There are two elements of photography I have rarely experimented with: Lighting and a fast shutter speed. This week I combined the two to take this image of coloured water splashing out of a glass. By my own admission, it is a little rough and ready, but I don't think it's too bad for a first attempt. … [Read more...]
A Surrey landscape: Same photograph, four different edits
Earlier this week I travelled into London to attend the Internet Marketing Show. Unfortunately the early stage of my journey was beset with problems and I found myself unexpectedly stranded at a very rural train station surrounded by the glorious Surrey landscape with 30 minutes to kill until the next train. … [Read more...]
Here’s looking at you kid
Having learned that the secret to getting a good photograph can involve being somewhere at the right time, I paid a visit to the London Borough of Croydon just before sunrise. I had heard about an urban art festival called Rise and thought some of the art that was on display on the streets might look good in the early morning sunlight. … [Read more...]
It’s all in the detail
By rights this photograph should be a write-off but I'm quite pleased with he results. I took the image in some very poor lighting conditions so I wasn't expecting great results. Every time I look at it, I see something I hadn't noticed before. It proves that sometimes what matters is all in the detail. … [Read more...]
Toying with selective colour while Mother’s Day goes on hold
I paid a visit to LEGOLAND Windsor yesterday with Helen and Izzy. I rattled off numerous pictures of this climer as they (is it a he or a she? I have no idea) neared the summit. When I got the images back home and had opened them on my desktop, I came to the conclusion there was only one way to enhance the picture and that was to highlight the model using selective colour. … [Read more...]