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Week 51 – BEAUTY IN A PORTRAIT
BEAUTY IN A PORTRAIT
Week 51 very late I know and for that I apologize sincerely to everyone but it has been a busy couple of weeks for sure with Christmas looming and i simply have had no time at all and thus i thought I would put this image up of the stunning Laura, this image has been tinkered with to remove blemishes etc and the tone curves have been adjusted to suit. This image is in for competition on 4th of January at our next club competition so lets here your thoughts and if I get time i will post week 52 as soon as i can guys.
many thanks to everyone for your support over 2010 have a great Christmas one and all, Jurgen
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Week 50 – A HANDFUL OF BEAUTY
A HANDFUL OF BEAUTY
Welcome back one and all, I trust you have all had a good week. well finally all the snow has gone from where i live and that means that I can get out and about with no fear of breaking my neck or camera gear!
So with that in mind I will have to bore you some more with another shot taken from last weeks photo shoot, after spending a long time processing these images I have to say this is my absolute favourite image of Jemma I just love the look and peacefulness that the image conveys. The high key has worked well to emphasize the eyes and tones running through the hair (But I am Bias).
I hope you like the image and as i have about 3-4 people more to photograph in the new year I am sure you will see some more images of this nature in the coming weeks, I am still trying to find a cheap premise that I can perhaps rent out on an Adhoc basis to better facilitate my model - portrait shoots, so if you know of anywhere then please let me know.
Well it’s nearly Christmas so does anyone have an idea for perhaps a festive portrait shot or otherwise? Ok so who has a Santa suit? I as always look forward to your feed-back and hope you all have a great week ahead, Thanks again to Jemma and I am so pleased taht you liked your images. take carte everyone, Jurgen.
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Week 49 – JEMMA
JEMMA
Hi and welcome back everyone and any newcomers to the site welcome, well I have been off work this week and what a rubbish week it has been with all this snow, I just hope it all goes soon as I will be back at work on Tuesday. Well a big thank you first to Laura for allowing me to point my camera at her and produce such stunning images last week , because since then I have had at least half a dozen people finally put their name forward for some modelling yaah! I have been asking for this for some time now and I am very grateful to all that can help.
I am really trying to find some kind of venue that I could use on a ad hoc basis as I could do with a large room in order to better facilitate these photo-shoots, so if anyone out there has any idea’s please let me know OK.
So with the rubbish week out if the way and a return to work looming I set out today to what will be my second photo-shoot with the stunning Jemma, having made a few mistakes on the first photo shoot I was a little better in my understanding of what i wanted from this shoot and again I have come home with a stack of great images but this week’s image is this rather casual pose that has had very little done to it, I hope you all love it as much as I do and please as always leave your feed-back.
Many thanks to everyone for coming back to my blog week in and week out I do hope that my images ae getting better? have a Fab week ahead one and all, Jurgen
PS; A massive thankyou to Jemma I hope you like your Bloig shot image as well as the others that you will see on Thursday x
Flickr link to a few of the images from this Sunday http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurgiebaby/sets/72157625537307866/
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Week 48 – LAURA
LAURA
Hello and welcome back to what is now week 48! I trust you have all had a good weekend? I have really enjoyed this weekend with the exception of the SNOW! but after what was a rubbish week of work I headed out to see a good friend Laura who had asked to be put into the Flashlight of my camera, following on from my ealier plea’s for model’s now the remit for this shoot coverred all teh usual portraiture shots along side some art sytyled images.
This was my first proper shoot since obtaining my lighting equipment and after much reading and the viewing of some video’s I thought I would give it a go! now thats not to say that I did make a few mistakes and I am sure I can take these on board for further shoots but overall I was very happy with the results and I can only hope that Laura is too? so this weeks image is a straight shot with very little manipulation within Lightroom, teh backgroubd was a plain wall with a speedlight setup behind Laura with a Gel applied and was shot at a very low power with the front facing Speedlight at approx 45 degrees, just enough to light the hair in mid flight.
Well I do hope you all like the image and as always your comments are needed and always well recieved so let me know what you think and if you or anyone that you kow may be interested in being a model for my ongoing training and development, many thanks everyone and have a great week one and all, Jurgen
Also posted in Art, Portraits
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Week 47 – RANNOCH MOOR
RANNOCH MOOR
Hello everyone, as we slowly encroach upon the Yule tide of Christmas I find myself looking back into the archives of what seems like a million years ago as I drag from the archive this rather lovely image taken early this year whilst up in Glen Coe, this was actually taken on my old Sony A550 DSLR and I have done little to it other than a touch of noise reduction and colour saturation.
This week has seen little time for me to enjoy any real photography and as yet I still havn’t had time to go through my images from last weeks visit to Wales.
I have been watching loads of video’s and reading up on portrait / flash photography so I am keen to give that a go over the next few weeks so watch this space everyone.
There has been a little confusion on the weekly blog email as people seem to think that they are getting the same image each week? but if you read the email there is a link saying “Click Here To See This Weeks Blog Shot” please use that as the image at the top is simply part of my email template OK.do please leave your feed-back on this weeks image or any other image on my blog site and forward the email on to your friends and family,
Well have a great week everyone and thanks for your continued support, I am off to see A-Ha in concert now Yaah! Jurgen.
Also posted in Lanscapes
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Week 46 – CYMORTHIN
CYMORTHIN
Welcome back to my weekly Blog, it’s been a week of anticipation and hope this last week leading up to my trip out this Saturday to what would hopefully be a sunny trip to Cymorthin in North Wales, I had to quickly try and change my working shift at work (So thanks to the people at work for swapping shifts) and then a few days of dreaded hope that the weather would be good? Well we set out at stupid O’clock on Saturday morning (3AM) for a three hour drive to arrive in pitch blackness, which was followed by a rather steep incline walking on broken fragments of slate for the old mine, eventually as the sky lightened we where presented with what can only be described as a Fantastic day! so here for your pleasure is just one of the many beautiful images I managed to grab from the day, I love the reflection and have left a little land in the bottom corner to frame the image, the cloud to the right I found very hard to tone down (so any tips will be welcomed) none the less I personally love the image and it conjures up what a wonderful day I had, thanks to Chris for scouting the place out and Andy for driving, please leave me your feed back via the comments section on this website and have a great week everyone, Jurgen.
Week 45 – OLD JOHN
OLD JOHN
Hello everyone and welcome any new members to this my Blog site, well a bit of a boring week as I have been off work due to illness but things are looking allot rosier now that my leg has healed a great deal, many thanks for all your well wishing. so this weeks image again comes from my back catalogue of Millions of images! I had a little play with this one and as you can see the results are fantastic and in all honesty I can say this really does sum up the day we had when we visited Bradgate Park in Leicester, as the rain clouds where very heavy with these somewhat amazing patches of sunlight bursting there way through wherever possible. This in turn gives a fantastic light in the mid-ground and across the “OLD JOHN” building on the hill top whilst it still manages to convey a very threatening outcome within the sky.I love it! (But I am bias) I hope you all do to and many thanks for any comments that you leave.
Have a fantastic week one and all, Jurgen.
Week 44 – IN VOGUE
IN VOGUE
Hello everyone, well what a rubbish week I have had in terms of my personal illness with a very badly infected leg its been murder to get any sleep let alone any photography done! so this week I have had to stop indoors and revert to back catalogue images. I have posted another from my very successful portrait shoot from two weeks ago, so here is the lovely Ella again for your critique. I have added a filter and given it that almost magazine feel (Well I think so) and overall i think it works very well.
I have made some changes to the weekly email template and you should now be able to forward it onto your friends and family and get them to subscribe to my weekly letter and you will also be able to unsubscribe should you wish too? it’s still a little work in motion so please report back to me with any issues that you may have? as well as leave your much valued feed back on this or indeed any of my images within my blog section of my website.
Have a great week everyone, Jurgen.
Week 43 – CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER
CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER
Hi there everyone wow week 43! it’s slowly getting nearer to Christmas, well here we are again on a Sunday night and time for this week’s instalment from my Blog for your pleasure. well last weekend I was asked to take some pictures of my friends children which gave me a chance to try out some off camera flash using a couple of cheap White umbrella’s and light stands and I have to say I was VERY! happy with the results overall.
So with that in mind I bring you this Curiously stunning photo of the lovely Ella which has a had very little done to it. t I have converted it to black and white and played around with the tonal curves to produce this high key effect. A great story telling image and what is she thinking?
Well I intend to enter this image into this week First round projected image competition at my local camera club so fingers crossed that the judge will like it as much as I do? again I am always on the lookout for models to volunteer so that I can better home my photographic skills, so let me know if you know of anyone and please remember to leave your feed-back on this or any of my images as it really helps me.
Thanks everyone and have a great week! Jurgen.
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Week 42 – CHILLIN IN THE PARK
CHILLIN IN THE PARK
Hi there, well week 42! and it’s nearly Christmas too! well what a fun packed weekend i have had which started with a visit to the highly recommended Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, I have to say it was well worth the visit as it’s a beautiful place without a doubt. There is some fantastic scenery, trees and Deer 100′s of Deer! Sunday was a visit to my friends in Carlton to take Photos of their daughters children which was bloody hard as at least with the Deer it stayed still. so I now have a few hundred photo’s to sift through and process (Joy Oh Joy).
So here is this week’s image of a rather beautiful Stag lazing the day away under the shelter of the tree foliage. just cropped a little to the left and dulled the background down a little, I hope you all like it?
Thank you everyone for all your continued comments and support have a great week, Jurgen.
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