the processing was quite extensive: involving a change to the overall tone and a massive increase in contrast, particularly along the horizon (the curve was almost vertical for this section). It did need some noise reduction – theres no way you can expect to make such radical changes without introducing <i>some</i> noise &', '300');"> |
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As many of you know, Im heading back to the UK today for the winter, and will probably stay there until Spring. Libby and I and the kids have spent most of our time in Bulgaria over the last three years, but this year we decided to head back to Blackpool. I love the Bulgarian winters, but theyre just too much hard work. Well, if you have other work to do at least. So its back to Blackpool, and central heating, and our office, and the con', '300');"> |
Shot in Troyan, Bulgaria.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />aperture<br />shutter speed<br />shooting mode<br />exposure bias<br />metering mode<br />ISO<br />flash<br />image quality<br />RAW converter<br />cropped?</b></td><td "15"></td><td align="left" "250">1.32pm on 12/9/2012<br />Ricoh GR Digital III<br />f/4.0<br />1/270<br />aperture priori', '300');"> |
This is another portrait from our trip to Oman earlier this year, and while Im not entirely convinced I made the most of this one (I feel theres something about it thats not quite right, but I cant tell you what) I did think it was worth posting.</p><p>As always, let me know what you think.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aper', '300');"> |
This was taken earlier this year en route from Dubai to our Faces and Places Photo Tour in Oman, and I thought it was fitting to post today as Ive been thinking about my upcoming trip back to the UK: an altogether different journey. </p><p>Libby and the kids are already there, and Ill be driving over on the 15th, and while I cant say Im looking forward to the journey - its going to be a long three days - Ill be glad to see them all.</', '300');"> |
Four weeks today – fingers crossed – and Ill be back in Dubai for Fotoweekend (November 7th-10th), some one-to-one training, and another really exciting project that Ill tell you about soon. As such I thought this shot was a fitting one to post today: taken during my Landscape photography workshop back in March. If youre going to be in Dubai next month, and would like to come along on the next one, take a look at the workshop', '300');"> |
I was chatting to someone a few days ago about out upcoming trip to the Venice Carnival so decided to browse through my RAW files from our last photo tour to see if Id missed any that were worth processing. There werent many, but I did come across this one, and while their costumes arent quite as elaborate as some of the other people I photographed, I did think it was worth sharing.</p><p>Let me know what you think.</p><table border="0" ', '300');"> |
In case youre wondering, this is a close-up of one of the rides on a carousel on Blackpools North Pier.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aperture<br />shutter speed<br />shooting mode<br />exposure bias<br />metering mode<br />ISO<br />flash<br />image quality<br />RAW converter<br />image editor<br />plugins (etc)<br />cropped?<', '300');"> |
Its been a while since I posted an iPhone shot so I thought Id put this one up. It was shot with Hipstamatic, using my favourite lens/film combo: Chunky lens and Inas 1935 film, and then processed in CS6 to produce a more muted effect.</p>', '300');"> |
Ive been thinking about Dubai a lot this week, a) because Ill be heading out there in November for the GPP Fotoweekend event, and b) because Im going to be involved in a new and exciting project while Im there. I cant say much about it yet – the signatures are not quite on the dotted line – but its looking good so far. Ill update you as and when I can :-)</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align=', '300');"> |
Every time Ive been to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat (Oman) Ive taken photographs of the huge chandelier that hangs in the centre of the main hall, and each time Ive ended up with some reasonable shots, but nothing that Ive been sufficiently impressed with to share. This one though, I like a lot better.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br ', '300');"> |
I took this back in August when I was in the UK running my Creating Dramatic Images workshops, and despite appearances to the contrary it was actually a very warm day: loads of people were swimming, kids were splashing along the waters edge, but this poor lad looked like he was about to freeze to death. As such I decided to process it to make the weather and sea look a lot colder: changing the scene to match his mood.</p><table border="0" ', '300');"> |
This is another portrait from our recent GPP Faces and Places Photo Tour to Oman and its also the image Ive added as this weeks Mini-PSD as the processing was quite interesting, i.e. it was partially desaturated using the Channel Mixer and then toned with a curve.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aperture<br />shutter speed<br /', '300');"> |
This was taken on the same morning as the two shots of Samar Breitem I posted recently (here and here), taken during my Landscape Photography workshop for GPP. Unlike those shots though, which were both sniped during Zacks On Location with Zack workshop, this one was grabbed from Greg Heislers The Language of Light class. </p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br /', '300');"> |
Since starting work on my (relatively) new Udemy course on black and white photography pretty much all of my black and white conversions have been intentional, i.e. Ive started out knowing that I was going to produce a black and white image. With this image though I did try to produce a colour version but just couldnt seem to get it to work. Maybe Ive just been spending too long looking at black and white images, or maybe this is another', '300');"> |
I did think about asking if any of you could identify where this was taken but thought it was probably just a bit too obscure: its the ceiling, just inside the doorway of the Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman.</p><p>And in case youre wondering, it was processed with one curve and a very minor boost to the saturation using the hue/sat tool.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />c', '300');"> |
Ive sat on this one for a while - Im not sure why - but decided that I needed to post something tranquil today as its been a hectic few weeks, and will be again soon. Last month was pretty much taken up with developing my new courseon Udemy. This month Ive been catching up with all the stuff I should have done last month, and next month is going to be extremely hectic ... for a whole variety of reasons.</p><p>The main reason is that we', '300');"> |
I bumped into this guy on Blackpool seafront a few weeks ago and while we chatted I asked if hed mind if I photographed his camera. Its a Praktica B100, produced somewhere around 1981, and it was in absolutely mint condition, as was the manual focus 35-70mm Sigma lens. Back then I doubt I would have given it a second glance, but 30 years down the line it was definitely worth a second look. Theres something about the solidity and build qu', '300');"> |
Heres another portrait of one of the many fabulous people we met during our GPP Faces and Places Photo Tour to Oman earlier this year. If you havent been, you should, its a beautiful place to visit.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aperture<br />shutter speed<br />shooting mode<br />exposure bias<br />metering mode<br />ISO<br /', '300');"> |
Its rare that I post unflattering portraits, but I couldnt resist this one: taken on Blackpools North Pier last weekend.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right" "150"><b>captured<br />camera<br />lens<br />focal length<br />aperture<br />shutter speed<br />shooting mode<br />exposure bias<br />metering mode<br />ISO<br />flash<br />image quality<br />RAW converter<br />image editor<br />plugins (e', '300');"> |
Despite overexposing this one by one stop (as youll see if you take a look at the original) its a truly dreadful exposure and I dont know what possessed me to shoot it this way. That said, I doubt Ill bump into this lady again, and I couldnt resist her smile, so decided it was worth going the extra step in Photoshop to create an image that did her more credit. Im not sure its ended up quite where I wanted but its definitely a marked', '300');"> |
When I posted my first shot of Samar Breitem back in March I thought Id post this one shortly afterwards. At the time though I had two versions: this one, and a colour version, and try as I might I couldnt decide between them. As youll know if you follow our new blog I used both images to illustrate a post on how to decide which images to convert to black and white. So if youre curious about the colour version, take a look.</p><p>http:/', '300');"> |
This was taken yesterday evening during my Creating Dramatic Images workshop. Wed headed down to South Shore (Blackpool) and photographed the sunset, the waves at dusk, and this, the largest mirror ball in the UK. âThey Shoot Horses, Donât They?â was created by Michael Trainor in 2002 and named after the US film about dance marathons. There are 47,000 tiles or thereabouts, none of which you can see in this shot, but only because it r', '300');"> |
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