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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 2010 Photo Blog, Portraits
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Week 34 – LEFT TO ROT
LEFT TO ROT
Hi everyone, well firstly good news my Dad is on the mend so that’s great! news, well I have not had chance to get out and about as last week saw the sale of all my Sony camera gear and thus I am having to go back to older images again this week, so here is this weeks image taken from my massive collection of pictures from my trip to Scotland’s Glencoe earlier in the year, this old bike just makes for a photographers dream as we saw it stood up against this old shack so I just couldn’t resist! I have spent a little time on this and I believe I have cropped and adjusted the tone curve within Lightroom to give what I feel to be a slightly high contrast and punchy image? but hey you are the critics and I am simply the photographer. let me know what you think and please do all have a great week. I myself will be looking forward to getting my new camera at the end of this week Yaah!! take care guys and thanks again for revisiting, Jurgen.
Also posted in 2010 Photo Blog, Black & White
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Week 33 – THE HORSE IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
THE HORSE IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
Hello everyone it was a bit of a strange week in that all seemed to go very well and then a seriously bad family news on Friday followed by a little bit of a strange and sad weekend, all seems to be OK at the moment and before you know it I’m back at work. this weekend also See’s the sale of all my Sony camera gear as I head into a new venture now turning to Canon or Nikon, I haven’t quite made my mind up as yet but it’s looking a little more likely to be Canon? so with that in mind I am this week reverting to old stock photo’s and this offering comes straight from the horses ass and was taken from my visit to the West Midlands Safari Park. it’s an image I had seen done in a book called “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Peterson and i liked it so I hope I have recreated just right with a little sharpening and tonal changes I truly believe this would look great on canvas. well onto the exciting week ahead as I still fumble around trying to decide what camera to purchase next, but at the same time I am very excited and hope to continue to bring you all great images in the coming months.my thoughts are with my Dad and his immediate family this weekend and I hope that he gets better soon best wishes to you all and thanks for returning, Jurgen.
Week 32 – THE CARVING IS ON THE WALL
THE CARVING IS ON THE WALL
Welcome back all, well a few things have happened this week but the main one being that I am thinking of changing my brand of camera which is in itself a huge decision so I have several items up for sale on eBay and Amazon market place if anyone is interested? There are a few reasons for changing / upgrading but now I have to sift through the mind field that is choosing what Brand and model of camera to get. None the less there is still a weekly blog shot and this week’s offering comes from Lincoln Cathedral when myself and my good friend Andrew visited last week. I thought it looked quite Arty once cropped and a filter applied and then I slightly sharpened the image and played a little with the tone curve to better show the dark and shadow areas. I do hope you like it and remember to leave your feed-back and any ideas of subject matter you would like to see in the future once I have decided on which new camera to go for? all the best everyone and thank you so much for returning and taking the time to look at my images I do believe it has helped me so very much over the past months. Take care, Jurgen
Week 27 – FREE WITH DESIRE
FREE WITH DESIRE
Week 27 – Welcome back everyone this weekend has been a busy and a hot one! Friday night I managed to make it to the Red Bull X Fighters show that was held in the Nottingham market square which is where this week’s image comes from, unfortunately most of the images came out rather silhouetted as this was a massive learning curve for me for which I failed so I have used the silhouette to create this rather retro look and feel after a little manipulation within my photo editing package overall I think it has come of rather well and thus thought I would post it up so as to get your thoughts (and any tips you may have on exposure light metering!) this Sunday I spent the day at the R.A.F Waddington air show and the imaging results were very similar yet again so I think I need some help with fast action subject! Well I am sure I can get a few images out of the trip and will try and perhaps get one up next week for your all-important critique. Ok guys thanks again for popping back and passing me your important thoughts and comments on my images, have a great week one and all Jurgen
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